It's the last remaining example of the infamous North Korean manned mine (code named the "African Queen.)" It was to be towed it out to the shipping lanes, where it would be submerged to periscope depth and wait for something to run into it. Immediately upon visual contact, the crew would inflate a huge yellow mylar balloon tethered to the periscope that read "FREE BEER HERE" and then light the fuses on the torpedoes before running away. Like I said, there were two of these, once.
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