1963 wet sub on Craigslist

[CT-Rich]

I had the same thought, it looks like the drug running subs.

I wonder how many kilos of... passenger it can carry....

 

[HKGuns]

Or possibly become a local wreck site.

where are they launching it? The water looks very tanic acidy. I doubt visibility in that water would even be half the length of the sub. The bow planes fold down, but I am not seeing how they pivot a single thruster in the stern is going to make controlling her pretty complicated.

A very curious design.

It is a river near Virginia Beach Virginia. I wish I'd taken pictures of the helm and controls, but I didn't....

@CT-Rich, it held roughly 12 people on the surface, so it is pretty spacious.

 

[OTF]

So what was it built to accomplish? Tours?

 

[Gone for diving]

To dive wrecks that are illegal to dive on?
Be just the unit to do deco and travel back home on... look like similar to a sidd mil units.

 

[ofg-1]

So what was it built to accomplish? Tours?

To suck up time and money with the added benefit of a possible sinking.

 

[Mike Lev]

I was go buy that thing for $700. Saw it 20 years ago at a dive shop in Newport Rhode Island. The guy over paid for it from the scumbag seller. Good luck with it.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

As craigslist ads don't last long it has either sold or been reposted. If the latter, I would advise the seller to throw in a couple sheets of plywood and if he really wants a quick sale, a few gallons of gas.

 

[Mike Lev]

I am referring to the Yellow two man sub.

 

[CT-Rich]

Anyone know what happened with the coffin built for twelve?