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Marc,
That is indeed the SS X-1. I'm not familiar with its association with
Republic if you're referring to the defense contractor. The neatest thing
about it was that it employed a closed loop hydrogen peroxide system to supply
oxygen to the diesel engine while submerged. Here's some more info:
I didn't take that photograph.
Jim
In a message dated 2/25/2011 8:48:44 P.M. Central Standard Time,
piolenc@archivale.com writes:
Nice
shot. It must have taken extensive restoration to put that sub back
into
museum condition. How nice that somebody went to the trouble and
expense.
Is that the Republic X-1 in the
background?
Marc
Archivale catalog:
http://www.archivale.com/catalog
Ducted fans:
http://massflow.archivale.com/
Polymath weblog:
http://www.archivale.com/weblog
On 2/26/2011 3:13 AM,
JimToddPsub@aol.com wrote:
> Marc,
> Here's a bow view of a
Ko-Hyoteki showing the noses of the two torpedoes
> they
carried.
>
Jim
>
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