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Good, you’re here. Since the blog was talking about WWII recently, when I found this next story I wanted to post it. I waited for you because you’re our resident “submarine guy”:

Nazi Submarine Torpedoed During WWII Likely Found With Crew’s Remains (PHOTOS)

A tip from local divers swimming in the Java Sea has led to what is believed to be the wreck of a Nazi submarine sunk during World War II.

Indonesian researchers announced the discovery this week after examining the hulking underwater structure, which also contained at least 17 skeletons likely belonging to the vessel’s crew, the Agence France-Presse reports.

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A group of divers from the Yogyakarta Archeology Center and the Yogyakarta Diving Center first reached the sub on Nov. 9, according to the Jakarta Post. Although they have not yet discovered any identifying features on the outside of the vessel, they did discover evidence inside the sub that suggests it belonged to German forces. Among the items discovered inside was a pair of plates with Nazi insignia, the report notes.

So far, the National Research Centre said it believes the submarine is the “U-168,” which was torpedoed in 1944 by a Dutch submarine. The fact that the submarine’s hull is greatly damaged may be a result of this, Haaretz reports.

One of the plates in question:

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