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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] escape question



Excellent response!

JN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bmshomstein@att.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] escape question


> The only dumb question is the one not asked.
> 
> 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".
> 
> 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.
> 
> --
> Berny Shomstein
> P O Box 1644
> Miami, FL 33233 
> 
>