Very good pic. As I understand it, the USN sank a miget sub on December 6th, 1941 just outside of Pearl Habor. It was a sub sim that had drawn me into subs. Interesting enough, it a pacific war sub sim, "Up Periscope". I believe my copy still works.
James
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, JimToddPsub@aol.com <JimToddPsub@aol.com> wrote:
From: JimToddPsub@aol.com <JimToddPsub@aol.com>
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Japanese midget sub
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 7:33 PM
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
