Maybe. It was based on some high end sonar of the day, rather than visual. They spent a ton of money on the thing, and then couldn't figure out how to launch and recover it without turning the crew into cherry preserves. Then the sonar improved immensely, making the entire project redundant. Will Forman was building Deep Jeep at the time and said his entire life support system cost less than the TAXES on theirs, if they'd been paying taxes, that is.
Vance
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From: Jay K. Jeffries <bottomgun@mindspring.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 9:19 pm
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] eBay submarine item
COOL, have only seen images and diagrams of its layout. Didn’t they use a perisco
pe to see out of the crew compartment which was buried mid-hull?
Phil has the Moray, built at the China Lake center--two man sub designed to be launched from a destroyer--with a torpedo motor (90 horsepower, counter rotating props and all). I hope we get to see it.