[BITList] GREAT LAKES DISCOVERY

[John Feltham]

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GREAT LAKES DISCOVERY
Hard to believe
 
Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered 
in Great Lakes - February 18th, 2016
 

 
Niagara Falls: Divers from the U.S coast guard took part
this morning, in a delicate wreck recovery operation to
bring to the surface a Nazi submarine discovered two
weeks ago  at the bottom of Lake Ontario.
 
The U-boat was spotted for the first time by amateur scuba 
divers in late January and they had contacted the
authorities. Archaeologists associated with 
Niagara University and master divers from 
the U.S Coast Guard were mobilized on site 
to determine what it was, and they soon 
realized that they were dealing with a
German submarine that sank 
during World War II.
 
A wreck recovery vessel of the Great Lakes Shipwreck
Historical Society was mandated to refloat the ship 
and bring it back to Niagara Falls, where it must 
be restored before becoming a museum ship.
 
The delicate recovery operation took nearly 30 hours to
complete, but the submarine was finally brought down
on the bank with relative ease.
 

 
The divers of the U.S. Coast guard braved the frigid
water temperature to go attach cables to the
wreck for the recovery operation.
 
The submarine was identified as the UX-791, a unique experimental
German submarine, based on the U-1200 model, and known to
have participated in the “Battle of the St. Lawrence”.  It was
reported missing in 1943 and was believed to have been
sunk near the Canadian coast.
 
Professor Mark Carpenter, who leads the team of archaeologists,
believes that the U-boat could have traveled up the St-Lawrence
River, all the way to the Great Lakes, where it intended to
disturb the American economy.
 
A report dated from February 1943 suggests, that the ship
could have attacked and destroyed three cargo ships
and two fishing vessels, even damaging the USS
Sable (IX-81), an aircraft carrier of the U.S.
navy that was used for training in the
Great Lakes, before finally being
sunk by anti-sub grenades
launched by a Canadian
frigate.
 
“We have known for a long time that the Nazis had sent some
of their U-boats in the St-Lawrence River, but this is the
first proof that they actually reached the Great Lakes,”
Professor Carpenter told reporters. “This could
explain the mysterious ship disappearances
that took place in the region in 1943, and
the reported “Battle of Niagara Falls”
which had always been dismissed
as a collective hallucination
caused by fear.”
 
The restoration of the submarine could take more than
two years, but once completed, the museum ship is
expected to become one of the major tourist
attractions of the region.


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