# Lost USN sub from WW2 found off Alaskan coast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379 "2006-10-05T14:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/1 "2006-10-05T14:22:57Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/05/lost.sub.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/05/lost.sub.ap/index.html) Well, it’s not mundane or pointless to the next of kin, certainly. Hope they’ve found the submarine. And it’d be nice if the Navy would get involved and send a research submersible, rather than having these folks have to foot the entire bill. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/2 "2006-10-05T14:45:12Z")
Now that they have some semi-solid evidence, it merits an official investigation. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/3 "2006-10-05T16:29:47Z")
I’m glad the experts can see something, because I sure don’t. That large lighter area to the left looks more like a ship on its side that the arrow looks like a sub. Maybe it looks more obvious enlarged. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/4 "2006-10-05T16:46:54Z")
Just be prepared for when it attacks! DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/5 "2006-10-05T16:50:19Z")
Where you gonna go? Under the bottom? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/6 "2006-10-05T16:52:57Z")
> [@CNN.com](#): > > a 290-foot-long object wedged into a terrace on the steep underwater slope of the volcano. What was this, **spe** , a reading comprehension test? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/7 "2006-10-05T17:14:57Z")
It was a submarine joke, and I will admit not a very good one. “copulate with the humorless”… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/8 "2006-10-05T22:28:35Z")
Watch yourself, lest you find a 290-foot-long object wedged somewhere uncomfy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-usn-sub-from-ww2-found-off-alaskan-coast/375379/9 "2006-10-05T23:02:20Z")
The backseat of a Volkswagen?