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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fresh water sub tourism
Sorry folks- It is: http://www.navsea.navy.mil/ndp Got in a hurry I guess or it is time to get stronger glasses. M.Steed
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mark Steed" <plutomark@mail.astate.edu>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:26:08 -0500
>Greetings all-Marco is exactly right see: http://www.navsea.navy.mil.ndp I'll make mine an SSN or CVA. Regards, M.Steed
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Marco Zeeman <marco@zeeman.co.nz>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:59:06 +1300
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>>The US has over 400 ships from subs to aircraft carriers up for disposal, no
>>end of potential wrecks for those needing one. They cant export the retired
>>ships as there is a federal ban so they need a home somehwhere in the
>>States.
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>>I represent a group in NZ doing just that, sinking a retired navy frigate as
>>an underwater attraction
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>>See www.divewreck.co.nz
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>>Cheers
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>>Marco
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>>> I wonder if it would be possible to create one's own wrecks?
>>> Just sink something after it's been "fixed up" to be more
>>> interesting.
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>>> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 00:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Ricci Dustin writes:
>>>> I guess the key to fresh water sub tourism is wrecks.
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>>> I wonder if it would be possible to create one's own wrecks?
>>> Just sink something after it's been "fixed up" to be more
>>> interesting.
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>>>> I am looking at Lake Mead in Nevada. This is the
>>>> largest man made lake in North America.
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>>> How deep is it? How much other traffic is there? You'd have
>>> to set up safe lanes for submarine operation, just to avoid
>>> running into the curious.
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>>>> It is full of
>>>> wrecks. And it is 20 minutes from Las Vegas so the
>>>> tourist traffic is there to pull from. There is even a
>>>> B-29 that went down in the 40s and is still intact.
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>>> A sunken B-29? What else do you know about this
>>> one? Is it a dive site?
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>>>> I would still love to here from anyone who dove on the
>>>> Auguste Piccard or knows anything about the tours it
>>>> dove.
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>>> That's a good question. I wonder at what point the operation
>>> of that boat became too expensive. The story of that tourism
>>> business would make a very good book for Carsten to write.
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>>>
>>> Mike H.
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