[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: escape question

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

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:54:54 +0000 bmshomstein@att.net writes:
>
>I know 2 incidents where subs were ditched then salvaged.
>
>The Alvin sank and sat on the bottom for a year in the 1960s. I don't 
>remember the entire story, it's in the book "Water Baby".

In about a mile of water, as I recall.    A bit rich for my blood.

>The other was a sub some friends sank in a canal in the Florida Keys. 
>An external battery pod exploded and the sub sank in the canal. The sub 
>was quickly raised.

Do we have a good report on this one?   I've never heard of it.

>
>--
>Berny Shomstein
>P O Box 1644
>Miami, FL 33233	
>
>


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