[PSUBS-MAILIST] Great White Submarine FOR SALE

[Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles]

Hello folks,

Great White, a highly modified K-250 owned by Scott Cassell, is being offered for sale with an asking price of $25,000 (USD) including the trailer. This vessel is being sold NOT OPERATING and there is a Liability Release required to be signed for the purchase.

Inquiries: jon.wallace at yahoo.com or scottcassell at live.com

Here is a description from Scott Cassell:

Originally built by George Kittredge in 1974, it was upgraded in 2006, 2013, 2023 and is currently located in Osprey, Florida, USA.

Her 24VDC and 12VDC need to be re-wired due to salt-intrusion but the base wiring is in place to use as a template if you wish to wire her the same way we did. The salt intrusion was only once and it happened last year during a long-ocean tow and a storm hit us and the dome hatch was cracked open. The huge waves delivered water into the hull 4 inches deep getting ALL the wiring wet. Now electrical shorts are starting to happen and up to 85% of the wiring needs to be replaced. Also, the exterior DSP&L wiring for the four LED lights are UV rotted and need to be spliced.

Her dome ring / hatch needs a new "O" ring and the four ballast solenoids need to be installed (12V system) to the already existing interior 12V buttons. The thruster batteries still work well but need replacing soon (Nellis Engineering in California is manuf).

The thrusters, batteries and lights are all included along with chargers, oxygen whips and other support equipment. She could be easily diving with just 20 hours work and she includes most everything you will need.

Tested depth is 550 ffw (Lake Tahoe)
Locations she has dove: Lake Tahoe, Fallen Leaf Lake, Tioman, Philippines, Switzerland, California Coast, Florida Keys

Total dives 1,212
Total Time Underwater 3,301 hours

Dimensions
Length 12 feet 6 inches
Width 6 feet 4 inches
Height 5 feet 2 inches
Weight 3,300 pounds

Systems
Thruster Power 62 VDC
House Power 24VDC
Four DSP&L LED Lights
Solenoid Valves (4 ballast) 12VDC
Main Thrusters Genesis DPV Reversible
Vertical Thruster MinnKota 24 VDC compensated

Personnel Two, mission specialist & pilot
Ballast Air Provided by Two Blue Steel 149 cuft tanks
Ballast Pontoons Two aluminum 12 ft long x 1 ft wide & tall (one on either side)
Ports; One Main Dome (1” thick), 16” bow port (2” thick) and two on tower (3” thick)
Drop Weight 300 pounds on belly
Communications OTS SSB 2010
Oxygen Two Blue Steel 50 cuft tanks
Life Support O2 injection CO2 removal
Max Duration 24 Hours Life Support
Electrical Power 4 hrs full speed, 16 hrs