Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Japanese midget sub

[Gregory Cotton <gregc02@gmail.com>]

That's a great museum! I was there a bit over a year ago, right before they opened the new building. I'll have to go back the next time I work out of Austin! It takes a full day to do it justice.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:33 PM, <JimToddPsub@aol.com> wrote:

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