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,