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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Japanese midget sub



National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, houses the Japanese midget sub that ran aground during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.  I was surprised to learn that this "midget" is nearly 80 feet long and is powered by a 600 hp electric motor.  The contra-rotating props are almost 4.5 feet in diameter.
 
Sorry I didn't get a full-length shot.  The museum was about to close and they were running us out a little early.  -Jim