What Real Subs have you been on?

rrmelend · 11-26-07, 03:38 PM

Just wondering what real subs any of you have been on? Two summers ago I had the pleasure of going to Hawaii on my honeymoon (my wife is also a history teacher)and had the pleasure to spend some time on the USS Bowfin (SS-287). Then a month later I attended a confernce in Philly, Gettysburg and DC and while in Philly I made it over to the USS Becuna (SS-319). In college I wrote my thesis on the US sub war against Japan so I gave all the other teachers a tour of the boat and announced what room we were about to enter before we entered it (I'm sure they hated me). I have yet to see a Gato or any other class in real life and I am anxiously looking forward to one day spending some time on one.

dean_acheson · 11-26-07, 03:42 PM

Bowfin/Drum/Clamagore... then that one at Disneyland too.....

AVGWarhawk · 11-26-07, 03:50 PM

USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore.

Peto · 11-26-07, 04:07 PM

Cobia: Manitowoc, WI

I've had the pleasure of giving a couple tours on it. Was also on board it with a bunch of subvets (WWII and Cold War Diesel vets) and we had 9 guys in the conning tower

. We couldn't get the engines started

.

cdrsubron7 · 11-26-07, 04:13 PM

I've had the privelidge of visiting two WW II subs. The USS Cobia in Mantiwoc, Wisconsin and the USS Ling in Hackensack, New Jersey. A friend of mine by the name of Jerry Calenberg did some volunteer work on the Cobia and kindly gave my sons and a guided tour of the sub a few years back. By the end of the tour, my sons were asking more questions than I was.

I still have a bunch of pictures from the USS Ling that I took. If anybody is interested I can post some of them here.

Ducimus · 11-26-07, 04:17 PM

Just the Drum. I think theres one in San diego or san Francisco, but im too lazy to make the drive - particuarlly to San Francisco. Drum was by happenstance, was stationed a few hours away from mobile at one point, so i made the trip. Cool thing was, servicemembers and vets got in for free, so i really had a field day.

Wish i brought my camera

Stealth Hunter · 11-27-07, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore.

Hey, my nephew might be dropping by there come June 2008! I'll have to get him to run by and bug yeh. That boy's obsessed with planes, subs, ships, and destruction (though he's VERY careful around historical items, thank god).

EDIT: I've been on board a couple, including a time that I went diving in a Russian one. Really fun, but goddamn did my ears hurt afterwards. Been a long time since I'd been in one for leisure.

AVGWarhawk · 11-27-07, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore.

Hey, my nephew might be dropping by there come June 2008! I'll have to get him to run by and bug yeh. That boy's obsessed with planes, subs, ships, and destruction (though he's VERY careful around historical items, thank god).

EDIT: I've been on board a couple, including a time that I went diving in a Russian one. Really fun, but goddamn did my ears hurt afterwards. Been a long time since I'd been in one for leisure.

Please tell him to come on by. He can have run of the entire boat. If he stays long enough he will be handed some brass polish and a rag

. But really, I will take him to parts of the boat that tourist are not allowed to go. Such as the conning tower and looking throught the scopes. She has the original WW2 attack scope but the observation scope was replaced.

EAST · 11-27-07, 10:13 AM

USS Cavalla - Galveston

Ah, but next year!

iratecabbie · 11-27-07, 05:22 PM

I went aboard the HMS Alliance at gosport submarine museum back in 99, very cool diesel electric boat, well worth a visit. there was also an X craft at the museum as well as Holland n1---though that was in a tank for preservation at the time--so not very visible. the X craft was awesome--so small and yet a perfect working sub (least till they cut it into sections for viewing!)

swifty · 11-27-07, 06:12 PM

Here is my list most of them have not been listed yet.

The human-powered wet submarine FAU-Boat.

The USS Miami (SSN-755) Los Angles Class in Ft. Lauderdale.

DSV Alvin

While it is unmanned I did work on it and have touched just about every part...
The Remote Minehunting Vehicle or RMV.

It's not technically a sub but it does have a pressure hull.
NOAA's undersea habitat Aquarius in Key Largo FL.

And Finally Capt. Nemo's Nautilus at Disney World.

COWBOY10 · 11-28-07, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore.

hey WarHawk, I'm Visting Baltimore for the 1st time in Sep/Oct 2008. Anychance of sending me some details of USS Torsk so I can put her on my Todo List.

Cheers Mate
Cowboy10uk

COWBOY10 · 11-28-07, 09:10 AM

I have the managed to visit,

HMS Allance, Royal Navy Submarine Museum.
HMS Ocelot, Historical Dockyards Chatham,
HMS Oynx , Historic Warships Birkenhead ( sadly closed down )
U534 , Historic Warships Birkenhead.

I also had the pleasure of visiting a British Navy Sub when it Docked in the Falklands for a while back in 98 While I was there on a tour. Unfortunantly I can't remember the name sorry..

Plus many many surface craft.

Sharkfin · 11-28-07, 09:52 AM

Visited the U-995 (Type VIIC/41) at the Marine-Ehrenmal in Laboe / Germany
and the U-2540 (Type XXI Wilhelm Bauer) in Bremerhaven / Germany.
When visiting the German Naval Museum in Bremerhaven be sure to check out the possibly last existing Walter Turbine, which is outside at the back of the museum building. Also inside the museum building a 2 man mini u-boat (Type Seehund (Seal)) is on exhibition complete with 2 mounted G7 torpedoes on the hull.

