In Rimouski, Québec, while on vacation I stopped to see the old Onondaga submarine. It was decommissioned a decade ago, bought for 4$, towed from Halifax to it's actual emplacement to become a museum, you can even rent cabins inside for the night. The restoration and the pulling of the beast on the shore was a big enterprise. There was some mishaps and some damage done to the haul in the process. Even though it is old and rusty, you get a sens of how It was a nice vessel in the 1960's.
On video, you see a folger's coffee can lid on the haul....made me laugh as this was surely put in place to prevent birds from nesting inside...still :)
Additional historical details can be found here :
www(dot)shmp(dot)qc(dot)ca/onondaga/projet/index(dot)php
If the page display in french, click english on the upper right corner.

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By: Davaeron
In: Other Entertainment, Other
Tags: Royal, Canadian, Navy, submarine, onondaga, Rimouski, Canada, Québec, Gaspésie, Sea, piece of british junk,
Location: Rimouski, Quebec, Canada (load item map)
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4 bucks for a sub? shit subway has been charging me 5 bucks.. those crooks!
Posted May-31-2012 ByMANNY_FACES (10.10) 
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Might as well put it back in the water. It can't be any worse than the four we're using now.
Posted May-31-2012 ByCaptain Canuck (1388.82) 
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@Captain Canuck Hahaha
Posted May-31-2012 Bymael85 (349.22) 
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@Captain Canuck LOL! Yup just wait for high tide and cut her loose and we will have doubled the size of our sub fleet!
Posted Jun-1-2012 Bytruth2012 (105.86) 
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What I'm saying in French is : ''Decommissioned Onondaga submarine....In the royal Canadian Navy, that is how we repair our ship'' looking at a coffee can lid.
Posted May-31-2012 ByDavaeron (165.38) 
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$4 eh! You were overcharged. I saw one on eBay for $2.
Posted May-31-2012 ByTriode (464.30) 
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