Dakar Wreckage Site Unraveled
For the next 30 years, the search and questions about Dakar were on the minds and lips of everyone. However, in 1999, the wreckage site of Dakar was located. The search team consisted of an Israeli-U.S. team that created a joint military group to scour the waters to find the lost ship. It turned out the sub had sunk to a whopping 9.800 feet below surface level and was seated between the islands of Crete and Cyprus in the Mediterranean region. To date, the cause of her mysterious sinking has never been unraveled.
Dakar Wreckage Site Unraveled
Dealing with Missing Soviet K-129 Submarine
The next disaster after Minerve was the Soviet submarine K-129 that went down on March 8 with all crew aboard. The sub’s wreckage site was not discovered until August of that year. American USS Halibut made the discovery and was shocked to reveal the sub had gone under 16,000 feet of water. It was found near the island of Oahu, on the north-western end of Hawaii. However, the search mission took on a rather secret approach as President Nixon, at the time, thought the wreckage site would have been ideal to find potential nuclear weapons.
Dealing With Missing Soviet K 129 Submarine
