May I suggest New London CT (actually Groton) (2.5 Hours from NY).
US Navy Sub Force Museum and Library. USS Nautilus
http://www.ussnautilus.org/aboutus.shtml
Battleship cove MA (1.5 hours away)
USS Lionfish, USS Massachussets, USS Joeseph P Kennedy Jr.
http://www.battleshipcove.org/
http://www.battleshipcove.org/ss298-history.htm
Mystic Seaport (20 Minutes away)
http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.c...4EF92973095F09
New England Air Museum (1 hour away)
http://www.neam.org/
Groton, Submarine capital of the world
http://www.town.groton.ct.us/history...ndard/s322.jpg