Warships sunk during Guadalcanal
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:25:01 -0500
>To: mahan@microworks.net
>From: Tom Robison
>Subject: Re: Warships sunk during Guadalcanal
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>Tom Lewis wrote:
>
> >According to an article in this week’s Navy News (Australia), the hulks are
> >leaking oil and killing off local fishlife and coral. The government there
> >are appealling to the governments who “own” the ships for help.
>
>This brings up the age old question, who “owns” old wrecks. Once a wreck is
>abandoned in international waters, it is fair game for salvage.
>
>But some of these ships are in Solomon Island waters. Are they still
>considered fair game for salvage, are they property of the Solomons by
>default, or do they still belong to the country who caused them to be there?
>
>Which brings up another question. If the US and Japan are responsible, are
>they responsible for their own ships, or each other’s? I.e., the US caused
>the Japanese ships to be sunk, and the Japanese caused the Allied ships to
>be sunk. So, are we responsible for bringing up the Japanese ships, and
>vice-versa?
>
>Still sounds to me like a scam to fleece Uncle Sugar. How much oil can be
>leaking? Yes, I know, the Arizona is still fouling Pearl Harbor, but how
>serious can the pollution problem be in The Slot?
>
>
>
>Tom Robison
>Ossian, Indiana
>tcrobi@mindspring.com