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Yeah..The entire load of Vodka and Caviar was destroyed....

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I remember in the news a beer truck went throgh the ice and they spend several days recovering that.

That was acouple years ago

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As a hint of what might be at the bottom of the Black Sea have a look here under "The Lost Cargo of the Santa Fe"

http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page3.html

Just to add a little more to this discussion:

The USS Langley (CV-1) departed Fremantle, Australia, 22 February 1942, in convoy, and left the convoy 5 days later to deliver 32 P-40s to Tjilatjap, Java.

Early in the morning of 27 February, Langley rendezvoused with her antisubmarine screen, destroyers USS Whipple (DD-217) and USS Edsall (DD-219). At 1140 nine twin-engine enemy bombers attacked her. The first and second Japanese strikes were unsuccessful; but during the third Langley took five hits. Aircraft topside burst into flames, steering was impaired, and the ship took a 10 degree list to port. Unable to negotiate the narrow mouth of Tjilatjap Harbor, Langley went dead in the water as in-rushing water flooded her main motors. At 1332 the order to abandon ship was passed. The escorting destroyers fired nine 4-inch shells and two torpedoes into the old tender to insure her sinking. She went down about 75 miles south of Tjilatjap with a loss of 16.

One of these 16 was my uncle (my mother's brother).

http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page74.html
http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page75.html
http://www.lerenfort.fsnet.co.uk/page76.html

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