![]() This girl had some serious fire power back in her day. She had been built by Groton, Connecticut’s Electric Boat Company the one that built the US Navy’s first sub ever. Impressive SubĮven with the damage inside – a clear message they had run into trouble, Tim could see just how amazing the sub was. Tim and his wife rushed to get their team and equipment together.īetween the newest robotics and other ground-breaking technology at their hands, it didn’t take long for their underwater camera to finally find the 300-foot submarine nestled in the ocean floor. Everyone had been looking in wrong place. Bad Translationīut in the speed and heat of war of WWII, one single number in the latitude and longitude had been transcribed incorrectly. Between him and a translator, a small but alarming error appeared – one that would explain the entire mystery. ![]() They were quick to respond with the original documents. It couldn’t be that simple … could it? Getting The OriginalsĪll it took was a quick call to the corresponding Japanese offices. He poured over the translation again, feeling his heart pounding and an idea forming. War chatter and enemy documents said that a Japanese carrier-based plane had spotted them and sank them. It was then Tim found his first clue Enemy Documents But over 3 weeks after their planned arrival, there was still no word from them. They would have to dock at Midway Atoll – at least that was the plan. Running Lowīecause of the long string of attacks, they were down to just two torpedoes. This left them with a rather large problem. Nearly a month later, the sub had sent a message that it had sunk another two Japanese vessels. 208 – had left Pearl Harbor on January 28 th, 1944. Tim poured through the notes again, making sure he had every detail right. The other issue was how many “enemies” the Greyback had made over her ten-mission journey. It just wasn’t where it should have been. The actual location of the submarine had been a mystery for over 75 years. This project, however, wasn’t your standard salvage job. Even if the passage of time had made sure the families of the 80 lost souls knew there was no getting them back, they would at least have the truth. So, when he was finally given a chance to look for the U.S.S Greyback, he immediately jumped on the chance. ![]() It gave the families of the departed a chance to have closure. But finding them wasn’t the only vital task. The “52” in their name came from the 52 lost US submarines during WWII.īetween their resources and support from various governments, their life’s work was to find these lost vessels. Tim Taylor and his wife Christine Dennison’s private company had one very clear goal that would take them from foreign libraries to the freezing depths of the ocean floor. The mystery started long before Lost 52 Project got its hands on the case, but they wanted to be the ones that finally finished it. It had been long-stretching, painful mystery that finally had a real, however bitter, ending. It wasn’t fair for anyone else in the world to see it before these two women had the chance. ![]() No one had seen it yet – just the team that had recorded it. ![]()
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