1 posted on
05/24/2019 10:35:36 AM PDT by
DFG
To: DFG
Still has Hull integrity hope they reposition it before the waters subside
2 posted on
05/24/2019 10:37:38 AM PDT by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: DFG
The USS Batfish is a sister ship to the USS Bowfin in Pearl Harbor.
3 posted on
05/24/2019 10:49:04 AM PDT by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: DFG
The story (as I heard it) was that some wealthy gentleman had bought her surplus and was going to have her brought up the river to (somewhere), but due to the river becoming shallow and narrow, she only made it to Muskogee and there she stays.
Now might be a good time to finish the journey.
(Although, I’m sure the fellow is long gone by now)
Glad she’s still floating and not sitting flooded out in the silt.
4 posted on
05/24/2019 10:53:55 AM PDT by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: DFG
I have a friend who served on the newer USS Batfish (SSN-681). Attack sub, decommissioned in 1999.
5 posted on
05/24/2019 10:57:13 AM PDT by
real saxophonist
(One side has guns and training. Other side's primary concern is 'gender identity'. Who's gonna win?)
To: DFG; dfwgator
“Balao-class!!” - Kelsey Grammar
Nice-looking boat.
6 posted on
05/24/2019 10:57:17 AM PDT by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: DFG
11 posted on
05/24/2019 11:19:51 AM PDT by
moovova
To: DFG
They have taken good care of that old girl. She’ll be just fine. Served on board a Balao class boat that had a GUPPY III conversion during the cold war. DBF!!!
14 posted on
05/24/2019 11:23:31 AM PDT by
SubVet72
To: DFG
Been there, seen that, and it is well worth the trip.
To: DFG
"Oklahoma"
Cuz where else would you display a submarine?
16 posted on
05/24/2019 11:30:19 AM PDT by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: stylecouncilor
19 posted on
05/24/2019 11:58:24 AM PDT by
onedoug
To: sit-rep; rlmorel
To: DFG
Dive dive!
Oh, wait a minute.
5.56mm
26 posted on
05/24/2019 12:22:00 PM PDT by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
To: DFG
On my ship, there was a saying when relieving someone from aft midwatch: “Look out for Sea Bats.”
Had no idea they existed in Oklahoma.
30 posted on
05/24/2019 12:40:41 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: DFG
I toured the Batfish when she was berthed on the Mississippi River at Naval Station New Orleans. Cub Scouts, late 60’s.
To: DFG
Propped up in silty water is actually pretty appropriate for a stealthy sub named after a bottom dwelling camouflaged fish known to prop itself up on its chunky leglike fins in silty water….
34 posted on
05/24/2019 1:05:42 PM PDT by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: IncPen
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