USS Lionfish... Battleship Cove.

[woofiedog]

Here are some photo's of the USS Lionfish SS-298... I took at a visit at Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts back in 2005.

Sorry for some of the photo's quality.

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[woofiedog]

Here are a few more. ;)

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[NefariousKoel]

Is that an Osa or Nanuchka tied up alongside in the second photo?

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[IRONxMortlock]

Nice pics and thank you for sharing.:up:

What kind of ship is that on her port side? What's the purpose of those strange hatches on her stern and what is the large cylindrical object on the side?
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[Crosseye76]

IIRC, it's an ex-East German Tarantul missile boat.

[Crosseye76]

The holes in the stern are exhaust covers for the gas turbine engines, the cylinders on the side are missile launch tubes. ( you can see the back of the fins just peeking out on the bottom launcher in the pic)

[NefariousKoel]

IIRC, it's an ex-East German Tarantul missile boat.

Damn, I was so close.

There's no mistaking Russian SSM tubes though. ;)

[woofiedog]

That is the Hiddensee.... Originally commissioned by the East German Navy as the Rudolf Eglehofer, the Hiddensee is a Tarantul I class Corvette.

Here are the ships moored or displayed inside at Battle ship Cove.

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[NefariousKoel]

Thanks for the extra pics Woof.

That really shows the scale of Lionfish too.

[woofiedog]

Glad you all have enjoyed the photo's... Thank's

[woofiedog]

Just a couple more photo's and I'll leave all alone for a while... ;)

PT 617.

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Japanese Suicide Boat.

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[Nate8thcvi]

Woofiedog,

I live in Connecticut, and I try to go there at least once a year - I never get tired of it. It's a great place, ain't it?

I'd be interested to go to the U-505 someday and compare the cramped spaces between it and the Lionfish.

Nate

[woofiedog]

Nate8thcvi... We do have some Great Naval Museums in the New England area. Just a few listed below.

My wife and I were going out to New England Air Museum... but had to postpone the trip till a bit later this next couple of months.

Good to meet you! :)

New London... Connecticut

US Coast Guard Museum
US Coast Guard Academy
Route 32

Eagle, ex-Horst Vessel Three-masted training barque
Eagle is the primary training ship for the Coast Guard Academy. Often at sea.

Nautilus Memorial and Submarine Force Museum
Exit 86 off I95, follow signs
Free admission
Nautilus SSN 571
Japanese Type A "Kairyu" minisub
Italian "Maile" minisub
Explorer minisub
World's first nuclear propelled vessel and a submarine museum. Explorer was built and sailed (sunk?) by Simon Lake. There is a very large cutout scale model of a Gato-class sub in the museum.

Quincy... Massachusetts

U.S. Naval and Shipbuilding Museum
739 Washington Street, by the Fore River bridge

Nantucket Lightship Museum
Nantucket I WLV 612
The lightship is located at the Marina Bay development on the site of NAS Squantum, the birthplace of Naval Reserve Aviation. She is fully operational and is registered as a privately maintained aid to navigation.

Salem CA 139
U-5075 German "Seehund" minisub
At former Fore River shipyard. Guided and self-guided tours available, subject to tour guide availability. Ship is being maintained as she would have been in service.

New Hampshire

Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum
Market St. Extension
Phone: 603-436-3680
Albacore AGSS 569
History of locally built submarines. Tour of boat is primary attraction.

[Sailor Steve]

Lovely pictures...thank you.

And welcome aboard!

[timmyg00]

I've got a whole slew of pics of both the USS Lionfish and Hiddensee in my PBase albums. I was trying to get as much detail as I could, specifically for enthusiasts like us, so the quality is a bit better than these (no offense, woofie!)

Just click on my signature below. I also have the USS Albacore (the album is not fully captioned yet), the Russian Juliett class SSG in Providence, RI, and the USS Nautilus and Submarine Force Museum in Groton CT.

BTW I live in MA, so maybe this summer we can get a bunch of Subsimmers to Battleship Cove for a day...

I'm planning a return trip to Battleship Cove so I can finish "photo-documenting" the USS Joseph P. Kennedy and the USS Massachusetts. I'm also planning to slowly visit naval historical sites and photo-document the subs and ships at those places, starting on the east coast and working my way westward, for example:


- USS Cassin Young in Boston, MA
- USS Salem in Quincy, MA
- Every ship at the Intrepid Museum in NYC (though I probably won't wait for the Intrepid to return from drydock, because I think the Growler is still there),
- The USS Ling in Hackensack, NJ,
- The USS Becuna and USS Olympia in Philadephia, PA
- The USS New Jersey in Camden, NJ
- The USS Torsk in Baltimore, MD

/TG

[woofiedog]

Sailor Steve... Thank's.... and must say it's a Great site with lots of info and an Excellent group of people.

timmyg00... No offence taken... LoL I just take photo's that's all. The camera I was using at the time was brand new... so there were some tech problems on my part. And also as stated... I'm not a Spring Chicken any more. Those ships can put a bit of ware and tear on you. LoL

But Excellent photo's of Battleship Cove and the other sites.... Thank's for sharing.

I see there are more than a few of us from New England area. :up:

If I can plan something of a trip into my work schedule... I'm fair game.

[timmyg00]

The camera I was using at the time was brand new... so there were some tech problems on my part. When I started my project, I went to the Albacore to test my technique and fool around with the manual settings on my camera (relatively new to me at the time as well). I'm not perfect either! But I seem to get better with each new ship I photograph, even though I'm not shooting for composition, I'm shooting for detail ;)

I see there are more than a few of us from New England area. ... If I can plan something of a trip into my work schedule... I'm fair game. Ditto... wedding plans, househunting, etc... I'm flat-out till July :rotfl:

TG