None of those sharks got past the Gibraltar of the Chesapeake!

Posted by graml from user-2iveuq4.dialup.mindspring.com (165.247.123.68) on Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 9:10pm :

In Reply to: Have you considered deep-sea diving in the Chesapeake Bay? posted by Operator Jake from 206-13-102-132.ded.pacbell.net (206.13.102.132) on Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 8:53pm :

Call it hometown pride, or my job at the western hemisphere's largest maritime library, but I'm pretty sure no U-boats snuck past Fortress Monroe or the Navy's nets. But the coast near Hatteras was lousy with Nazi subs in the early days of the Battle of the Atlantic. Four definite kills were made off NC, with a few possibles.
Okay, I'll get off the soapbox now. ;)
"Let's be delicious chewy nougat out there."
-graml

Follow Ups: I have to mention Admiral Inglefield at this point. - Fall Guy 1:20am 04/05/2002 Maybe you're right, but there are those who would argue....... - Operator Jake 0:51am 04/05/2002 Chesapeake or Sausalito? - Fall Guy 11:18pm 04/04/2002 Well, it ultimately was up to a brilliant young Brit officer. - Operator Jake 0:52am 04/05/2002 Yes, it was Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. - Fall Guy 1:06am 04/05/2002 Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: ( default ) Subject: Message: : Call it hometown pride, or my job at the western hemisphere's largest maritime library, but I'm pretty sure no U-boats snuck past Fortress Monroe or the Navy's nets. But the coast near Hatteras was lousy with Nazi subs in the early days of the Battle of the Atlantic. Four definite kills were made off NC, with a few possibles. : Okay, I'll get off the soapbox now. ;) : "Let's be delicious chewy nougat out there." : -graml Optional Link ( default ) URL: Title: Optional Image Link ( default ) URL: This board is powered by the Mr. Fong Device from Cyberarmy.com