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[Michael Bailey]

further anachronistic slippage, like Ausgerechnet Bananen?

or, was the plan Rocco & Pino stole a prototype?  To be further
developed over years of military funding (bread and milk taken from civilian
mouths...as Eisenhower
pointed out)...into something for WWII...




On 1/27/08, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>   "We of the futurity"....from when are they speaking?...
> They "know the 'somewhat specialized" units in question are:
>      [image: HNSA Crest with photos of visitors at the ships.]
> <http://hnsa.org/index.htm> Italian *SILURO SAN BARTOLOMEO* [image: Maiale
> submarine in front of the museum.]
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> *Class:* *Siluro San Bartolomeo* (SSB)
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> *Length:* 23 feet
> *Beam:* 2.5 feet
> *Complement:* 2 men
> *Armament:* One explosive charge (up to 300 kg) attached to the nose of
> the craft
> *Propulsion:* One 2 hp electric motor; 4 knots
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> *Address:*
> Historic Ship *Nautilus* & Submarine Force Museum
> 1 Crystal Lake Road
> Groton, CT 06349-5571
> (800) 343-0079
> (860) 694-3558
> Fax: (860) 694-4150
> Email: nautilus at subasenlon.navy.mil
> http://www.ussnautilus.org
> Latitude: 41.38764141, Longitude: -72.087111134
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> MS Local Live<http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&lvl=16&style=h&sp=an.41.38764141_-72.087111134_Siluro+San+Bartolomeo&cp=41.38764141~-72.087111134>,
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> *Siluro San Bartolomeo* S.S.B., translated as a "St. Bartholomew Torpedo",
> is an Italian submersible used during WW II for commando style operations.
> To maintain secrecy, the submersible was developed at a remote farm site,
> and was nicknamed *Maiale* ("pig"). The first version was officially
> designated S.L.C. (*Siluro A Lenta Corsa*: slow running torpedo). Launched
> from a larger submarine, two men in scuba gear maneuvered from the open
> cockpit. Once near the ship, they would attach explosives with a timed fuse.
> Despite their small size, these all battery propelled *Maiale*'s achieved
> effective results early in the war against British ships at Gibraltar, Spain
> and Alexandria, Egypt. Due to Italy's surrender in September 1943, the later
> SSB versions never saw combat.
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> The Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut is home to USS *Nautilus
> *, three midget submarines and a world-renowned research library.
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> [image: Photo of SSB submarine hanging from a crane.]
> [image: Photo of SSB submarine on a stand.]
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> If "we of the futurity" are historically omniscient, are they---Them,
> They, The Firm?
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