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From: convex!tighe@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Tighe)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SUBS SINK TRAWLERS
Keywords: submarine nucleair fishermen trawlers
Message-ID: <1990Dec8.223536.29482@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 8 Dec 90 22:35:36 GMT
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From: convex!tighe@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Tighe)

In article <1990Dec7.012627.2607@cbnews.att.com> chcr04@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

>I find it very absurd and unreal; The fishermen catch a 'big fish' and they
>get pulled under. I have a few questions. Who has the answers?
>* The fishermen say the subs are using the trawlers as mock-targets. 
>Could this be true? Why would they do that? How close would they get?

I doubt it. 

I think the problem is with the fishermen. They drag their nets for miles
and at deep depths, and they catch submarines that are not deep or are
attempting to surface. The most dangerous time for a sub is when it is
attempting to surface. It just doesn't know what is up there.

>* Is there anyone who knows anything about accidents between subs and
>trawlers, anywhere in the world?

Sure. The last case I know of involved some fisherman who were killed when
their boat capsized when it was caught by a sub during the filming of "The
Hunt for Red October", off the shores of the West coast of the US. I think
this was around January of 1990. There are others, but I do not recall them
with dates/details.




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