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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sub at Portland, OR boat show



Lew - the answer is simple .. 

Paul Moorhouse of Marlin Subs (England)is the designer and 
builder of S101. It is not a USSub. Later he worked on the 
bigger luxury subs (Phönix and other projects only) of USsubs
as principal engineer. I am not sure about that - but I think 
USsubs never build really a new sub from own design - but the sales 
and refit obviously some other second hands - special tourist subs.  

Translation request : some other words for scary ? 

Carsten

Lew Clayman schrieb:
> 
> >-- Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM> wrote:
> 
> > At which one guy said, "Who is Kittredge?"
> >
> > The other guy said, "Hey I met Kittredge in Maine back in '91. Kind
> > of an old guy. His sub was scary."
> 
> Salesmen... (I hope)
> 
> > 2. It is actually the S101.
> > 3. The business card and placard by the sub said they were US Submarines.
> >    I just located their URL on this sub:
> >
> >    http://ussubs.com/Main_folder/itvpt4.html
> 
> Marketing, not actually contradicting the British-Swedish connection, just
> playing themselves up.  The web page says (carefully, I think):
> 
> "The Marlin S-101, a diesel electric submarine built by U.S. Submarines'
> Principal Engineer and once used by the Swedish Navy for anti-submarine warfare
>       operations has been purchased by U.S. Submarines and is undergoing a
> refit under the supervision of Vice President Ellis Adams in Seattle,
> Washington."
> 
> In other words, their current Principal Engineer worked on the manufacture of
> the sub, but they're silent as to where, when, and in who's employ.  Oh, and
> they bought it and are refitting it now.  So perhaps they deserve some of the
> credit (through the Engineer, whose role in the original manufacture is not
> clarified) but perhaps they'd like the reader think they did a lot more.
> 
> But perhaps not...
> 
> -Lew
> 
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>  doing this they have what ugliness is; they all know the
>  skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have what the
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