Wow guys, thanks for the great info! Yes Jon, after looking at the book link, I see what you mean, very similar. Good work! Now Vance, you seem to know about the Mermaid II then? Might you know the submersible make and/or model, the maximum operational depth, and the original designers/builders? If I could find this information, I would like to update the stats page.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Jon Wallace
<jonw@psubs.org> wrote:
It's a Kittredge MK-II which is the second generation development of the K-250 we know today. Note the dive planes and rectangular reinforcement collar for the conning tower. It's documented on pages 5 & 6 of "Submarines" authored by Kittredge and you can find a copy at http://www.psubs.org/reference/publications/kittredgesubmarines.pdf
Kittredge sold plans for the MK-II so it's possible he did not personally build the vessel you found. However it's a nice find anyway and I can remember seeing photos of it taken from the road. When I passed through the keys a couple years ago I kept an eye out for it but never did see it. Now we know why.
Jon
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