“Coincidental” submarine losses: A “Sea Tale”?
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:10:24 -0500 (CDT)
>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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> “William D. Anderson”
>Subject: “Coincidental” submarine losses: A “Sea Tale”?
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>On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Tom Riley wrote:
> > I don’t know about this book, but I seem to remember a french submarine
> > lost the same year in the Med and one of our ships ( sub or surface I dont
> > remember) damaged or sunk at the same time. Did the Sovs ( now former
> > Sovs) lose a sub as well?
>
>Our boat was SCORPION, I believe, Tom. And someone … either on here or
> MAHAN … (Was it you, Andrew?) … has noted and pondered this
> questionable coincidence of lost boats, before.
>
>If there *was* an undeclared undersea skirmish, you would think enough
> time and governments have passed that we could learn the truth, now.
> Is *this* why the Israelis are so nervous?
>
>Hmmm … Would “Sea Tales” want to do some *investigative* reporting?
>
>Lou
> Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu