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Re: Discussion of subs/INS
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 13, 11:55 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2012 Apr 13, 11:55 -0700
Agree. That's why, even though I lived in the Boston area, all my diving has been done in warm, clear environs. Went diving in Bermuda once on a commercial ship that had been deliberately sunk as a dive target (and cleaned up so one couldn't, for example, get caught down below). Fun dive, went through the galley and crew's quarters in the forecastle as well as the bridge.
From: "slk1000@aol.com" <slk1000@aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 11:46 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Discussion of subs/INS
It was at about 110 feet at the time of day when I dove it. It was the deepest dive I have ever been on, and the visibility left a lot to be desired. Never really penetrated, just stuck my head in. Definitely prefer coral reefs at 35 feet of warm, clear water.
Stan
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From: Lu Abel <luabel@ymail.com>
To: NavList <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 2:38 pm
Subject: [NavList] Re: Discussion of subs/INS
Yes, U853 had the unfortunate fate to surface just as a flotilla of US destroyers came steaming over the horizon. Crash-dived, but the destroyers had her location -- and the water isn't very deep where she lies, just over 100' as I recollect. Anyway, a famous diving spot on the Rhode Island coast.
From: "slk1000@aol.com" <slk1000@aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:16 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Discussion of subs/INS
I've visited the U-853 off Block Island, but I had to use SCUBA gear to do it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lu Abel <luabel@ymail.com>
To: NavList <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 11:19 am
Subject: [NavList] Re: Discussion of subs/INS
There are quite a few in New England. Unfortunately, memory fades after leaving there 20 years ago, but let me start: The Nautilus in Groton, Connecticut. There's a post-WW II sub that was conventionally powered but had the torpedo shape characteristic of today's nuclear subs. As I recollect it's not in the sub base in Groton but a park in the city. There's a WW II sub in Portsmouth, NH. I believe, but I'm not sure that there might be one at NYC's Seaport Museum. Ditto for Norfolk, VA.
From: Gary LaPook <garylapook@pacbell.net>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:19 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Discussion of subs/INS
gl
I don't think you were following NavList messages when I started visiting museum submarines. There are quite a few scattered about. I've been aboard 21 submarines in the US in the past four years and two in the UK just three weeks ago.-FER
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