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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Were they are gone..?



In a message dated 4/28/2002 3:54:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mholt@richmond.edu writes:

<< Benthos V       : (1963, USA)           ??
 
 Sold to the USSR, 1980 (approximately).  When I find the letter
 from the builder, I'll try to scan it for you.
 
 I talked with the project manager in about 1988, and he
 said all the paperwork concerning the sub had been lost
 or given to the buyer.  No plans, no photos .... and the
 team that designed and built it were all retired or doing
 something totally different.
  >>
Which manager? I tried to track Bennie V for several months through its 
owners in Washington but it apparently got lost during the dissolution of a 
dive company. Any idea who bought it for the Russians and where it went? Vance