Russian Foxtrot in Seattle
 

This sub used to be in Seattle, alas, it is gone. Here are some photos from its Seattle days. project 641 B-39

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Where did they send it to? Did it go back to Russia or is it touring another port? That would have been nice to check it out.

It's in San Diego, now... http://www.sdmaritime.com/contentpage.asp?ContentID=177

Looks like it will be there for a long time.

I think the Coast Guard had safety issues with it when it was in Seattle. One of the hosts showed me how rusted it was!

Rusty pressure hull? Not good. Most vulnerable location would be leaky torpedo tube seals. Batfish only recently fixed those issues.

nice pics. why was it moved?

The last time I was there, I was under the impression it was for safety reasons, but I'm not sure. (The Coast Guard had issues with it)

It originally left Canada for financial reasons. (not making any money, US was a better market)

good god almighty look at the hammer an sickle on that tower OH AND THE RED STAR!!!!!
wow, thats some serious communism on that boat there

The Akulas are the most :rock:of the old Red Fleet.

Russkie sub in Seattle?

Ring a bell?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_in_Conflict

Actually, the movement of the sub from Seattle to San Diego was strickly a business deal. The owner, a private individual, decided he was better off financially to sell the museum than to continue to operate it as a museum. The San Diego Maritime Museum bought it outright.

The US Coast Guard issues you speak of had to do with her voyage down the coast, not her operation as a museum.

San Diego Maritime is also the future home of USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555).

That's interesting stuff.:up:

I saw this sub when I lived near LA. Fun stuff!

http://www.russiansublongbeach.com/

PD

One of thee most imfamous boats of the cold war and probably one of the best conventional boats the soviet union produced but i still dont think it could beat an oberon class of the UK.

yupp sub's in SD. iv been on it 3 times already, ripped my favorite shirt going trough the hatch from the fore torp room to the crew quarters u.u

LMAO :har: Own it, love it, pwned by it! :rock:

Something that I've always liked about certain Russian subs are the windows(?) in the conning tower. Always wondered if you could kick back in there and have a coffee, and gaze into the sea. That would be cool.

Gaze into the sea?

Unless you're wearing diving equipment, no. :)

The upper part of the conning tower is flooded when the submarine is submerged. The windows are just meant to protect the crew on deck from weather during surface maneuvers.

That explains why I got drenched. :hmmm:

Someone posted pictures of their visit to the Submarine Command Museum, down in GT, and there was a post in there that read something like... "If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if we could look through the windows while we were submerged..."


:oops:

Epic!!!

#Here I go again on my own, goin down the only road I've ever known!# :rock: :D

I guess you guys know that the Russian B-39 is scheduled to become a shallow water diving reef sometime before the end of 2012?