NLR Still Working Out Details Of Submarine
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The city of North Little Rock is
working out plans so it will have a place to put a World War
Two-era submarine that is being towed across the Atlantic Ocean.
The sub is to be the centerpiece of a planned maritime museum on
the Arkansas River in North Little Rock.
The city has applied for an Army Corps of Engineers permit to
build a mooring facility for three World War Two-era vessels,
including the USS Razorback submarine, which the city purchased
from Turkey this year.
The sub, which was stationed in Tokyo upon Japanese surrender in
1945 and was sold to Turkey in 1970. The vessel is in tow.
If approved, the permit would allow the city to affix several
mooring columns to the bed of the river just west of the Interstate
30 bridge and permanently anchor three barges there. An 80-foot
ramp would let people walk out to the barges.
The sub will be docked on the river side of the barges. Two tug
boats, the USS Hoga and USS North Little Rock, are to be housed
on the inland side of the barges.
