Providence's Russian submarine afloat again

It's been raised from the bottom of the harbor, but will it be restorable?

Where it will be towed, however, is not yet clear. Lennon said it is still not certain what will become of the sub, which has deteriorated badly after so much time flooded at the bottom of the harbor. It could be restored if money is found, or it could end up as a sunken reef somewhere, or as scrap metal.

There is significant rust on the inside of the boat, and the red stars of the Soviet Union once prominent on the hull are now faded and barely identifiable.

Juliett 484 was commissioned by the Soviet Union in 1965 and served in the Soviet Baltic and Northern fleets as a ballistic-missile submarine until its decommissioning in 1994.

Posted by David on September 12, 2008 8:43 AM