Comments on: Website Statistics update

by: R. Delano

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:52:47 +0000

So…When is a RV going to be sent down for a positive ID? Are you going to try and get anyone else involved? (Woods Hole)??

by: Rhonda Raye

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 07:27:05 +0000

Thanks for posting. I was curious as to how many other ships might be in and around the area- Wonder how many might already be pinpointed as to their locations? Of course we all hope it is the Grunion but whatever ship it turns out to be, I’m sure there will be families grateful for the knowledge of it’s location.

by: Micheal Kirby

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:30:52 +0000

I’m no expert, I’m probably wrong and I don’t mean to hurt any feelings or quash any hopes but at least one of the sonar images looks like a WWII era destroyer or submarine chaser; not a submarine.
Howard Gilmore sank the Japanese destroyer “Arare” off the coast of Kiska while in the command of the submarine USS Growler.
However, if the sonar images are, in actuallity, that of a submarine, it must be remembered that the Japanese submarine I-25 reported having sunk a submarine near Kiska. It was eventually learned this was a Russian sub en route from Vladivostok to Mare Island California for a “lend-lease” overhaul.
And, the Japanese lost 3 submarines in their attempt to evacuate their troops from Kiska in 1943. Submarine I-9 was rammed and sunk by a U.S. patrol craft. I-31 (or I-24, the records aren’t clear) was depth charged by a U.S. Destroyer. I-7 was shelled and and holed by another U.S. Destroyer but it sank in only 100 feet of water.