https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2018/11/24/the-curious-soviet-mini-sub-of-south-alabama/ laststandonzombieisland Weapons, Wars, Preparation and Security from a recovering gun nut turned bad writer Menu * About The curious Soviet mini-sub of South Alabama Posted on November 24, 2018 by laststandonzombieisland 3 comments While running around South Alabama, I came across the sleepy shrimping capital of Bayou La Batre along the Mississippi Sound. The basis for Winston Groom's (who grew up in Mobile County and for years later lived along Mobile Bay) fictional Greenbow, Alabama in "Forest Gump," the town self-bills as, "The Seafood Capital of Alabama." So, of course, it has a surplus Soviet mini-sub along Hwy 188 downtown. [soviet-rus] Soviet Sever 2 Bis civil submersible on its carriage at Bayou La Batre, 2018 (Photo: Chris Eger) Built in Leningrad between 1968 and 1972 for the Soviet Ministry of Fisheries to research fish concentrations, Project 1825 produced two "North" (Sever) type submersible, dubbed "Sever-2" (Sever-2) and Sever-2 Bis. [sever-cccp] Proof the above wasn't a Mardi Gras parade float Complete with manipulator arms, seven viewing ports (3x 140mm, 4x60mm) and the ability to dive to as deep as 2,000m, they were legit minisubs for their day, akin to the U.S. Navy's similar Alvin DSV project which predated the Severs by a half-decade. [sever] Sever 2 in happier times Operating from the 2,700-ton Soviet research ships Odissey and Ikhtiander, the two subs spent time in the Med, Atlantic, Baltic, and Pacific throughout the 1970s and 80s, conducting fisheries and oceanographic research. Electrically powered, they could motor at 3.5-knots for up to 9 hours before their batteries were drained, or simply submerge for as many as 72, carrying 3-5 operators/observers. [sever-2-od] SEVER 2 & ODISSEY in the Atlantic, May 12, 1977, via Shipspotting Specs: Displacement 39.9 tonnes Length: 40.68 feet Beam: 8.76 feet Draft (surfaced): 13.28 feet Speed: 3.5 kts Diving depth: 2,000 m, operating Their work was important enough that the Soviets showed them off in a series of postage stamps. [soviet-rus] Once the Cold War ended and Moscow thawed, the aging Severs and their motherships were laid up. Odissey and Ikhtiander were soon scrapped and Sever-2 left to rust in Sevastapol. [sever-2] Apparently, in the 1990s, Sever-2 Bis was sold to an entrepreneur who considered putting it back into service and moved to Steiner Shipyard in Bayou La Batre. There it has sat ever since. Mobile-native filmmaker Mike deGruy- who dived on "Titanic" with director James Cameron and for his BBC series "The Blue Planet"- took a look at the vessel in 2010 saying at the time that "a person would have to be crazy to go underwater in that contraption." Now, pushing 50, the Sever-2 Bis is still hard ashore in Shrimp Town, USA. [soviet-rus] Head-on (Photo: Chris Eger) [soviet-rus] Starboard. (Photo: Chris Eger) Share this: * Share * * Print * Email * * Twitter * Facebook * * Reddit * Like this: Like Loading... Related tagged with bayou la batre submarine, Deep Diving Apparatus, Sever-2, Iuriia Konstantinovicha Sapozhkova, manipulator arm, Manipulator Arm For Diving Bell, North-2, Sever, Soviet, Submarine Apparatus, Submarine Armor, Submarine Exploring Armor, Submarine Salvage Vessel, submersible, undersea robots, Underwater robotics, underwater robots, Yuri Roerich Sapozhkova * military history * steampunk * submarines 3 comments * FTB1(SS) November 24, 2018 11:13 [de25eced6] Reblogged this on Dave Loves History. Reply * Marilyn April 19, 2020 11:18 [4c062c162] The town of Greenbow was Forrest's hometown in the movie. Bayou La Batre was Bubba's hometown. Both of the towns were in the movie. Bayou La Batre was not the inspiration for Greenbow. Reply * Glenn Wills July 16, 2021 09:21 [picture] I shot this on a rainy day the following February. When doing research on it (research on a research vessel - talk about irony), I had no idea you knew so much about it. 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