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To: oldvirginian

Somewhere I have a picture of me on the conning tower of that sub. The Navy rented it to the film producers for like $1 and when it was over they painted it gray again but you could still see pink streaks around the ballast tanks vents. It was towed back to old Long Beach Navy Yard and sat there for years.


57 posted on 07/26/2017 12:56:08 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: atomic_dog

Pretty cool piece of personal trivia.

I had the boyhood dream of owning one of those WW2 subs when I grew up.
Lord only knows the trouble I would have gotten into with it.


62 posted on 07/26/2017 2:31:32 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Eat At Joes)
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