[Milsurplus] A Visit to Battleship Cove

[brunneraa1p at comcast.net]

 Re:
> Speaking of museum subs:
> Have any of you seen the Japanese suicide sub 
> ("Ki-ten," or somethin' like that) that's on display at Pearl Harbor?
> It looks like something out of "The Flintstones."  
> I don't understand how that thing could even float, 
> much less sink a U.S. cruiser.

Most every nation tried miniature subs, which were ridden much like a motorcycle.  They were never successful because if a sea was running if you were high enough to see, it would broach and be visible, and if you were deep enough to be stabile you couldn't see where you were going. 

Richard Brunner, AA1P