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Topic: Max Faget's WWII service onboard submarines
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mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-18-2011 09:22 PM
   
I have a couple of friends who are space buffs, WWII history buffs, and ex-submariners. We're curious to know on what submarines Max Faget served on during the war. Anyone know? |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 06-19-2011 01:50 PM
Don't know on board which boats he served but as Max Faget was a submariner maybe it partly explains how the first Mercury capsule ended up with a periscope instead of a window...  |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 06-20-2011 09:19 PM
The Mercury capsule also had depth charges. A device called SOFAR, that was an explosive device that was suppose to go off if the capsule sunk. At a certain depth it was suppose to go off in order to be detected on sonar, giving a location where the capsule sunk. Luckily for Liberty Bell 7 it didn't go off and destroy the capsule. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-22-2011 11:33 PM
So maybe there is an explanation here for what happened to Liberty Bell 7. It didn't sink, it dived. | |
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