WHALE KILLED BY BOMBS
That an American destroyer during the war bombed a whale with depth charges because it made a noise like a submarine is told by a London writer. “As the monster drove, his body through the water he couldn’t help making hull noises 1 just like those of a submarine/’ the writer says. ‘’So after the course and speed of the supposed submarine had been carefully plotted by American sailors listening with microphones, they released a number of depth charges over a selected spot.” Apparently the aim was good, for, according to the writer, the carcass of the whale rose to the surface within a few minutes after the charges exploded.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6632, 11 June 1928, Page 3
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