Museum's Russian submarine partially sinks in river
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -— Salvage crews are determining how to raise a Russian submarine and museum that partially sank during a storm earlier this week.
The submarine was used to film the Harrison Ford movie “K-19: The Widowmaker,” a Cold War thriller.
But salvage experts yesterday discovered that water had flooded the back quarter of the Juliett 484 submarine...
The ship sits in only a few feet of water, so there’s no danger it will completely submerge...
The Soviet Navy built the diesel-powered Juliett 484 during the 1960s to target cities along the U.S. coast. It was later equipped to hunt other warships.
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The submarine was used to film the Harrison Ford movie “K-19: The Widowmaker,” a Cold War thriller.
But salvage experts yesterday discovered that water had flooded the back quarter of the Juliett 484 submarine...
The ship sits in only a few feet of water, so there’s no danger it will completely submerge...
The Soviet Navy built the diesel-powered Juliett 484 during the 1960s to target cities along the U.S. coast. It was later equipped to hunt other warships.