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

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...-torpedo-load/

Nice pics mate:up:

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

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

Freud would have a field-day with those photos.

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

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

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

That's a huge sub!

Sounds like a really interesting day out, I wish I could have been there.
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HOT_MISTRESS4U

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing!

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

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

Great pic MM
Thanks

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

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/~nste...alla_Water.jpg


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

cheers
Neal

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,

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:

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

lol - you can always call a day a success with a bonus like that!

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

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.

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.