03-08-14 08:19 TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT about Ham Gear   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <531BA34C.284.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Brer Ed Vance wrote to Brer All about Ham Gear:   
      
    RW> EV> ... Why does CARgo go by Ship and SHIPments go by TRUCK?   
      
    RW>Because ships don't have wheels and trucks don't float.   
      
      
    TW> Actually in the late 30's the Navy did put a set of wheels on a   
    TW> submarine for under the Ice exploration.   
      
    TW> Bhecause the bottom was rougher then anticipated is did not   
    TW> work very well and any real extended under Ice exploration had   
    TW> to wait until the Nuclear Submarine was developed   
      
    TW> And have you forgotten about the WWII Duck.   
    TW> Now days the military has some pretty large amphibious   
    TW> "trucks". I got to play with one of those when I was in   
    TW> Vietnam.   
      
   Tom,   
      
   1967-1971 The first Lock and Dam I worked at was on the   
   Right Descending Bank of the Ohio River.   
      
   Over on the Left Descending Bank, about 1/4 Mile downriver Fort Knox   
   (Kentucky) had a Boat Ramp where they would drive a Submersible Vehicle   
   which had a long Cylindrical Tube (Pipe) on top of it into the river.   
      
   The river was around 1300' wide, Shore to Shore and about 10' deep.   
      
   The Tube stayed above the Water Line and I could see a Soldier at the   
   top of the tube while it moved part way across the river.   
      
   IIRC the Lock was at Mile 633.3 Downstream of Pittsburgh, PA on   
   the Ohio River, 26 River Miles below Louisville, KY.   
      
   What I saw was probably what you got to ride in while in the Navy.   
   Am I close???   
      
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