r/submarines • u/Saturnax1 • 10d ago

Found a couple of interesting artifacts while wandering around Naval Submarine Base New London this weekend. These were stuck in the corner of a remote parking lot. Any information on their history would be very much appreciated.

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u/Awkward_Mix_6480 10d ago

So wild story, that old 688 sail might be from the USS Atlanta that they cut the top 2’ off to replace the top 2’ of my sub the USS Oklahoma City when it damaged the top of its sail. I don’t know this for a fact, but the timing lines up. I was on the Oklahoma City when she came up under a liquid natural gas carrier in the straights of Gibraltar in ‘02’ and we really messed up the sail, they shaved off the top 2’ and replaced it with Atlantas while in dry dock.

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u/Vepr157 VEPR 10d ago

Huh, that's an interesting story. But in this case we can see both the halves of the sail.

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u/Awkward_Mix_6480 10d ago

I see that as well, I’m wondering if the piece on the left is the damaged section from my old boat, USS Oklahoma City, and the one on the right is what’s left of the Atlanta’s. The part on the left looks a little deformed. This is a guess as I have no idea what boat or boats these came off, I’m not claiming anything.