Sunken Ships of the Second World War
September 8, 2024 1:27 PM   Subscribe

"Resurfacing the Past": "More than 20,000 ships sank during World War II. One man is on a mission to map them all - and is uncovering untold stories along the way." Day by day animation. Dashboard. Stories of the sunken ships. WWII shipwrecks in the news. On the Solarpunk Presents podcast: "Protecting the Environment With GIS: Mapping WWII's Sunken Ships with Paul Heersink." An article on the oil the ships may contain. Stories of sunken ships previously.
posted by Wobbuffet (2 comments total) 10 users marked this as a favorite
 
May I add a relevant previously: That Sweet, Sweet, Low Background Steel which featured an article on how entire WWII shipwrecks are being removed from their resting places. The goal is to salvage the steel these ships were fabricated out of, steel made before the advent of atmospheric nuclear testing. This so-called 'low background steel' has several high-value applications such as particle detectors like Geiger counters and medical imagers.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:22 PM on September 8 [4 favorites]


Can't get the brain around 20,000. Crazy.
posted by Glinn at 5:30 PM on September 8


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