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  • Submarine takes to the water again after flash flooding in OK refloats the historic vessel (TR)

    05/24/2019 10:35:36 AM PDT · by DFG · 48 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/24/2019 | Rod Ardehali
    A historic Second World War submarine took to the waters for the first time in nearly 50 years when heavy rains flooded its military museum home - causing it to refloat. The USS Batfish, a 77-year-old Balao-class submarine, was placed on display at the Muskogee's War Memorial Park in Oklahoma - a region that has experienced flash flooding and tornadoes this week - causing rivers to flood and banks to spill over. Dry docked in a park alongside the Arkansas River since 1973, flooded water brought the USS Batfish - best known for sinking three Japanese Imperial Warships during a...