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Naval Ships of the World - Post Yours

What on earth are all those, those wheels? If "wheels" if the correct term for them.


Seriously, it's a former Soviet sub? How did it end up where it is now?
different valves for moving air and water around the ship from different tanks i suppose.

yes its a former Soviet Sub. after the collapse of the USSR, the 'new' Russian government was selling off all manner of military equipment. Bob Lutz (he was a General Motors Executive) bought a Russian jet trainer!. the B-427 was decommissioned in '94 and some businessman bought it. i GUESS it sailed under its own power to Australia but then was sold again and relocated to Long Beach as a tourist stop. which it was successful in that my father in law and i went to visit lol.

taxes, and moorage fees and all that kind of put a big strain on them i guess especially around covid time and no maintenance was done and it started to leak. i guess now its pretty flooded and in danger of rusting out due to it being sitting in seawater there.

there was another Foxtrot that was in San Diego (B-39) but it was towed to Ensenada Mexico for scrapping.
 
different valves for moving air and water around the ship from different tanks i suppose.

yes its a former Soviet Sub. after the collapse of the USSR, the 'new' Russian government was selling off all manner of military equipment. Bob Lutz (he was a General Motors Executive) bought a Russian jet trainer!. the B-427 was decommissioned in '94 and some businessman bought it. i GUESS it sailed under its own power to Australia but then was sold again and relocated to Long Beach as a tourist stop. which it was successful in that my father in law and i went to visit lol.

taxes, and moorage fees and all that kind of put a big strain on them i guess especially around covid time and no maintenance was done and it started to leak. i guess now its pretty flooded and in danger of rusting out due to it being sitting in seawater there.

there was another Foxtrot that was in San Diego (B-39) but it was towed to Ensenada Mexico for scrapping.
That's quite a story. Although I'm not too surprised. When the Soviet Union collapsed a lot of the old state property was bought for next to nothing and sold with huge profits. It made some people very very rich.
 
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