Make-shift submarine found in East River

WABC-NY ^ | 08/03/07 | (NY) Eyewitness News

[Sacajaweau]

When I was young, they used to have submarine races at the beach in one of the local parks.

[Charles Martel]

They were bridge inspectors, no doubt.

Of a sort, yep, quite possibly.

[Grampa Dave]

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[Bean Counter]

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[Frapster]

That was my thought. lol

[Al Gator]

I thought it was the Port Authority that decided such things. Independent of both NY and NJ.

[BuffaloJack]

Exactly how much is the NYC municipal submarine tax?
Are they being charged with tax evasion?

[PapaBear3625]

Newsmax also reports: "Coincidentally, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 was sailing nearby when police arrived on the scene."

[RckyRaCoCo]

Not very likely in a submarine.

heh heh

[Knute]

When I was young, they used to have submarine races at the beach in one of the local parks.

One of the more pleasurable memories of youth!
Our's overlooked Lake Michigan

[AU72]

The SS Darwin!

[Unknowing]

Reminds me of the first submarine, used by American forces during the Revolutionary War. It was called the “Turtle,” employed to affix mines to the hulls of British ships.

[PapaBear3625]

Exactly how much is the NYC municipal submarine tax? Are they being charged with tax evasion?

Being in a commercial shipping channel in a submarine may be considered to be creating a hazard to navigation. There is not that much clearance between the bottom of the river and the draft of a large vessel

[Lazamataz]

It’s a Yellow Submarine.

[Londo Molari]

“What exactly did they do that was illegal?”

It might be considered a Hazard to Navigation. Also, perhaps the cruise ship docks are considered restricted areas. There is not that much information in the article.

[Mopp4]

If any of these guys is named Mohammed or Ali or Hussein I’ll guarantee you it is terrorism related

Don't forget...the Japs used mini-subs to come into Pearl Harbor....I'd like to know the names too...

[PapaBear3625]

It was called the “Turtle,” employed to affix mines to the hulls of British ships.

And just by coincidence the British ship "Queen Mary II" was passing when the cops grabbed them. See my post 48

[Hot Tabasco]

sail off Brooklyn in a makeshift submarine-type vessel.

LOL! Brings back an old memory of when I was a real little kid growing up on a lake in northern michigan. Myself and a little buddy were beachcombing and there was an abandoned propane tank the kind that looks like a small submarine. Well, had we been able to move it off the shore (and we really tried) , we'd have tried to sail it...........LOL! If anything, at least we had vivid imaginations.....

[Philistone]

That looks familiar...

[CDHart]

LOL! I remember those!

Carolyn