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PharaohTet · 11-27-07, 12:36 AM

I'm surprised that only GunnerGreg mentioned the SS-394 Razorback, now at North Little Rock, Arkansas. I work in NLR; seems that when you get used to seeing an old rustbucket like that every day, you forget what a privilege you have.

Sadly, the Razorback (a Balao-class, I think) was the victim of one of those darned GUPPY conversions that changed it from a cool-looking WWII pacific theatre silent service veteran into one of those obnoxious boxy looking subs you'd expect to be doing something boring, like polar research. No deck gun, no cool AA gundecks on the tower, etc.

Even worse: the poor boat spent a goodly amount of time in the Turkish navy before we (NLR) bought it back from them and turned it into a museum piece. The inside machinery still has stuff labeled in Turkish.

ADDED LATER: a little eye-candy for any of you collectors:

11-27-07, 12:36 AM	#39
PharaohTet Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Razorback! I'm surprised that only GunnerGreg mentioned the SS-394 Razorback, now at North Little Rock, Arkansas. I work in NLR; seems that when you get used to seeing an old rustbucket like that every day, you forget what a privilege you have. Sadly, the Razorback (a Balao-class, I think) was the victim of one of those darned GUPPY conversions that changed it from a cool-looking WWII pacific theatre silent service veteran into one of those obnoxious boxy looking subs you'd expect to be doing something boring, like polar research. No deck gun, no cool AA gundecks on the tower, etc. Even worse: the poor boat spent a goodly amount of time in the Turkish navy before we (NLR) bought it back from them and turned it into a museum piece. The inside machinery still has stuff labeled in Turkish. ADDED LATER: a little eye-candy for any of you collectors: Last edited by PharaohTet; 11-27-07 at 12:48 AM. Reason: (add photo)