The USS Ling
In 1945, a high-speed submarine known as the USS Ling was commissioned by George Garvie Molumphy as a way to combat the German U-boats. It did not see any action, however. In 1946, it was brought to the Panama Canal Zone before it got decommissioned the following year. It then went to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet where it was converted into a training ship. It was brought to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and got recategorized as an Auxiliary Submarine. It is now in the New Jersey Naval Museum in New Jersey.
The USS Ling
The Quester I
The SS Andrea Doria was an Italian ocean liner dubbed the Titanic of the ‘50s. It went down by the coast of Massachusetts after a collision. It went down with 46 people and millions’ worth of treasures. Jerry Bianco of Brooklyn Shipyard heard about this, created a 45-foot submarine using salvaged metal, and attempted to find the sunken treasure. Called the Quester I, it got stuck in since the operator didn’t follow the instructions as he lowered it. It is now abandoned in a Coney Island Creek ship graveyard.
The Quester I
