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At random: Coronation ceremonies of Emperor Alexander II of Russia in 1855 were enlivened by a submarine concert. Wilhelm Bauer, a Bavarian inventor, took three musicians under the waters of Kronstadt Harbor in a submarine he had built, where they played appropriate music during the coronation. The music was distinctly heard on the surface.

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fortyrod

Posted 2018-08-29 4:14 AM (#90057)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Subject: 8-29/30/31-history

8-29-1915 Navy salvage divers raise F-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.

http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-loss-of-uss-f-4-ss-23/

Atlantic 08/31/67: The USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) armed with 16 Polaris missiles collides with the target ship USS Betelgeuse (T-AK-260)when practicing a torpedo attack, 70 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. No one is hurt, but the Bolivar suffers about $1 million damage to its periscope and communications antennae. The Betelgeuse suffers a hole in its hull. The Bolivar surfaces and the crew cuts away a 4-foot high, 15-foot-long section of the conning tower so the submarine could proceed to port.

The End.

Ric

Posted 2018-08-29 11:32 AM (#90063 - in reply to #90057)

Plankowner

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Subject: RE: 8-29/30/31-history

More on the F-4 and F-Boats in general here: http://pigboats.com/subs/f-boats.html
Some info on the men who sailed the F-4 Here: http://pigboats.com/features2.html (scroll down to the 6th image, "Joined Fates" and then to "James Morton Hoggett ET/3" second from bottom)
And... to: http://pigboats.com/features3.html and image #5; Harley L Colwell EMC and then down to #12 Alfred Louis Ede (he was the CO)
And lastly to the bottom of page 4: http://pigboats.com/features4.html for Earnest Clement Cauvin MM1

F-4 was really the "Bad Luck Boat" often called the "HooDoo boat" for all her bad luck.
It was a hard slog researching all this but rewarding also.

GaryKC

Posted 2018-08-29 12:29 PM (#90064 - in reply to #90057)

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Subject: RE: 8-29/30/31-history

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