Project 690 Kefal (Mullet) class (known in the West as Bravo class)
3 month naval practice in navigation and "emmergency FM( Force Major) practice" for secondary naval speciality.
BC-1 (navigation unit)(B.CH.-1; -"Bae-Chae"-1- Boevaya Chast'(Unit) -1). Soon after practice, last Kefal was demolished in mid 90-s.

Howdy, neighbor, I'm just down the road from you, in Pearland!

League City/Kemah here. :yep:

I've been on Nordkaparen...

http://www.nordkaparen.se/images/nordkaparen.jpg

Cobia:up:
Blueback:up:
Cavalla:up:
Pampanito:up:
U-505:up:
B-39 (foxtrot class)
Japanese Kaiten:cool:

US Bowfin at Pearl....

Howdy Neal;

I've lived around the Houston area all my life. Went to Pearland Schools in the mid 50's. It was in the country then. How times have changed.

What a great web site you have here. It really brings back the ole sea-going days. I can't believe it took me so long to find it. Still exploring.

BTW my brother helped restore Cavalla, mid 70's I think. He served on the Baracuda out of Key West late 60's. My memory fades. :hmm:

Howdy Tex, know those areas well. Lived in Dickinson for years. I just finished Pacific Fury d/l and will view it now.

Happy Holidays to everyone and Stay Safe :up:

More Subs!
 

I've just remembered, I have also visited a Russian Foxtrot boat that was alongside HMAS Onslow at the ANMM some years ago and is now in the US, and a similar boat, in Folkstone (I think) in the UK.

Being a Navy brat of the 80's, I've been on:

USS Nautilus SSN-571
USS Sculpin SSN-590
USS Trepang SSN-674
USS Louisville SSN-724

Also have been on:

USS Drum SS-228
USS Cobia SS-245

:-? Hmm, I served on the USS Trout, USS Odax, USS Sennet, USS Irex, USS Sea Devil and retired off the USS Baton Rouge. Guess that counts as "being on".:)

Amazingly enough I live in Connecticut and have the Nautilis about 20 miles south of me and I've yet to eour her. However I did go on the USS Croaker, a WW2 Gato Class sub while it was in Groton and it has since been moved to Minnesota and restored in all its glory.

One of these days I'm going to make it to Chicago and tour the U-Boat that is there.

I believe that Providence, RI also is home to a Soviet sub as well.

I've been on the USS Drum, USS Becuna and the USS Cobia. The Cobia (Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI) was the best experience of the three due to the fact that the tour could only be made with a museum employee. It could not be boarded without a guide to supervise, which means nobody could trash the interior. There were no self-guiding plaques and only one plexiglass barrier (radio room), so it all had an authentic appearance and made for good picture-taking.

You can check out my pictures here:
http://members.tcq.net/nzeronv/cobia/

-Jack-

USS Croaker, I think that was the name of my training sub when I was at sub-school, 1961. I've been trying to remember that boats name. What I do remember, the really bad weather in the North Atlantic during lookout training. Cold, wet and scary for trainee scrubs.

Hey, Quasimodo, jump out of the bell tower and get on down to the Nautilus! the museum that is attached is worth the drive all on its own. You will kick yourself if you don't.