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EX500rider

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1. Yeah judging by the bottom growth in this shot she did not get much upkeep:

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 02:09 PM

Jul 2019

She was 34 years old also, requiring more upkeep the a newer boat. Heck the Taiwanese have a old WWII US sub still in service.

ARA San Juan:

They had a battery fire the day before the sinking, it is too bad they did not adjust their course a little to the left to stay in shallow water, they may have survived for some time a sinking there.

She went down right at the edge of the continental shelve:

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Navy brass, low budget blamed for Argentina sub tragedy [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2019 OP

Yeah judging by the bottom growth in this shot she did not get much upkeep: EX500rider Jul 2019 #1

The submarine photo even looks dangerous to people who know nothing about submarines. Judi Lynn Jul 2019 #2

I've never even seen a submarine with bottom growth like that (or any for that matter).... EX500rider Jul 2019 #3