"DSK" wrote...

Perhaps a bit of further explanation, to those who have followed some of
JAXAshby's posts in the past... recently in another discussion he
claimed that a U-boat had been sunk by the USCG in Long Island Sound and
was the cause of much unjustified bragging by the USCG, that a U-boat
had patrolled the Potomac River and was a charted obstruction there, and
that a Japanese submarine had shelled Seattle and that this last
incident was 'well known.' It turns out that there may be a smattering
of near-truth in some of this, but my reaction was that this was one of
Jax's funniest posts in a while.

I vaguely remember seeing reports that a Japanese sub launched some kind of
balloon carried bomb off the coast of Oregon during WWII. If I recall correctly
it landed in the forest of southern Oregon, was discovered by hikers and caused
casualties when they accidentally set it off.

A quick search turned up the following....

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/jbb.htm

http://www.stelzriede.com/ms/html/mshwfug2.htm

I thought they were launched from a sub but apparently they were released from
Japan!

-rick-