Submarine Mystery Questions of the Week - 11-18-2009

QUESTIONS

1) What is the full name and hull number of the sub shown above?

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2) What kind of submarine is it?

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3) Besides the pictured sub's unusually beefy sail and rudder, and the alternative location of her bow planes, what else depicted in this photo is certainly striking?

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Comments are open.

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ANSWERS will be announced when and if made correctly by one respondent.

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Submarines are always silent and strange.