[PSUBS-MAILIST] Perry lockout

PC-1201 was is an observation version of the 12 series, the first, as you might guess. The mighty PC-1202 was the one and only 12-class lockout version. 1201 is in Palm Beach undergoing a complete retro-fit, or was the last time I heard about it. PC-1202 is down your way, in Singapore, at last reading--refurbished, but laid up and for sale. Most of my work in Europe and Africa was aboard one or the other of the 12-boats (Intersub owned all of them except 1203, which belonged to Comex at the time). I liked them a lot, in case you were wondering. 3000# of batteries in a 16,000# vehicle gave us a hell of a work capacity--eight hour dives were the norm. Preventative Maintenance routines kept the boats shipshape, and we ran them hard and long. I was just telling the Marine Vehicles manager at Harbor Branch (who has 1204 in cold storage) that I made over 300 dives in that boat, and he tells me that they haven't done that many in ten years!!! I did mine in a season and a half.