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Old 06-20-08, 10:12 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by GunnerGreg
Actually, the movement of the sub from Seattle to San Diego was strickly a business deal. The owner, a private individual, decided he was better off financially to sell the museum than to continue to operate it as a museum. The San Diego Maritime Museum bought it outright.

The US Coast Guard issues you speak of had to do with her voyage down the coast, not her operation as a museum.

San Diego Maritime is also the future home of USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555).
That's interesting stuff.
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