Friday Night Ship Blogging

by John Sickels on May 21, 2010 7:00 PM EDT

This is so cool I just had to post it: actual contemporary color footage of the submarine USS Cod trying to rescue the Dutch submarine O19, stranded on a reef, towards the end of the Second World War.

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Very cool

JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook

by laxtonto on May 21, 2010 7:12 PM EDT reply actions

wow

the O19 is still stuck to the reef today? Interesting stuff

by Rupert Pupkin on May 21, 2010 7:32 PM EDT reply actions

Amazing that it is sitting there

to this day.

Keep Moving Forward.

by ColoradoOwl on May 22, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions

The world is our toilet

The 019 is probably still leaking oil. And to think that some people are shocked by the Gulf oil spill.

by slacker george on May 21, 2010 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

interesting response

We could go back to wooden ships, but that would despoil the forest, I suppose.

by wobatus on May 24, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

O19

The part that gets me is that the crew of the O19 spent almost FIVE YEARS in their ship. Granted there would be occasional shore leaves, but that is a long long time to spend in a small submarine with limited habitability.

by John Sickels on May 22, 2010 11:54 AM EDT reply actions