German U boat sunk off Block Island. Not sure of the story behind that one either. I got to dive on it back in the later 50's with a group. Hit
it at the wrong time that day, water was pretty murky, and the tide had started running pretty hard again to where the line that had going down to it was pretty hard to even hand on to. What sticks in my mind is the big lobster that was up under the bow section. Big fella, perhaps 20 lbs. The coning tower was the best part of it, but again, that day we got down just as the current picked up. There was another one in New London, off Ocean beach. They were towing it when it sunk there. It was there for years, then someone salvaged it. It was only in about 75 feet of water laying on its side, so nice dive. Again, it was in a fast current area, so you needed to time slack tide for high or low. to get 2 hours.
Is the Juliett still on the bottom? I like the old style subs from back then. Our old fleet type with the diesels in look sharp I think. I can still see them coming up the river by our place on Fridays and not wanting to wait for the train bridge to open, blowing balest enough so just the coning tower was showing and runnnig under the bridge on battery power... People that had never seen it used to really go crazy over it. I have to say, I never tired of it either.
Geo
