Nor'easter sinks our sub

The Juliett 484, a Russian ballistic missile submarine and museum exhibit moored in shallow water in Providence Harbor, began to take on water during the storm that drenched the Northeast.

The stern of the boat is now under water, and the bow is arching out of the water at a 30-degree angle. The grounded submarine is listing to its port side in its berth at Collier Point Park. . .

This sub, commissioned in 1965, served in the Soviet Baltic and Northern fleets until its decommissioning in 1994. . .

In 2001, the submarine was used in the filming of the Cold War thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, starring Harrison Ford. It opened as a museum in Providence in August 2002.

Posted by David on April 17, 2007 11:32 PM