Submarine just off Port Everglades this afternoon

[DFD1]

There has been a submarine visable off the entrance to Port Everglades for about the last hour or so this afternoon. Unusual to see. FYI (Or at least it looks like a submarine.)

[LordSpain]

Thanks for the heads up! The picture is really grainy probably because the camera's zoomed to the max - I wonder how far out that sub is . . .

[Krazy Kruizers]

I'll have to go and check that out.

 

Thank you.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I can't see anything.

Do hear a lot of chattering -- something coming from the Bahamas.

[jankn]

I just happened to turn the web cam on and saw the submarine plus heard the announcement that they would be conducting drills there this afternoon and for all ships etc. to stay away from the area. I assume they will have moved on before departure time for the ships... A strange sight, thats for sure... :eek:

[LordSpain]

A couple of minutes ago it went off screen left. They've got a video of it on their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/Port.Everglades.Webcam

 

Bruce

[Krazy Kruizers]

A couple of minutes ago it went off screen left. They've got a video of it on their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/Port.Everglades.Webcam

 

Bruce

 

Thank you!!

Great picture.

[airlink diva]

Thanks for the Facebook tip LordSpain!!

One of friend husband is an officer on a submarine and I admire him for serving months at a time in the vast world of the deep sea. I would go nuts after a week!

[sail7seas]

DH would have loved to see that in person .....

the closer up the better. :)

[Aruba]

I wonder whose submarine it was. :confused:

[Typhoon1]

Maybe it was the Russians. LOL.

[DFD1]

It was around for a long time, running both north and south along the coast.

[cmdchiefthom]

Iranian???:eek:

[sail7seas]

China? :eek:

 

Nah....... I'm going to make a wild stab it probably was flagged with the red, white and blue. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Himself]

It is an interesting sight to see.

[lka1012]

China? :eek:

Nah....... I'm going to make a wild stab it probably was flagged with the red, white and blue. ;)

 

France?

[sail7seas]

Are we now going to guess every nation's flag that is red, white and blue? :D

 

Why not start with the Netherlands seeing this is the HAL board? ;)

 

[DFD1]

Well, it didn't send a torpedo up the cut into Port Everglades so it must friendly....and it sure was having fun out there on a beautiful afternoon with fishing boats and yachts all around. Not too bad....

[RevNeal]

An expert who looked at the video had this to say:

 

From what I can tell from the video, she looks like a Virginia class attack sub. The slight curve forward of the tower at the base, was an addition to the Seawolfs and the Virginias after the Los Angeles class attack subs. Since the 3 remaining Seawolfs are based in Washington state from what I can tell, this is likely a Virginia class sub. I can't make out any numbering on the tower to confirm though. Interesting view! Thanks!

 

So, definitely friendly. :)

[Aruba]

I wonder how often -- if ever -- officers on the bridge see a submarine during their careers.

Maybe I've watched too many WWII movies of periscopes sticking out of the water, but what a thrill (or possibly fright) it would be to see that some day for real.

[m steve]

the cruise ships from the Iranian navy ships that were supposed to come to the coast of the US.:rolleyes:

[FLACRUISER99]

Big Sub base by the FL GA border lots of subs cruising up there.

[gelo7]

A couple of minutes ago it went off screen left. They've got a video of it on their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/Port.Everglades.Webcam

 

Bruce

Cool, thanks for posting.

[candbgirl]

They are back today. Very cool pics on http://www.facebook.com/Port.Everglades.Webcam

[ginger and professor]

We were sitting on the deck of a HAL ship waiting for disenbarcation and watched a sub come up above periscope depth and then dive. They repeated this several times. This was about eight years ago. It appeared to be about 1/4 of a mile off the inlet at Ft. Lauderdale. There is a large sub base north of Jacksonville. It was an interesting sight. I'm sure it was an American sub engaging in surfacing drills.