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ATR-42
07-11-07, 11:36 PM
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ATR-42
07-11-07, 11:37 PM
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ATR-42
07-11-07, 11:37 PM
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Bando
07-11-07, 11:39 PM
Great pics man, :up:

Thanks :yep:

Bando
ATR-42
07-11-07, 11:47 PM
I ended up staying at the inner harbor for work yesterday. I got to the sub with 2 hours left before it closed. a guilded tour would have been SWEET but they only have them on weekends i think. I was left to just walk it slow, and alone. I took tons of pictures, i was awe struck the entire time...

The sub is in really nice shape, they are working very hard on restoring it. I was afraid to touch anything but a few people passed by me quickly and they were interacting with a lot of the devices and levers.

A lot of it was closed to the public, i was only able to get a shot of the conning tower and periscopes but couldnt get up there, there is also a ton of stuff below the main quarters deck it looks like for servicing a so on, but you cant get there either.

A few things shocked me. The thing is gigantic, on the same note, its very small, and walking through this thing, sweating my butt off for two hours made me wonder why anyone would be in the submarine service. The conditions must have tested every mans ability to the highest extent.

The torpedos were a LOT bigger than i mentally pictured them to be.

This thing is way more complicated than an airplane :)
nomad_delta
07-11-07, 11:59 PM
Wow, thanks for the great pictures! Where exactly is the Torsk located?

I'm in San Francisco, CA -- and I think I've seen an old sub parked out along the piers that's open for tours, but not sure which one it is. I think there's an old destroyer or some such parked alongside it. Anyone know which those might be?

nomad_delta
ATR-42
07-12-07, 12:01 AM
Its in the Inner Harbor in Baltimore MD
AVGWarhawk
07-12-07, 06:00 AM
Thanks for posting ATR.

The conning tower is not part of the tour because access to it via ladders is just to difficult for visitors. I bump my darn head everytime I go to the conning tower. :oops: Not to mention it is still very much a work in progress. As far a guided tours, really only the weekend is the best because two voluteers also served on her. These two can give you the real deal on diesel boats!!!! BTW, the sonar was cleaned up last weekend and now you can count the prop turns of the water taxis in the harbor:up:

Any who can come down on Saturday before 10 am can call on me to take you to the conning tower. Being I'm a restorer I have free run of the boat. In the tower is the original WW2 attack scope and the observation scope is post WW2. Both work and I would be glad to take you in the tower!!!!! I'm there from 0700 to 1200 every Saturday.

The first pics of the aft torpedo room are great. This is my adopted room to restore and keep maintained. The brass polishing is endless. Note the "cutie" torpedo in the tube that fired the last torp of the war!!! Took months to convince the Navy to let us put this fish in the tub for display! You did not get the green cylinders in the pics...these are my next project. These are compressed air tanks that mount to the ceiling. I have 5 to mount throughout he boat. Heavy buggers too!

This week manueving get a fresh coat of the original gray paint!!!! Two weeks ago we secured 14 torpedo racks from the USS Trout. These will be installed in the coming months.

Anyone who is close and would like to volunteer to restore and preserve....come on down and be a part. We take all comers who are interested in preserving a bit of history!!!! You do not need to know electrical or engineering...just a helping hand to maintain or helping others getting things up to snuff is always welcome! Contact me via PM!!!!


Hawk
cunnutazzo
07-12-07, 06:57 AM
Wow, thanks for the great pictures! Where exactly is the Torsk located?

I'm in San Francisco, CA -- and I think I've seen an old sub parked out along the piers that's open for tours, but not sure which one it is. I think there's an old destroyer or some such parked alongside it. Anyone know which those might be?

nomad_delta

could be the Pampanito?

http://www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
The General
07-12-07, 07:07 AM
Wow! It just shows what balls those guys had.
Subject
07-12-07, 07:08 AM
Great shots! Crisp and sharp! Thanks a lot! :up:

*If* I may make a request, I would love to see some shots of the deck layout.
krautkllr
07-12-07, 07:14 AM
great pics .that boat does seem to be in real good shape .
krautkllr
07-12-07, 07:17 AM
OH and it is the PAMPANITO in S.F. not far from the Jeramia Obrien.[SIC ?]
ReallyDedPoet
07-12-07, 07:38 AM
Nice pics, plan to see this next summer :yep:


RDP
ming
07-12-07, 10:15 AM
:up: Great pics! I toured the boat a few years ago and it was very cool...as was the old boat closer to the stadium side of the harbor. Easily one of my favorite areas in any city I have been to.
Saintaw
07-12-07, 10:22 AM
Wow, so many pipes, knobs, jauges... we'll have to wait another 5 years before we can get an engine to render this all...

I also wonder how many injuries them poor fellas had to endure running in such compartments.