[Scan-DC] Half a submarine going past the window?

[Andrew]

In case anyone is still wondering, someone just posted on my blog the  
following:

"It is the bow section of a submarine. We were towing it from Newport  
News Shipyard to Electric Boat in Groton, CT. It’s sitting on the jack- 
up barge “Sea Shuttle”. Nice Shot."

I guess I wasn't crazy

http://penguinsix.com/2009/01/31/half-a-submarine-just-floated-past/



On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:47 PM, John Bacon wrote:

> Looks a bit large to be a POD.
>
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> ] On Behalf Of Rirri at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:26 PM
> To: andrew at leyden.com; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Half a submarine going past the window?
>
> In a message dated 1/31/09 13:49:20 Eastern Standard Time, andrew at leyden.com 
>  writes:
> Ok, I know it sounds odd, but I swear I just saw 1/2 of a Submarine go
> past the house on top of a barge.  Folks in Annapolis should be able
> to see it in about 20 minutes, but I haven't caught any radio traffic
> on the marine band.
>
> Picture here:
> http://penguinsix.com/2009/01/31/half-a-submarine-just-floated-past/
> It looks like a propulsion ("azimuth"?) pod to me.  This is the  
> latest thing to replace propeller shafts.  The pod hangs down below  
> the stern of a ship with a motor inside it (the pod) and a propeller  
> mounted on the end (the right side in the photo).
>
> Rich