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Spy bomb blamed for 1918 sinking RALEIGH, N.C. - Formerly classified Russian documents show that a bomb planted by a German spy, not a mine, sank the USS San Diego off Long Island, N.Y., in 1918, a University of North Carolina historian said. For more than 80 years, no one has known for certain what sank the 503-foot battle cruiser 11 miles off the Long Island coast on July 19, 1918. Six of the 1,114 sailors aboard died. Russell Van Wyk, a lecturer at UNC-Chapel Hill, said Thursday that records obtained from Moscow revealed that German agent Kurt Jahnke planted a bomb in the boiler room of the battle cruiser. (AP) ---------- > From: Andrew Cohen <Andrew.Cohen@no*.go*> > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com; JS1SUBAQUA@ao*.co* > Subject: USS San Diego Article > Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 8:37 AM > > > > > > Joel > There was a short AP article in the Sunday Boston Globe about the San Diego. A > UNC lecturer found records that indicated that a German agent planted a bomb in > the boiler room. If you want to see it, send me your fax #. > Andy > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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