The navy is cool, but the museum sure isn't

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

If you are looking for a good navy museum, visit the Australia maritime museum. Its way better, with many more ships that you can visit. Even an Oberon class submarine!

Thanks for the praise for our Museum! It's pretty good and has a good range of things to show off. I got luck and had some work experience there in 2000 and got to go behind the scenes. They have plenty of great stuff in the storage areas and they do rotate it out on display now and again.

The destroyer (HMAS Vampire) is also a good tour and the sailing ship "James Craig" is a beautiful site as well. Another ship well worth looking at is MV Krait

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Craig_%28barque%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Vampire_%28D_11%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Krait

[Geno_Mariner]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Thanks for the praise for our Museum! It's pretty good and has a good range of things to show off. I got luck and had some work experience there in 2000 and got to go behind the scenes. They have plenty of great stuff in the storage areas and they do rotate it out on display now and again.

The destroyer (HMAS Vampire) is also a good tour and the sailing ship "James Craig" is a beautiful site as well. Another ship well worth looking at is MV Krait

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Craig_%28barque%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Vampire_%28D_11%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Krait

I missed out on going on the Oberon many years back when my school class went on a trip due to a rather ridiculous situation (too long to explain) regardless, I was very unhappy.
I'm trying to see if I can go this year.... but no one to go with, I like to go with someone XD My family isn't quite interested in this kinda thing, nor are all my IRL friends I'll get something worked out

Though I've been to the World War museum in Canberra, it's small but interesting. Lots of displays to look at iirc (it's been 6+ years since I last visited). Perhaps worth a visit if you're visiting Canberra.

[Growler]

Midway is San Diego is cool; not that far up the road, in Long Beach, rests the Queen Mary (now a hotel) and an ex-Soviet Foxtrot boat (I think it's a Fox, but I can't be sure.)

Midway was cool; was there oh, maybe two, three weeks ago. Got a chance to stomp around and speak with a few of their docents - a good bunch of guys, it seemed to me, more than willing to engage a visitor in real shop talk if the visitor could hang with it, and simplify things for the kids that were there, too. I met a guy named Jack (iirc) down in one of the Midway's engineering spaces, and if my wife hadn't pulled me out of there, I'd still be talking with him.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Inside the museum:

The Trieste (went to the deepest part of the ocean), and an Ooka.

Plus many other things.

Outside the museum:

the piece of armor plate meant for the Yamato/Musashi/Shinano which had been tested upon by a 16" AP shell

Also, a midget sub and many other things.

I like the museum, personally.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Geno_Mariner

I'm trying to see if I can go this year.... but no one to go with, I like to go with someone XD

Buy me a flight ticket and I'll be there in about 48 hours.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by Geno_Mariner

I'm trying to see if I can go this year.... but no one to go with, I like to go with someone XD My family isn't quite interested in this kinda thing, nor are all my IRL friends I'll get something worked out

Hope you get there, plan for a whole day there. It will need the time. Also get the full ticket with tours of both destroyer and sub.

Though I've been to the World War museum in Canberra, it's small but interesting. Lots of displays to look at iirc (it's been 6+ years since I last visited). Perhaps worth a visit if you're visiting Canberra.

The War Memorial? It's just finished a major renovation and is brilliant!

[papa_smurf]

A good one I visited last year was Western Approaches Command, Derby House in Liverpool.