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From: warack@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Christopher Warack)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SUBS SINK TRAWLERS
Keywords: submarine nucleair fishermen trawlers
Message-ID: <1990Dec11.020635.27906@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 11 Dec 90 02:06:35 GMT
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From: warack@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Christopher Warack)
In article <1990Dec8.223536.29482@cbnews.att.com> convex!tighe@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Mike Tighe) writes:
>
>In article <1990Dec7.012627.2607@cbnews.att.com> chcr04@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

>>* 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.

The "Red October" accident was in the straits between Long Beach and
Catalina Island.  It didn't involve fishing nets, though.  The ship was
towing a barge, and the sub snagged the towing cable (which was under
water).  This is a danger even to surface ships since you can't see the
cable.  Another hazard of the seas...

Chris



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