Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Wooden Submarine (attn. Mike Holt)

[Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:12:19 -0500 David Buchner  writes:
>I found this while doing a web search on a whim, on "wooden 
>submarine."
>
>Begging pardon if somebody's already discussed this one before... I 
>don't recall it, though.
>
>"Hampton's Unique Submarine Of The 1920's"
>http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/holman/sub.htm

?   I don't recall this one.   I'll have a look at the website tonight.

Thnaks, Dave.

>> "The wooden submarine was beached in the sand dunes off Johnson Avenue

>> for more than 10 years and it served as the summer home for its owner 
>> and builder, Thomas Buckley.
>
>The thing was HUGE. There's a picture.

Wow.

>(Also. I caught a bit of a movie on TV at my dad's the other day, with 
>William Hurt in it. It seemed kind of weird and gloomy -- but the part 
>that caught my attention was his friend who had built a submarine in 
>his garage, and they rolled it down to the water and cruised around. 
>The title is RARE BIRDS (2001). Anybody know whether they used 
>somebody's sub to film it? Most of it looks farfetched, but the hull 
>is  vaguely familiar.)

This is new to me.   Does anyone know anything?




Mike Holt


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