[PSUBS-MAILIST] History

[swaters via Personal_Submersibles]

Wow! 100 subs? Dang. How many employees did he have? There is no way he built those all himself. Very cool history though.
Thanks,
Scott Waters




Sent from my U.S. Cellular© SmartphoneJon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
K told me he had sold about 100 subs then decided to take his wife on a world tour with the money he had made.  He negotiated the price with whomever was placing the order.  Submarines just don't fit into a "retail" type selling model.  The K-600 is listed as submarine #124 which indicates he numbered his vessels to include prototypes.  The contract for the K-600 was $110k in 1979 which included certification.  It was the first of a six vessel order but by the end of the project both Kittredge and the buyer were in       no mood to continue doing business with each other and mutually agreed to part ways which left the K-600 the only one of it's kind.

On 6/8/2014 4:23 AM, swaters via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
The e-mails from Vance about the history of Perry subs is really interesting to me. Does anyone know how many K-250's and K-350's George Kitteredge made? What was the retail price on them back in the day?
Thanks,
Scott Waters


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