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At 11:42 PM 7/20/95, WVANDERC@be*.ed* wrote:
>Does anyone know anything about a French sub that supposedly was sailed into
>an US East Coast port when France fell to Germany. This was suppose to be
>the largest sub in existance at the time and supposedly the US sank it when
>it was discovered refueling German Uboats. Any information you can share
>would be helpful.

   Okay, I can try to locate more details, but the sub in question was the 
"SURCOUF" (named after one of the greatest French naval mercenaries), who 
was at the time of it's launch (perhaps when it was sunk, too) indeed the 
largest sub in the world. It had a crew of over 100 men, including the pilot 
of the tiny amphibious reconnaissance airplane it carried in a huge 
watertight hangar behind the conning tower.

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