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NYC Man Cited for 1775 Submarine
ABC News ^
| August 3, 2007
| DAVID SCHOETZ
Posted on 08/03/2007 5:34:17 PM PDT by libstripper
A man in a Revolutionary War-era submarine was cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for drifting into a security zone, and for unsafe sailing in New York's East River near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner, the Coast Guard and New York City Police Department said Friday.
The man in the replica vessel was identified as 35-year-old Philip "Duke" Riley of Brooklyn, N.Y., according to Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Seth Johnson.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: eastriver; nyc; submarine; submersible; turtle; wot
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The Revolutionary War submarine in question was the Turtle, a vessel shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a manually operated propeller at the bow. It carried a bomb containing about 100 pounds of black powder on its back and a screw device to attach the bomb to the bottom of an an enemy ship's hull. It failed in its first and only mission because the operator tried unsuccessfully to run the screw through the copper sheathing on the hull of a British warship. However, the Turtle avoided the Hunley's fate in that it safely returned to its dock. IIRC that was the first time a submarine was employed in combat.
To: libstripper
I love it! The turtle was re-enacted? The geek in me salutes the guy.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:36:51 PM PDT
by
doodad
To: libstripper
Probably cited for no running lights or life preservers...
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:37:23 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Doohickey; judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; ..
Bushnell-wannabe ping!
Well, I'm impressed!
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:39:28 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: libstripper
Probably no license plate.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:43:39 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dutchy; Yehuda
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:44:06 PM PDT
by
firebrand
To: tet68
"Probably cited for no running lights or life preservers..."
I hope he wasn't smoking on board or he'll get another citation.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:45:49 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Probably ran over a manatee.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:47:39 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: libstripper
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:51:40 PM PDT
by
rhombus
To: libstripper
The man in the replica vessel was identified as 35-year-old Philip "Duke" Riley of Brooklyn, N.Y., Hope all the ten foil hat crowd on the earlier thread see this guys name.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:52:55 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: libstripper
Declaring a revolution and attempting to overthrow King George is frowned upon now.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:53:05 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
To: doodad
It’s a sad day when “joe average” gets a creative idea, acts upon it, and then gets sited with tickets out the wazoo.....
Good for him though, the Turtle was man powered and very green as it had foxfire inside to light the interior compartment.
Sure that it wasn’t Al Gore in there?
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:56:49 PM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile.)
To: doodad
It’s a sad day when “joe average” gets a creative idea, acts upon it, and then gets sited with tickets out the wazoo.....
Good for him though, the Turtle was man powered and very green as it had foxfire inside to light the interior compartment.
Sure that it wasn’t Al Gore in there?
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:56:49 PM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile.)
To: org.whodat
I’m sure that George Noory and Art Bell will qualify this incident as an alien invasion... I was listening to their show a few days ago and Noory was saying that the Earth is hollow and that near the North Pole there’s an entrance for alien aircraft...
Weirdo’s.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:57:06 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(I'm Puerto Rican, but I ain't no "Welfare Queen"!)
To: libstripper
That is too cool.
Maybe he should have included the 100 lb. black powder “torpedo” and made the voyage worth the trouble.
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posted on
08/03/2007 6:02:28 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(The tree of liberty needs to be watered...)
To: libstripper
OMG! Somebody actually posted a picture of the Turtle in an earlier thread. Reality follows satire?
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posted on
08/03/2007 6:05:34 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(u)
To: tet68
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posted on
08/03/2007 6:08:09 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(My simplifying explanation had the disconcerting side effect of making the subject incomprehensible.)
To: padre35
It’s a sad day when “joe average” gets a creative idea, acts upon it, and then gets sited with tickets out the wazoo.... He was an idiot for launching it where he did.
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posted on
08/03/2007 6:09:10 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: KarlInOhio
That’s “GR” to you, mere peasant! GR stands for...
GEORGICUS REX!
You are not expected to grasp latin though, givin your inferior stock.
btw, don’t forget to pay your tea tax you insolent tramp!
To: libstripper
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posted on
08/03/2007 6:13:04 PM PDT
by
katnip
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