Visited the Submarine Force Museum today - lots of photos!

[Schroeder]

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[SteamWake]

Cool pictures, tell us about the 'swimmer delivery system' and the 'human torpedo' thing.

[Subnuts]

Polaris missile:


Closeup of warning on second stage (reminds me of the explosive bolts warning on the EVA Pod in 2001: A Space Odyssey):


20mm Oerlikon cannon:





Tail end of Mk 48, front end of a SUBROC:


The new NR-1 exhibit:


Replica of Bushnell's Turtle:


1/6th scale cutaway fleet boat:

[Subnuts]

Tomahawk cruise missile:


Overhead view of the weapons display:


1/40 scale 688(I) cutaway:




Sonar console:


Strategic Deterrence display:


Dolphin display (yes, the museum staff does keep the plexiglass clean!):


Submarine insignia of the world:

[Subnuts]

Nautilus photos ahead!

I like this shot so much I'm showing it full size:


It was incredibly sunny in New London yesterday, which explains why it looks like an atomic bomb is going off is many of these photos:


Looking dark and mysterious:




Better like this?


More exteriors:








One of the first things you'll see when you go inside:

[nikimcbee]

What kinda stuff do they have on the midget sub? I also can't wait to see the Holland sub.

[Subnuts]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

What kinda stuff do they have on the midget sub? I also can't wait to see the Holland sub.

Actually, the midget submarines are just static exhibits, and there isn't actually a Holland submarine at the museum, just a ring representing it's hull diameter compared to the Ohio.

But hey, you'll spend the rest of the week bitching about how much everything costs, because you got to tour the world's first nuclear submarine for FREE!

The Wardroom (you may have noticed by now that rank has it's privileges!):


Commanding Officer's Stateroom:


XO's Cabin:


Forward access hatch:


Watertight door (there are three of them you'll have to pass through, so I hope you're not "big boned!"):


Sail access hatch:


AN/WQC-2 panel:


Fuse panel:


Periscopes in the attack center:


(Until the 1960s American submarines had a separate control room and attack center, which was roughly analogous with the "conning tower" on Fleet boats. More recent boats combine both functions into a single compartment.)

The hatch to the reactor compartment (nothing to see here, move along...):

[Subnuts]

The forward torpedo room:






It's not very obvious in these shots, but Nautilus's torpedo room is a huge facility as far as submarines go. The compartment spans two decks in height, and in reality, she could carry up to 18 torpedo reloads, as opposed to the two shown on display.

Oxygen charge/bleed station:




Forward Head:


Officer's Pantry:


Officer's cabins:

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Dolphin display (yes, the museum staff does keep the plexiglass clean!):


Submarine insignia of the world:

Nice photos. Noticed they didn't have dolphins for Albania. I've heard those are hard to find as are the Yugo ones. But Ghana? When did they have a Submarine?!?

That one they have from the Soviet Union, I have one of those.

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice shots. Looked like a nice day and trip.

[Jimbuna]

Excellent shots....your a very lucky guy...thanks for sharing