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TLAM Strike
04-04-13, 11:19 PM
Seriously...

Well I was at the Buffalo Naval Park and Museum at the time. But their website never mentioned anything about this little jewel:


http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/442/p1030870w.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/p1030870w.jpg/)
http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/14/p1030872ts.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/14/p1030872ts.jpg/)
http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/255/p1030891l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/255/p1030891l.jpg/)
http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/12/p1030881e.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/p1030881e.jpg/)
http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/716/p1030878z.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/p1030878z.jpg/)

I was on the bridge wing of the USS The Sullivans when I noticed it, boy was I surprised.


It's a Cos.Mo.S. Sea Horse 1 SDV (who ever wrote the info for the display didn't know that I think, they just called it a one man swimmer vehicle). This apparently was a civilian craft purchased by the SEALs with their discretionary funds and converted it to military use.

(Sorry for the quality of the photos, I had been crawling though the ships at the park for about five hours and I was really tired so the lighting looks a little off).
Madox58
04-04-13, 11:39 PM
On behalf of the "Little" subs, I object to the turm 'midget'.
I shall henceforth ignore or belittle you.
BIGot.
:haha:
TarJak
04-04-13, 11:59 PM
Cool find TLAM.

@Privateer, you should know that size doesn't matter. It's the use it gets put to that makes all the difference.:D
Red October1984
04-05-13, 07:22 AM
Cool find TLAM.

@Privateer, you should know that size doesn't matter. It's the use it gets put to that makes all the difference.:D

I once heard that it isn't size or usage that matters....its presentation. :hmmm: Robin Williams said that IIRC....
Jimbuna
04-05-13, 12:16 PM
Cool find TLAM.

@Privateer, you should know that size doesn't matter. It's the use it gets put to that makes all the difference.:D

Never mind the quality, feel the width :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KCGeQVc3FE
ajrimmer42
04-06-13, 02:49 AM
wow I actually went there in 2007 when staying with some friends in Akron :) Had a look around The Sullivans, Little Rock and the Croaker but didn't even realise all that other stuff was there :doh:
fireftr18
04-06-13, 01:46 PM
Nice find, good pics. At first I thought it was the craft Germany made to raid Scapa Flow.