While visiting George in the winter of 1978-79, I had the opportunity
to review this submersible and meet the two gentlemen for whom it was
commissioned. The sub was purpose built with a lengthened, flanged hull
sealed with a rubber gasket and numerous bolts to aid in maintenance of the
diesel. The sub was headed to A few years later, met up with the sub owners once again. While
they wouldn’t speak poorly of their expensive investment, there were
issues with extreme noise, exhaust fumes, and diesel fumes that made operating
the sub to its fullest capabilities impossible. Shortly after the sub was
listed for sale and must not have sold readily as the ads were listed for quite
some time. Seems to me the asking price was $450K. Believe it was
finally sold but don’t know for how much. While I would love to have a sub like this have learned that it isn’t
really practical in the typical PSUB. Reading operational accounts of
some of the early Nordenfeld (SP?), R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Natura nihil fit in frustra - Nature does nothing in vain -----Original Message----- I've heard George cut the hull towards the stern and put flanges on
each of the two parts to bolt it together, but I have no idea if he had to lengthen it -- in a photo it looks the same as a normal K-350. He had a snorkel that looks about 3-4 feet tall behind the coning tower. The snorkel had a poppet valve at the top to shut it off upon submerging, but also of course a hull stop on the inside. The snorkel was not piped to the engine, it simply allowed air into the cabin and the diesel took air from the cabin atmosphere. Cooling was via sea water. Exhaust was into the water. Transmission via a standard marine gearbox with forward and reverse. I have only seen a photo, and spoken to George about it briefly, so that's the sum total of what I know about the diesel electric K-350. Do we have anyone on the list who has actually seen it in person? Thanks, Alec |