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Re: New Jersey Naval Museum-WWII Balao class sub, Japanes Kaiten, and German Seahund
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Apr 13, 18:57 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Apr 13, 18:57 -0400
John You failed to mention John P. Holland's "first" submarine, circa 1878. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_19/holland.htm http://whatexitnj.com/?p=349 http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49864 My father's family home was located on Preakness Ave. in Paterson, NJ which bordered on West Side Park. In the park, near the Passaic River, the submarine (I believe the original, not a copy) resided after being raised in 1927 (sunk in 1878). Spent many happy hours playing on it in my youth. (Apparently the guidance system was top secret and removed before display ;-) According to the internet, the sub now resides in a Paterson museum. Bill B On 4/13/2012 5:53 PM, John Carbone wrote: > As a recent member to the list, I am a former naval officer and a long > serving trustee of the New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, New Jersey. > (website http://www.njnm.com/) > > In addition to the former USS LING (WW II Balao Class fleet submarine), > we have one of only three remaining WW II Japanese Kaiten IIs (means > turned towards heaven) a two man suicide torpedo submarine and the only > known WW II German Seahund (means seadog) two man coastal defense > submarine. > > If anyone someday happens to be in the area, reach out before hand to > arrange a tour. Regards, John Carbone
