April 4th, 2014. HMS Alliance.

glatt · 04-11-2014, 10:51 AM

When you go to a park, often, you'll see cannons that have been plugged. But you can still see that they were cannons.

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I think welding over the openings really ruins the look and historical accuracy of this sub. They should have put a round plug in if they just needed to block the tubes.

If they were trying to make leaking tubes water tight to make the sub sea worthy, then I could understand welding patches over them like this, but this sub isn't in the water. It's on land.

04-11-2014, 10:51 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When you go to a park, often, you'll see cannons that have been plugged. But you can still see that they were cannons. I think welding over the openings really ruins the look and historical accuracy of this sub. They should have put a round plug in if they just needed to block the tubes. If they were trying to make leaking tubes water tight to make the sub sea worthy, then I could understand welding patches over them like this, but this sub isn't in the water. It's on land.

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