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Providence, Rhode Island: Soviet Sub - Sunk (Gone)

Juliett 484, at the Russian Sub Museum, had nuclear cruise missiles and was the star of the otherwise forgotten "K-19: The Widowmaker." Its days as a tourist attraction ended on April 18, 2007, when it sank.

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Russian Sub Museum Sinks In Rhode Island

For the past five years a Soviet submarine has been a popular tourist destination at a wharf in Providence, Rhode Island. On April 18, 2007, it sank.

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[04/27/2007] Complete News Story

Soviet Sub finally settled in as Rhode Island attraction

Providence, RI, has become the home for a Russian sub turned tourist attraction we first reported on in 1998 when it turned up in St. Petersburg, FL, looking for a home....

[09/24/2002] Complete News Story

Movie stardom for stranded Russkie sub attraction?

U484, the Russian sub nobody wants, will star in a new Harrison Ford movie, according to St. Petersburg, FL port officials....

[12/17/2000] Complete News Story

St. Petersburg Wants Their Russian Sub Moved, Too

Even as the world's attention was riveted on a sunken Russian sub this week, St. Petersburg, Florida is making noises to remove another one from local Bayboro Harbor....

[08/20/2000] Complete News Story

Russkie sub attraction for sale on Web

We continue to track the movements of a Russian sub sold as a tourist attraction in 1997. The Cold War era U-484, a Juliett class submarine, sits rusting in Florida's Tampa Bay after St....

[12/19/1999] Complete News Story

Soviet Sub - Sunk

Hours:
Half-sunk, slowly rusting.
Status:
Gone

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