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Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:06 am
by spence
March 1943 - the Russian freighter LAMUT ran aground on the Washington coast. Most of the the 52 people on board were rescued. The Coasties that assisted the ship tied their shoelaces together in order to have enough line to pull a messenger line and ultimately a towing hawser up to the top of the cliff. The Russkis had to climb the hawser. I think the ship and situation is pictured here after the crew was taken off.

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RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:16 am
by DuckofTindalos
Looks so tiny among those cliffs...

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:48 am
by fuelli
Now I´m waiting for the people to ask for shoelaces as comunication lines modelled in the game and if not if it will be added to AE[:D]

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:56 pm
by Anthropoid
Insane . . .

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:09 pm
by admgrraven
What I want to know is how the heck did it get in there in the first place.[X(]

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:35 pm
by Gem35
Here is an actual picture of the survivors.[:)]


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RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:52 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Gem35

Here is an actual picture of the survivors.[:)]


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Funny, they dont look Russian.

Which of the women do you think is cuter? The redhead or the brunette?

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:57 pm
by Gem35
Well mary ann of course but she was caught with mary jane in her car this past february.[;)]

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:05 am
by bradfordkay
Apparently those Russian captains are not the best skippers - especially when sailing in the waters of the Evergreen State. Just a couple of years ago we had a Russian freighter run aground on its way into Olympia. It seems that the captain mistook a shallow bay for the passage between two islands that he needed to take...

RE: Sorta OT but it did happen in the Pacific during World War II

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:32 am
by ilovestrategy
ORIGINAL: Gem35

Here is an actual picture of the survivors.[:)]


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Oh my stomach is hurting, I'm laughing so hard. You are a jerk for putting me in so much pain!