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Photo by Jen Carlson.
Perhaps submarines are always in the East River, just, you know, submerged--but we've never seen one. Until now! This one just floated through DUMBO headed in the direction of Williamsburg. So if you're a hipster wearing your "Defend Brooklyn" T-shirt, the day has come to back it up!
UPDATE: We have been told that this was indeed the Growler submarine, "one of the exhibits from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum - being tugged up the East River today, on its way to GMD Shipyard Corp. facilities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Growler is in dry dock for a hull scrape, some minor exterior repairs and a full, historically accurate paint job that will see the sides painted grey and the top (the part that's visible above water) painted black."
She will then be towed back by four tug boats to Pier 86 in time for the November 8 reopening of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. And the Intrepid returns to Manhattan after a nearly two-year refurbishment project on October 2nd!
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Cooooool.
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Seems somewhat appropriate.
"Be careful what you shoot at. Moshht thingshh in here, don't react well to bulletshhh."
They're always in the river & harbor. Right after 9/11 you would see them surface alot more often.
It's the USS Growler from the Intrepid Museum.
[in Russian] Captain's scared them out of the water!
The Russians are coming!
The Russians are coming!
It's part of the new economic bail-out plan for homeowners who are underwater in debt.
Crazy Ivan!
The first ever military use of a submarine took place in the East River near Brooklyn in 1776 against a British warship.
this has been parked (moored?) by the Brooklyn cruise ship terminal for the last several months...
It looks like the USS Growler, which is part of the Intrepid Museum complex. A tug appears to be pushing it.
Red October, standing by.
Andrei, you've lost another submarine?
Andrei, you've lost another submarine?
Russkies don't take a shit, son, without a plan.
DEFEND BROOKLYN
Gladly.
There are 4 USS Growler's...
I half expect it to park at Pier 11, have Putin exit and walk down to Wall Street and give a speech before a Mission Accomplished sign.
In the toooown
where I was booorn...
lived a maaaaaaan
who sailed to sea...
EVERYBODY!
it's looking for alec baldwin.
I thought all the nuts went home on Labor Day.
Heh heh. What's long and hard and full of seamen?
The Growler (SS-215) from the Intrepid site was closed in 2006 and moved to Brooklyn for repairs both of her hull and the mooring. The expected re-opening is November 2008, so it's probably being moved back.
I found mention of that November, 2008 date here:
http://www.hnsa.org/ships/growler.htm
By the way, while it's hard to tell for sure on that pic it does look like the hull number is 215, which would confirm that it is indeed the USS Growler from the Intrepid museum.
hey! I saw this thing docked down at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal when I went down there to take pictures of the lights on 9/11!
I'm in the Submarine Service. =)
Can't wait to go back to the city and compare old day sub vs modern sub.
hahahaha. Best comment thread in a long while. "Some more tea? no? then you may return to you post"[ing of comments.]
Uh, you need the hull number to know it's the Growler? How many subs have a clearly visible Regulus missile sitting on the deckplates?
Uh, you need the hull number to know it's the Growler?
Of course not, just pointing out in case anyone had any doubt. With the claim already made that subs are "always in the river & harbor" above, seemed worth making the fact evident.
Maybe it's that guy from Brooklyn who hates the Verizon building, coming to launch a nuke at it.
Right full rudder, reversh starboard engineshhh.
[30] Only a complete sucker would have fallen for coxx's line. First, the East River isn't deep enough for submerged subs. Second, NYC banned nuclear vessels from the surrounding waters and all American subs are nuclear. City Hall would scream bloody murder to Washington if a sub surfaced anywhere around NYC. Besides, you were taking the hard way, trying to make out the number when the distinctive bow and Regulus missile are clearly visible. No other sub in the world even vaguely looks like that.
OK believe what you want. I've seen it with my own eyes. I saw alot of things happen around that time that were surprising.
Those weren't subs you saw. It was the Loch Ness Monster. It's about as plausible. Where are your Flickr pictures?
Engage the shilent drive!
Seriously, the one place you'd be least likely to see a submarine during a period of military activity or alert is in a harbor or a shallow river. What would be the point? Tactically there's nothing it could add that couldn't be done better by a surface ship, and defensively it'd be completely vulnerable.
This submarine doesn't look like it's being tugged, nor does it look like the the USS Growler in another picture. Also, although it's being escorted or something by the US Coast Guard, the sailors standing have unusual uniforms.
I guess this is one of the perks of living in Brooklyn?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Goy7LuwIOs
Dave