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Sunken Soviet sub needs buyer -- or it's scrapped (Let's Buy It!)
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Posted on 12/26/2008 7:11:28 PM PST by buccaneer81

Sunken Soviet sub needs buyer -- or it's scrapped

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—A former Soviet cruise missile submarine that was once featured in a Hollywood film and sank in the Providence River during a storm last year will be converted to scrap metal if no one agrees to buy it, the president of the foundation that owns it said Wednesday.

The 282-foot submarine, also known as Juliett 484, began serving as a floating educational museum in 2002, until it went down during a powerful nor'easter in April 2007.

Army and Navy dive crews raised the sub in a training exercise last July, and inspections showed the vessel had deteriorated and corroded during its 15 months underwater.

Restoring it to an operational museum would have cost more than $1 million, said Frank Lennon, director of the Russian Sub Museum and president of the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation, a private, nonprofit group.

"Based on the input we received from experts, the cost of restoring it was beyond our capabilities," Lennon said.

A local company, Rhode Island Metals Recycling, LLC, has agreed to move the sub downriver and eventually dismantle it for scrap metal if no one offers to buy it intact by the end of January.

"We remain hopeful that someone will step forward who might be interested in taking over the stewardship of this very interesting Cold War relic," Lennon said.

The sub, alternatively designated as K-77, was launched in 1965 as part of the Soviet Northern Fleet. The Juliett class was initially planned as a nuclear missile platform for strikes against the United States and later tracked U.S. aircraft carriers.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: julliettclass; k19; sovietsub
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To: JoeProBono

The Disney version of the Nautilus is the coolest movie submarine design ever.


41 posted on 12/28/2008 11:04:49 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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To: JoeProBono

I have a One Hundred Billion dollar Zimbabwe note that expires December 31st. I was saving it for a rainy day...but what the heck.


42 posted on 12/28/2008 11:07:19 PM PST by Xenophon450 ( The stain of freedom, he's washed it out... whoÂ’s rocking the cradle? I have no doubt...)
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To: buccaneer81

K-77...
Isn’t that the sub that was on display in St.Petersburg about ten years ago???


43 posted on 12/28/2008 11:18:56 PM PST by tcrlaf (You Voted DEMOCRAT-You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: tcrlaf
K-77... Isn’t that the sub that was on display in St.Petersburg about ten years ago???

Yep. This is the one and the same.

44 posted on 12/28/2008 11:21:28 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

Wow!
I’ve actually been through that thing!!


45 posted on 12/28/2008 11:26:36 PM PST by tcrlaf (You Voted DEMOCRAT-You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: tcrlaf
Wow! I’ve actually been through that thing!!

If you're ever in Connecticut, you can go aboard USS Nautilus. I was fascinated.

46 posted on 12/28/2008 11:38:32 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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