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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