Re: What Submarine Am I?

[Dave Everett <deverett@idx.com.au>]

At 07:02 24-05-99 -0700, Michael B Holt wrote:
>On Sun, 23 May 1999 18:25:32 -0400 "Allan E. Gaines" writes:
>>I was out flying around Puerto Rico with the Coast
>>Guard recently.  While out, we flew over a surfaced
>>submarine (several crewmembers were on deck).
>>It was black, with a conventional conning
>>tower.  However, it looked smaller than most U.S.
>>Navy subs I've seen.  Also, the stern "tail fins"
>>(what do you call them?)  *appeared* to be in an "x"
>>configuration.  What I mean is, if you
>>saw this sub from the rear, the tail fins would appear
>>as an "x" instead of a "+" like most subs I've seen.
>>
>>[I presume it would look like an "x"; I don't know
>>what the fins below the water looked like.]
>
>It might have been a Dutch "Walrus" class boat.
>
Could also be an Australian 'Collins class'.

Dave Everett.