Interesting. Haven’t heard of this happening with any other vessel (so far). Sounds like the opening scene of a Syfy flick.
“She is noteworthy as a U.S. Navy vessel that has apparently been attacked by an unknown species of giant squid. In 1978, the “NOFOUL” rubber coating of her AN/SQS-26 sonar dome was damaged by multiple cuts over 8 percent of the dome surface. Nearly all of the cuts contained remnants of sharp, curved claws found on the rims of suction cups of some squid tentacles. The claws were much larger than those of any squid that had been discovered at that time.”
Then they find proof that they still exist. I always try and remember we thought the Coelacanth went extinct 65 million years ago and then we found them still living in 1938. Sometimes we really have no idea what is actually out there.
My Dad was an Underwater Welder/Salvage for a while, back when they used Bathosphere’s and you would stay down for as long as you could stand because the cash register was ringing.
He said he had a Hammerhead Shark past him that looked as big as a Caddilac.
No, there’s far more mysteries at the bottom of the Ocean than there ever were on the Moon.
We like to imagine that we understand and control our world, but in reality there are many things lurking in the dark, just on the edge of our awareness.