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Old 09-09-2017, 03:13 PM   #5
Gravdigr
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SPUCK View Post
I wonder what the $90 bought that sank the U-Boat.
Quote:
$1,350,000 to buy 15,000 depth charges
1,350,000 divided by 15,000 equals 90...so, I guess, a depth charge.


ETA:

$90 in 1942, is on par with $1400 in 2017...I'd be willing to bet a dollar that a depth charge costs a leeetle bit more than $1400 today.
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