[PSUBS-MAILIST] A very big and very personal sub

[Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles]

Good  question.

On 7/12/2026 8:51 AM, mholt ohiohills.com via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Thanks for the photos.
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> Why has no one collected interviews with those involved in such 
> work?   For example. the captain of the/Aluminaut/ is still with us, 
> as far as I know.  I have asked the university students living near me 
> about /Ben Franklin,/ /Aluminaut,/ and /Alvin/, and they give me a 
> blank look.  (The /Aluminaut/ is at the Virginia Science Museum, the 
> last I heard about it.)
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> Thanks for the notification Mike.  At the 2009 convention in Vancouver 
> we visited the Ben Franklin at the museum and the curator opened it up 
> to let us peek inside.
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> Jon
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> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 09:18:51 PM EDT, Michael Holt via 
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> In /Naval History/, August 2026, there's a note that the captain of 
> the /Ben Franklin/, Don Kazimir, "slipped his final moorings" at the 
> age of 91.  He had retired to North Palm Beach, Florida.
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> The submarine is now in the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
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