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Many times the reported sinking positions for U-boats, as well as other wartime casualties, were rough (I mean ROUGH) locations. There are some cases where the reported location was thousands of miles off from the actual location. In any case, odds are that if the U-157 was sunk in this reported vicinity, we are talking about deep water. By the way, the U-166 is perhaps one of the sketchiest undiscovered sunken U-boats around. It was reported to have been sunk off west Louisiana in shallow water, not Pensacola. I have read stories of the sunken hulk "drifting" around the Gulf which is hilarious. It has been "found" by hundreds in various locations such as off Tampa, Texas, and Lousiana. The area where it was attacked has been extensively surveyed by MMS with remote sensing -- nada. I have been told the area, under strong sediment influence from the Mississippi delta, could have been completely buried. I find that unlikely; even if it was buried by soft sediments, you could still get a return on side-scan, depending on the frequency and setup you were using. Furthermore, the vessel the U-166 sunk prior to its own sinking shows up easily on side scan and does not show enough sediment burden to account for the burial of the smaller U-boat. The U-boat could have simply been damaged in the attack, only to sink at another location some time later. Perhaps time will tell... Cheers, Mike Association of Underwater Explorers Because it's there...somewhere...maybe. http://www.mikey.net/aue _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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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