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took a field trip today to the field museum in Chicago, very interesting. Tight quarters on the sub, i don't think I would have lasted very long on one of those subs. Imagine the smell!!! Anyway for those of you who play this game as much as I do I highly recommend going there and seeing the exhibit.

It's 505. ;)

Having seen the sub, i'd highly recommend reading a memior one of i'ts crewman. Heres an excrept:

http://www.uboatwaffe.net/books/books.cgi?a=4

Just think - U-505 is a Type IX sub, roomy compared to a Type VII, and palatial compared to a Type II.

Actually the Type IX is no roomier inside than a Type VII - its size doesn't really mean it's any 'roomier'; that extra space is not 'comfort zones' but larger engines, batteries, torpedo tubes and other combat-related stuff - and fuel tanks of course. There's barely a few more bunks on it for the slightly-larger crew, even.

The IX might seem like a cow, but for a sub its size there's been no concessions to performance designed into it compared to the VII. Though it did ultimately have a different role, it was still built around the same aggressive U-boat design philosophy - performance over everything else.

I would love to see the 505 in person. There is a virtual tour of the 505 that was posted not too long ago. Also many good books about the 505.

It's one of only two u-boats left to see. The other is a type VII on dispaly somewhere in Germany (IIRC).

U-995, type VIIC/41 at Laboe
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nmal_Laboe.jpg

Welcome to Subsim, matey!!! :up::up::up::up:

id love to see inside a u-boat.
welcome to forums too :up:

Thanks for the welcome, today I was supposed to learn about making dentures but U505 was were me and buddy ended up. Its funny cause just a few months back I picked up this game. Now I'm hooked.

I so would love to meet 505 in person. I would love to enter the Boot and scream "Fluten"!
I envy you mate.:up:

Oh well, gotta sa save money for a trip to the US of A

Welcome aboard kaleun :arrgh!:

Welcome aboard matey:up:

If anyone wants to take the virtual tour, here's the link:

http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U5...retorpedo.html

It's very interesting seeing an old sub from the inside. It's still a goal for me to go to visit U505. But it still to far away for me :cry: I did visit U995 .

If you want to see some good pix of the U995 check this topic :up:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=104553

I would love to see thiat. It's definitely on my list of things to do before I die. Of course we've all heard the stories and descriptions of how cramped it is in a U-boat.

I'm going to the Cavalla tomorrow to help load torpedos and will be taking plenty of pictures. Yeah, its a U.S. sub but maybe it'll give me somewhat of an idea of how constrictive a submarine can be. Don't worry, I'll post them all! :up:

Would appreciate seeing those pictures MM :rock: :up: