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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jon</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 09:18:51 PM EDT, Michael Holt via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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In <i>Naval History</i>, August 2026, there's a note that the
captain of the <i>Ben Franklin</i>, Don Kazimir, "slipped his final
moorings" at the age of 91. He had retired to North Palm Beach,
Florida.<br>
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The submarine is now in the Vancouver Maritime Museum.<br>
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