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    From David Lesher@wb8foz@panix.com to aus.aviation on Sun May 31 18:34:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: aus.aviation

    When I was down there in the late 1990's, and having a great
    time, I took a museum tour through a retired Cold-War submarine
    of US manufacture berthed in Sydney harbor,

    I know it was of US manufacture as the adjacent person in line
    was a fellow EE and ex-USN submariner who'd served on a US boat
    of that type; he gave me a personal tour & related a harrowing
    story about rebuilding a vital M-G set while submerged.

    I was looking for the sub's name/family this week, and can't find
    a mention of either. Most queries are captured by the WWII Japanese
    sub attack.
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  • From Rod Speed@rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com to aus.aviation on Wed Jun 3 13:28:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: aus.aviation

    David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote

    When I was down there in the late 1990's, and having a great
    time, I took a museum tour through a retired Cold-War submarine
    of US manufacture berthed in Sydney harbor,

    I know it was of US manufacture as the adjacent person in line
    was a fellow EE and ex-USN submariner who'd served on a US boat
    of that type; he gave me a personal tour & related a harrowing
    story about rebuilding a vital M-G set while submerged.

    I was looking for the sub's name/family this week, and can't find
    a mention of either. Most queries are captured by the WWII Japanese
    sub attack.

    Grok says that never happened but maybe you just
    got the retired and museum tour detail wrong

    I am not aware that there has ever been any museum
    world tour of any retired US manufactured submarine

    https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_81c3fb38-5370-4399-8e54-8dc2e0400c38
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  • From keithr0@user@account.invalid to aus.aviation on Thu Jun 18 14:43:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: aus.aviation

    On 1/06/2026 04:34, David Lesher wrote:
    When I was down there in the late 1990's, and having a great
    time, I took a museum tour through a retired Cold-War submarine
    of US manufacture berthed in Sydney harbor,

    I know it was of US manufacture as the adjacent person in line
    was a fellow EE and ex-USN submariner who'd served on a US boat
    of that type; he gave me a personal tour & related a harrowing
    story about rebuilding a vital M-G set while submerged.

    I was looking for the sub's name/family this week, and can't find
    a mention of either. Most queries are captured by the WWII Japanese
    sub attack.

    Back in the 1990s there was a submarine berthed at the Maritime Museum
    at Darling Harbour, but it was Russian not a US boat.
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