Muskogee, Oklahoma, Rallies to Save WWII Submarine USS Batfish From Breaking Free, Causing Disaster
At a Glance A WWII-era submarine is floating in a flooded stretch of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.The submarine has been landlocked since 1973.The flooded river has reached a level not seen since 1943, around the time the submarine first went to war in the Pacific Ocean. The year is 1943, and because it's December in Honolulu, the sun is out, but the thermometer will only just creep above 79 degrees. The setting would be idyllic if not for the...