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Direction of skid

Paul Tidwell@I-52.com

OPERATION RISING SUN

Acoustic Image

Forward Torpedo Room and part of the bow. AS this imagine shows, there is a debris field scattered around the I-52.

 

Debris Field

 

 

Acoustic Shadow of Conning Tower

Conning Tower

 

 

Impact of I-52 with the bottom indicates she was moving horizontal as well as vertical as she came into contact with the bottom.

As the submarine made contact with the bottom she slid slightly forward and to port.