[Robe]

I just saw the footage on FOX... it appears to be a replica of the TURTLE. a revolutionaly war attempt at a submarine..And well done too!!!! The news babe refered to it as a WWII replica submarine (DUH)

Read more about the "TURTLE"HERE

[af_vet_rr]

They did a good job of making the replica (although they picked the wrong place to test it out, there are plenty of areas around New York where they wouldn't spook anybody, or they should have had a banner or two clearly stating what they were doing).

You couldn't pay me enough to climb in that thing though, even if it used modern materials. Bushnell was a genius, but dang, that's a "here, hold my beer while I climb into this thing" kind of setup.

[inkling]

I served on the USS San Francisco (SSN-711). One of my crewmates modified one of our standard blue baseball caps to read USS Turtle (SS-001)