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Old 05-07-2023, 07:14 PM   #1217 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
When one thinks of semisubmersible cargo craft, drug smugglers tend to be top of mind, but in the 19th Century it was coal and iron ore.
That is a really nice find, like a huge Eskimo kayak.

North Korea has a bunch of pre-invasion strike craft for espionage that are hard to detect - semisubmersible. They have also taken to fitting torpedoes to them.

I also think of the modern closed life boat.
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