USS Batfish/USS Torsk merged

AVGWarhawk · 06-02-07, 01:35 PM

Today was my first volunteer day for the USS Torsk! She is in good shape but still needs a lot of work. She is on the water but going to dry dock soon for repair to the hull. I had free run of the sub. I was even down in the bilges below the electric motors. Even took off the cover to the brushes on the electric motors to find that these were brand new but not fully installed by the Navy. Looks like they started but stopped for some reason. I spent most of the time cleaning the manuevering room for a new coat of fresh paint. What was interesting was finding old artifacts from years gone by when covers from the electrical boards were removed for paint preparation. She still smells of diesel and one diesel open for a look see. Big engines these are!

At the end of this month there is a planned parts hunt in Philapelphia PA and some of these parts as I understand it are going to the USS Cavalla. So Neal will have some more parts for this sub in Glaveston TX. Seems to be on going to find missing parts.

Anyone who lives in MD and is interested volunteering your time come on down. Saturday mornings at 0700 to about noon. You can stay longer if you wish. Guests come aboard starting at 1000 and if you are standing around with a Torsk cap on and a shirt that says Torsk crew like I was, they start asking questions!!!!

I was a tour guide in the manuevering room!!! One kid asked me if he could fire a torpedo

It was a very satisfying morning and I felt good about doing something important to me and other submarine enthusiast, also for the men who served aboard the Torsk and the other submarines around the world.

//http://www.usstorsk.org/

Oh yeah, the subs in SH4 are dead on when it comes to the large plane wheels, guages, switches and things

06-02-07, 01:35 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	USS Batfish/USS Torsk merged Today was my first volunteer day for the USS Torsk! She is in good shape but still needs a lot of work. She is on the water but going to dry dock soon for repair to the hull. I had free run of the sub. I was even down in the bilges below the electric motors. Even took off the cover to the brushes on the electric motors to find that these were brand new but not fully installed by the Navy. Looks like they started but stopped for some reason. I spent most of the time cleaning the manuevering room for a new coat of fresh paint. What was interesting was finding old artifacts from years gone by when covers from the electrical boards were removed for paint preparation. She still smells of diesel and one diesel open for a look see. Big engines these are! At the end of this month there is a planned parts hunt in Philapelphia PA and some of these parts as I understand it are going to the USS Cavalla. So Neal will have some more parts for this sub in Glaveston TX. Seems to be on going to find missing parts. Anyone who lives in MD and is interested volunteering your time come on down. Saturday mornings at 0700 to about noon. You can stay longer if you wish. Guests come aboard starting at 1000 and if you are standing around with a Torsk cap on and a shirt that says Torsk crew like I was, they start asking questions!!!! I was a tour guide in the manuevering room!!! One kid asked me if he could fire a torpedo It was a very satisfying morning and I felt good about doing something important to me and other submarine enthusiast, also for the men who served aboard the Torsk and the other submarines around the world. //http://www.usstorsk.org/ Oh yeah, the subs in SH4 are dead on when it comes to the large plane wheels, guages, switches and things __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road