SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG my new project

[shoot-kill-win]

That is great Snakeeyez, I will be sure to let the park manager of the Batfish know about this.

[snakeyez]

Originally Posted by shoot-kill-win

That is great Snakeeyez, I will be sure to let the park manager of the Batfish know about this.

That would be GREAT. I hope this site proves to be a good thing. I've already had a couple of folks tell me they had no idea there were so many sub museums. The more "hands on" folks the better!

9 months ago I got into submarines and I had no idea there were submarine museums. Then I found out they existed but thought they were all too far away. Then I found out I lived only 3 hours away from the USS Drum.

I really feel there is a need for this website, even if the forum never takes off.

[shoot-kill-win]

Originally Posted by snakeyez

I really feel there is a need for this website, even if the forum never takes off.

You are totally correct. People need to know about the edeavors of the Silent Service. Hey do you think you could incorporate a video section somehow, for your grandpa's videos, and I am currently working on interviewing some of the subvets out here in Colorado. I think it would be great to have those stories up there.

[snakeyez]

Originally Posted by shoot-kill-win

You are totally correct. People need to know about the edeavors of the Silent Service. Hey do you think you could incorporate a video section somehow, for your grandpa's videos, and I am currently working on interviewing some of the subvets out here in Colorado. I think it would be great to have those stories up there.

There is no way I could host videos, but I could have a place on the forum that is for links to videos we all find. More to come....

[M. Sarsfield]

I emailed the new site to Bill Lee and Ron Martini of USSVI. I asked them to pass the word to all of the museums. Hopefully, we'll see a large influx of members.

I'm not upset that you did this, either, Snakeyez. I asked Neal to create this sub-forum to accomplish the same thing, but your website will get a lot more museums participating, which was my goal from day one. Great job!

What I would really like to see from the vets is anything that they can remember in helping us fix/restore something. War stories are great, but we'd benefit a lot more from their technical know-how. If you get some good advice from someone, post it for the rest of us.

[snakeyez]

Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

I emailed the new site to Bill Lee and Ron Martini of USSVI. I asked them to pass the word to all of the museums. Hopefully, we'll see a large influx of members.

I'm not upset that you did this, either, Snakeyez. I asked Neal to create this sub-forum to accomplish the same thing, but your website will get a lot more museums participating, which was my goal from day one. Great job!

What I would really like to see from the vets is anything that they can remember in helping us fix/restore something. War stories are great, but we'd benefit a lot more from their technical know-how. If you get some good advice from someone, post it for the rest of us.

No doubt! I have already emailed back and forth with Bill Lee and Ron should know all about it by now.

And yes, I was worried about stepping on some toes, but I really want all people interested in submarine museums to take part, no matter if you are 10 years old or a 90 year old veteran or a subsim enthusiast. It isn't focused purely on restoration awareness but rather on promotion of all sub museum boats, which will hopefully lead to more money, more volunteers, and more public awareness.

[shoot-kill-win]

The link for videos is just as good. It will be great to have all the museums communicating with each other, and getting the word spread about the museums via the USSVI meeting.

[CCIP]

Great site

Wanted to point out a small error:
USS Blueback was commissioned in 1959, not 69

[edit] wow, it was fixed the moment I posted

Good job spotting it