WWII submarine "USS Batfish" Sails Again - in Oklahoma

From Kyle Cheromcha at The Drive: "Aerial video from KOTV News on 6 shows the USS Batfish floating comfortably in at least 15 feet of water on Wednesday as the Arkansas spills over its banks and swamps the city of Muskogee (The Arkansas River crested at 38 feet last Thursday).

Normally, the 77-year-old Balao-class submarine serves as the centerpiece for Muskogee's War Memorial Park, standing bare on a bowl-shaped lawn as both an interactive museum and a point of pride for the region. But these floodwaters have it sailing again like it's 1943.

Muskogee War Memorial Park is being packed up, and now evacuated. USS Batfish is heeling over because water is beginning to lift it up; Muskogee Fire is on-scene to fill up the ballast tanks so the ship doesn’t float on the floodwater. @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/4SV85YCxe4

— Chris DiMaria (@chris_DiMaria) May 22, 2019

How it came to rest on the shores of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma is surprisingly straightforward...