We Larceny A Yellow Submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

(Lennon/McCartney, Yellow Submarine)

Well, someone actually did just that. They stole the yellow submarine. And this could be considered the original yellow submarine since it predates the more famous song by a good many years.

FELTON, Calif. – A 3 1/2-ton yellow submarine has fallen off the radar. The 10-foot-long sub, built by a resident to patrol Monterey Bay during the 1940s and 1950s, was reported missing Feb. 15 from its Santa Cruz Mountains berth on Steinmaier Road by owner Carl Barker.

"It sounds bizarre," said Detective Kevin Coyne of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office. "All I know is … there's no suspects."

Irven Thomson built the vessel from an old propane tank about 60 years ago. He added a turret, hatch, windows and a cement keel, rudder and navigational instruments.

"I think they launched it a couple of times," Barker said.

One wonders if it looked like this puppy. Only yellow, of course. The missing submarine was built for "vigilante" patrols of Monterey Bay – whatever those might be….. Did he plan to torpedo miscreants?

• 

  By Douglas Keachie, February 21, 2007 @ 9:44 pm

  A Triple Play !

  Somebody built such a thing from a propane tank.

  To patrol Monterey Bay.

  And now somebody stole it ! Be on the lookout for a fairly beefy tow truck !

  Doug Keachie

Other Links to this Post