AVGWarhawk · 11-28-07, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by COWBOY10

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore.

hey WarHawk, I'm Visting Baltimore for the 1st time in Sep/Oct 2008. Anychance of sending me some details of USS Torsk so I can put her on my Todo List.

Cheers Mate
Cowboy10uk

Absolutely! She is berthed right next to the aquarium. I'm there every Saturday morning (well almost). We open her up at 0700 and do what we can until 1000 when visitors are allowed to come aboard. Come before opening and you can have free run of the boat....meaning go where the visitors are not allowed.

As the date gets closer let me know and I will be down there waiting for you to arrive. If you stay long enough we hand you a paint brush

and set you to work!

11-26-07, 03:38 PM	#1
rrmelend Medic Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 162 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	What Real Subs have you been on? Just wondering what real subs any of you have been on? Two summers ago I had the pleasure of going to Hawaii on my honeymoon (my wife is also a history teacher)and had the pleasure to spend some time on the USS Bowfin (SS-287). Then a month later I attended a confernce in Philly, Gettysburg and DC and while in Philly I made it over to the USS Becuna (SS-319). In college I wrote my thesis on the US sub war against Japan so I gave all the other teachers a tour of the boat and announced what room we were about to enter before we entered it (I'm sure they hated me). I have yet to see a Gato or any other class in real life and I am anxiously looking forward to one day spending some time on one.

11-26-07, 03:50 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	USS Torsk....I'm there every Saturday restoring the old girl. Drop on by if you are visiting Baltimore. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-26-07, 04:07 PM	#4
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Cobia: Manitowoc, WI I've had the pleasure of giving a couple tours on it. Was also on board it with a bunch of subvets (WWII and Cold War Diesel vets) and we had 9 guys in the conning tower . We couldn't get the engines started . __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.

11-26-07, 04:13 PM	#5
cdrsubron7 Sink'em All Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 2,150 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 1	I've had the privelidge of visiting two WW II subs. The USS Cobia in Mantiwoc, Wisconsin and the USS Ling in Hackensack, New Jersey. A friend of mine by the name of Jerry Calenberg did some volunteer work on the Cobia and kindly gave my sons and a guided tour of the sub a few years back. By the end of the tour, my sons were asking more questions than I was. I still have a bunch of pictures from the USS Ling that I took. If anybody is interested I can post some of them here. __________________ Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" - LtCDR Samuel D Dealy SHIV Guide \| Imperial Japanese Navy \| US Submarines Last edited by cdrsubron7; 11-26-07 at 04:50 PM.

11-27-07, 10:13 AM	#9
EAST Sparky Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Eugene, OR. USA Posts: 153 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	USS Cavalla - Galveston Ah, but next year! __________________ ENIGMA R.I.P.

11-26-07, 03:42 PM	#2
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Bowfin/Drum/Clamagore... then that one at Disneyland too.....

11-26-07, 04:17 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Just the Drum. I think theres one in San diego or san Francisco, but im too lazy to make the drive - particuarlly to San Francisco. Drum was by happenstance, was stationed a few hours away from mobile at one point, so i made the trip. Cool thing was, servicemembers and vets got in for free, so i really had a field day. Wish i brought my camera

11-27-07, 05:22 PM	#10
iratecabbie Nub Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: uk Posts: 3 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I went aboard the HMS Alliance at gosport submarine museum back in 99, very cool diesel electric boat, well worth a visit. there was also an X craft at the museum as well as Holland n1---though that was in a tank for preservation at the time--so not very visible. the X craft was awesome--so small and yet a perfect working sub (least till they cut it into sections for viewing!)

11-27-07, 06:12 PM	#11
swifty Soundman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S. Florida Posts: 141 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Here is my list most of them have not been listed yet. The human-powered wet submarine FAU-Boat. The USS Miami (SSN-755) Los Angles Class in Ft. Lauderdale. DSV Alvin While it is unmanned I did work on it and have touched just about every part... The Remote Minehunting Vehicle or RMV. It's not technically a sub but it does have a pressure hull. NOAA's undersea habitat Aquarius in Key Largo FL. And Finally Capt. Nemo's Nautilus at Disney World.

11-28-07, 09:10 AM	#13
COWBOY10 Gunner Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 92 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I have the managed to visit, HMS Allance, Royal Navy Submarine Museum. HMS Ocelot, Historical Dockyards Chatham, HMS Oynx , Historic Warships Birkenhead ( sadly closed down ) U534 , Historic Warships Birkenhead. I also had the pleasure of visiting a British Navy Sub when it Docked in the Falklands for a while back in 98 While I was there on a tour. Unfortunantly I can't remember the name sorry.. Plus many many surface craft.

11-28-07, 09:52 AM	#14
Sharkfin Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 13 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Visited the U-995 (Type VIIC/41) at the Marine-Ehrenmal in Laboe / Germany and the U-2540 (Type XXI Wilhelm Bauer) in Bremerhaven / Germany. When visiting the German Naval Museum in Bremerhaven be sure to check out the possibly last existing Walter Turbine, which is outside at the back of the museum building. Also inside the museum building a 2 man mini u-boat (Type Seehund (Seal)) is on exhibition complete with 2 mounted G7 torpedoes on the hull.