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Unidentified subchaser sunk near Kiska
Harbor.
The
US submarine USS Grunion was reported to have sunk two subchasers
near Kiska Harbor.
Period subchasers had sharp bows, and this vessel fits the basic dimensions
of a 167' length and 22' beam. Other
possibilities are net-layer or minesweeper; both types of vessels are
recorded sunk in the area in the Strategic Bombing Survey records.
Shipwreck
The vessel was
heavily damaged and machinery, including the forward-deck capstan,
are outside the hull. It
is believed this vessel was a minelayer or sub-chaser, although no
records so far examined indicate any presence of mine layers. A mine
field was
recorded in the US Strategic Bombing Survey of 1946.
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