So I loaded torpedoes into a Gato-class sub with Neal Stevens today...

[mookiemookie]

I had a great time today meeting Onkel Neal and the volunteer staff of the USS Cavalla in Galveston! I helped out (actually more or less tried to stay out of the way!) with the loading of a couple torpedoes into the forward torpedo room.

Here's my photo album of the Cavalla and some pictures I took on the DE USS Stewart, which is also at Seawolf Park in Galveston. I didn't get as many as I would have liked of the actual torpedo load, but there's a ton of pictures of the interior of a Gato-class submarine. Enjoy! :D

http://public.fotki.com/mookiemookie/uss-cavalla-torpedo-load/

[Sulikate]

Nice pics mate:up:

[hyperion2206]

Great pics mookiemookie, but you have to admit that Cavala's conning tower looks really awful!

[ReallyDedPoet]

All I can say is wow:o Nice freakin pics:rock:

[The General]

Freud would have a field-day with those photos.

[mookiemookie]

Great pics mookiemookie, but you have to admit that Cavala's conning tower looks really awful!

It's no Type VII, that's for sure :up:

[badaboom]

Wonderfull shots!!!!!ThankYou for sharing!:up:

[Torplexed]

Great pics!! Looks like you got aboard the destroyer escort next door too. Where's Neal's cowboy hat?

[IRONxMortlock]

That's a huge sub!

Sounds like a really interesting day out, I wish I could have been there.
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[Ducimus]

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!

[Roads88]

Thanks for posting the pics, really enjoyed them.:up:

Anyone know what class the DE is? Don't recall it :hmm:

[irish1958]

Great pic MM
Thanks

[Torplexed]

Thanks for posting the pics, really enjoyed them.:up:

Anyone know what class the DE is? Don't recall it :hmm:
She's the Edsall Class destroyer escort Stewart (DE.238) Launched in 1942, built in Texas. (Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston.) :up:

[Onkel Neal]

Mookie, great meeting you. :yep: You were a big help. Plus, we left with all our fingers intact.

Here's that pic of Cavalla in the storm I sopke of
http://www.brazosport.cc.tx.us/~nstevens/Cavalla_Water.jpg


Here are some others: http://www.cavalla.org/hurricane.html

cheers
Neal

[Gino]

Nice pics...

Hey Neal, What about that sign that reads: Do not turn valves etc.
Are you guys afraid Cavalla will sink..? :rotfl:

If I ever get to the neighborhood I'll pay Cavalla a visit...

groetjes,

[Roads88]

She's the Edsall Class destroyer escort Stewart (DE.238) Launched in 1942, built in Texas. (Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston.)

Thanks a ton for the info. First I have heard of this class.


Here is a link to some info. She is a lot like a corvett but a little faster and I don't decall vetts having tubs.:ping:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Edsall_%28DE-129%29

Man I love this stuff.:rock:

[SurfnSea]

Yes, nice pictures; and as Neal alluded to...you lived to tell of the experience!:/\\x:

[flintlock]

Plus, we left with all our fingers intact. lol - you can always call a day a success with a bonus like that!

Thanks for the great pics, mookie -- enjoyed those. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

So I loaded torpedoes into a Gato-class sub with Neal Stevens today...
Namedropper!

I saw you in the pics Neal posted; looks like you guys had fun. I agree with the others, your interior shots are great.

[vois2]

These are all great pics, and it got me to thinking about an off-topic:
When I click on Neal's or mook's picture links above, it opens in the same window (blowing away the Subsim forums in that window).
And I even use Firefox with special Tab Mix Plus to pretty much fix everything to open up in a new tab, and not in the same window.
So ... does anyone know how, when providing a link in a forum posting, how to make it open in a new tab or new window? Is it even possible to force it?
Thanks.

[XXi]

Mookiemookie, great pics ! And congratulations, it must have been a great expierience :D

[sunvalleyslim]

Mookiemookie and Neal,
Great pictures, wish I could have been there to help. I don't recall electric winches to help load. All we had was pulleys. block and tackle, and chain falls. But then again there was a whole lot of hands to help.........Great Job.........

[mookiemookie]

Mookiemookie and Neal,
Great pictures, wish I could have been there to help. I don't recall electric winches to help load. All we had was pulleys. block and tackle, and chain falls. But then again there was a whole lot of hands to help.........Great Job.........

No electric winches for us either. Chain falls, manual winches, and elbow grease. :up:

[sunvalleyslim]

Mookie,
Did they let you load th "fish" in the torpedo tube?

[mookiemookie]

Mookie,
Did they let you load th "fish" in the torpedo tube?

No, while that would have been really neat, they were stowed under the crew bunks on the port and starboard sides on the floor for display purposes. Getting them in the hatch and into the compartment was only half the work. Actually moving them over to the sides was a big job as well!

[WilhelmSchulz.]

So you met the great god? :rotfl:

A question though. What's that glass circle in the Controol room chart table?

[mookiemookie]

So you met the great god? :rotfl:

A question though. What's that glass circle in the Controol room chart table?

That was the compass. Sorry I didn't get a good shot of it. I was just overwhelmed with trying to get upclose shots of all the interesting gauges and controls that I missed some. I'll have to go back one of these days. :up:

[jtm55]

Hi All,

Great pics Mookiemookie! Thank You for sharing them with us.

[RickC Sniper]

Thanks Mookie!!:up:



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[JamesDeFontana]

These are all great pics, and it got me to thinking about an off-topic:
When I click on Neal's or mook's picture links above, it opens in the same window (blowing away the Subsim forums in that window).
And I even use Firefox with special Tab Mix Plus to pretty much fix everything to open up in a new tab, and not in the same window.
So ... does anyone know how, when providing a link in a forum posting, how to make it open in a new tab or new window? Is it even possible to force it?
Thanks.

Right click on the link and "open in new window"

[Deep-Six]

Well, my sister lives in Friendswood, and I am going down there this coming weekend. Might not get a chance to go to Galveston. We shall see.:smug:

[TDK1044]

Great stuff. Did Neal load any training torps!?:D