# Do naval vessels rescue enemy seamen?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naval-vessels-rescue-enemy-seamen/1003031 "2024-06-18T23:05:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naval-vessels-rescue-enemy-seamen/1003031/12 "2024-06-19T10:45:24Z")

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I’ll cite another thread from a couple days ago that touches on very similar points to this one, and especially to the comments by @Dissonance just above.

The OP might find this worth reading:

> [@Would submarines ever help a ship in trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-submarines-ever-help-a-ship-in-trouble/1002972):
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> Like a passenger ship or actually anything non-military that sends a distress signal? Or even one person in a lost sailboat? Have subs ever helped in a passenger ship rescue? Do they just tell someone else and let them do something? Or do they just ignore anything because it would reveal where they are?

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