From: A762x54mm@aol.com
Date: Wed May 29 2002 - 10:12:56 PDT
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (May 29) - A World War Two patrol boat captained by
President John F. Kennedy which was sunk by a Japanese destroyer has been
found off the Solomon Islands by the man who tracked down the Titanic, local
radio said on Wednesday.
The remains of wooden boat PT-109 was found on the seabed of the Blanket
Strait off Gizo Island, about 236 miles northwest of the Solomons capital
Honiara, by an international team led by U.S. oceanographer Robert Ballard.
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) radio said Ballard had told
the corporation he had found the wreckage of Kennedy's boat last week after
about a week of searching.
SIBC said Ballard's team would not release any of the details of their find
because of contractual obligations over film, magazine and book rights to
their search. A National Geographic documentary is to be released in
November, it said.
Gene in Texas
1970 M35A2C
1968 M109A3
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