"No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater
sacrifice for the cause for Peace - than you, America's proud missile
submarine family. You stand tall among our heroes of the Cold War."
General Colin Powell
Back in the day, I served 4 years as a NAVET aboard the USS Patrick Henry
SSBN 599(G). http://www.rontini.com/599crew.html
You would think that in land-locked Minnesota there wouldn't be much
submarine history, but there are hundreds of submarine vets in and around
the twin cities. And of course, we were honored with the commissioning of
the USS Minneapolis-St.Paul (SSN 708) back in 1984. And let's not forget
the torpedo from the USS Swordfish (SS 193) that sits out in Como Park and
figured prominantly in a Winter Carnival treasure hunt a few years ago.
When I got out of the Navy, the entrepreneur in me had this great(?) idea of
buying a scrapped US diesel boat, mooring it downtown, and turning it into a
bar for the adventurous drinker. I even had a name picked out: "Down the
Hatch" (get it?) Anyhoo, there were only two obstacles to my dream ...
buying a submarine, and then getting the city to allow me to moor it. Come
to think of it, they probably wouldn't have given me a liquer license
either.
And since I spent my tour hiding from the evil Ruskies, I don't think I'd
have much enthusiasm for St. Paul to feature a Russian boat, as was
mentioned in today's PP article. But if it's money the city needs to make
this fly, I bet there's enough former bubbleheads in this town who could
come up with some respectable dough.
Dennis Tester
Mac-Groveland
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