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1. 
   FastEddie | Sep 24, 2008 12:40am | #1

   That had to take a lot of money.

   "Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

2. 
   JeffBuck | Sep 24, 2008 03:08am | #2

   cool!

    

   I got to ride in a sub in Grand Cayman.

   best money I ever spent!

    

   second best ... best was snorkling with the sting rays.

   but the sub ride was way cool!

   Jeff

       Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

3. 
   ruffmike | Sep 24, 2008 03:43am | #3

    Nice link. Reminds me of when the drug cartels were trying to buy that old Russian sub a few years back.

    I have been aboard a WWII era Canadian sub that is docked in S.F.

    Takes a special person to serve aboard a sub. 

                               Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

1. 
   JohnT8 | Sep 26, 2008 07:30pm | #15

   The museum in Chicago has a Uboat that you can walk through.  Don't think I would have wanted to spend months in one of those with 50-100 other guys.

    jt8

4. 
   StanFoster | Sep 24, 2008 04:05am | #4

   Marv:  Thanks for the kind words...I like to post projects....but havent posted near as much as I used to.  I like the nice comments..but I kind of get shy and lurk for awhile.

   I have said...and still say I am just a proficient stairbuilder...and honest to god..I am NOT  a master by no means.  I do have an eye for masterpieces...and I havent seen any come out of my shop.  Just being brutally honest!

    

   Stan

5. 
   MarkH | Sep 24, 2008 02:24pm | #5

   Thanks for the link. Very nice.

6. 
   frenchy | Sep 24, 2008 05:16pm | #6

   Marv

     Does anybody besides me see the threat something like that would pose?

    

    Let's say to smuggle drugs or people into the country?  Maybe something worse?   

     simple matter to put it on a larger ship just outside the territoral waters and off load it on a busy weekend when viligence is low and there are plenty of weekend boaters to mask all traces of detection by our sosus networks..

    In fact didn't we sink one out of Mexico a while back that was used for smuggling drugs?  Supposedly one of 10 built? 

1. 
   marv | Sep 24, 2008 08:56pm | #10

   Does anybody besides me see the threat something like that would pose?

   Or how about a homemade rocket or fertilizer truck bomb?  The Navy probably has the signature of his prop noise and can track him around the world.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.

   Marv

1. 
   frenchy | Sep 25, 2008 12:47am | #12

   Marv

    

     That's precisely why I suggested that the intruder come on a weekend and  be carried by a known (and non-suspicious) ship.   a large amount of drugs or other controlled substances could be smuggled that way. 

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   DougU | Sep 26, 2008 05:57am | #13

   Frenchy

   There smuggling plenty in on regular boats, don't know if they need to use a sub but I guess it cant hurt!

   Doug

1. 
   frenchy | Sep 26, 2008 04:28pm | #14

   DougU

     Supposedly the one sub they caught smuggling is part of a fleet of 10  so at least one group is doing it..

7. 
   SteveInCleveland | Sep 24, 2008 05:27pm | #7

   Very cool.  My wife is part of a homeschooling group.  They have frequent outings.  Friday they will be touring the USS Cod in Cleveland, Ohio.

   I've provided a link to their site.  The USS Cod was busy during WWII.

   http://www.usscod.org/

   The site lists these combat stats:

   "During her seven WW-II war patrols COD fired 122 torpedoes recording 39 hits.  Her skippers claimed 10 ships sunk and 5 damaged by torpedo.  This is the same average torpedo/ship sinking ratio as for all US subs during WW-II -- that is, one ship sunk for every 12 torpedoes fired.  In comparison, the German U-boats sank one ship for every four torpedoes fired."

   I thought that ratio was interesting.

    

    

    

   "Preach the Gospel at all times; if necessary, use words."  - St. Francis of Assisi

8. 
   Hudson Valley Carpenter | Sep 24, 2008 06:14pm | #8

   Speaking of large scale garage projects, there are many kit airplanes available to those who dream of flying.  

   http://www.rvproject.com/  Here's one man's experience with building and flying a well respected kit plane.

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 9/24/2008 11:19 am by Hudson Valley Carpenter

1. 
   frenchy | Sep 24, 2008 07:54pm | #9

   Hudson Valley Carpenter..

     that's a cool site, thanks for the link..

    

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   Hudson Valley Carpenter | Sep 24, 2008 09:16pm | #11

   http://www.eaa.org/