USS Silversides visit and photos

Bubblehead1980 · 03-24-21, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mad Mardigan

Nice...

M. M.

The Drum, down in Mobile, Al., is the same class.. Gato.

When I lived there twice, would always go there & roam around both the Drum & the Alabama (BB60). As I recall, the park added a lot of aircraft & land units, to look at, as well.

M. M.

I grew up in Northern Florida, about 50 miles from the Drum and Alabama, spent more time than I can recall growing up and pre covid visited once per year if not more since when lived in Louisiana it was on the way to and from, I always allotted time for a visit. I am going home in a few weeks and hope to visit. Love it and the Bama of course. Yes, they have a lot of aircraft(B-52 outside), tanks, artillery pieces and other exhibits.

Employees and volunteers are great there, Tom and Leslie have spearheaded so much amazing work on the Drum last few years.

1Patriotofmany · 03-28-21, 04:42 PM

Awesome! Thank you so much for the pics! One stupid question from me, What do the difference in the emblems mean? Regular meatball being merchant and the other being navy ships?

KaleunMarco · 03-28-21, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

Awesome! Thank you so much for the pics! One stupid question from me, What do the difference in the emblems mean? Regular meatball being merchant and the other being navy ships?

exactly.

Macgregor the Hammer · 04-04-21, 12:04 PM

@Kaleun Marco

Thanks for sharing those

Looks like a great time all around. Were you allowed into the conning tower to get a look at the TDC and all the other cool gear? I wanted to get a good look at the DR tracer. The Pompanito had the conning tower gated off, at least when I went through in 1986. I was bummed!

The tubes on deck are ready service lockers for the deck gun........if I remember correctly

KaleunMarco · 04-04-21, 12:41 PM

[QUOTE=Macgregor the Hammer;2740422]@Kaleun Marco

Thanks for sharing those

Looks like a great time all around. Were you allowed into the conning tower to get a look at the TDC and all the other cool gear? [\quote]
Yes, i was able to get to the Attack center but not the Bridge. that ladder gets steeper and higher every year. here are some photos. one is blurred because i moved while the shutter was taking the shot. there is truly not much room up there. and it is dark. and cramped. and not very high (as in overhead). and hard.

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The tubes on deck are ready service lockers for the deck gun........if I remember correctly

yes they are. most cannot figure out what those things are.

04-04-21, 12:04 PM	#4
Macgregor the Hammer Chief Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Minnesota Posts: 325 Downloads: 535 Uploads: 1	@Kaleun Marco Thanks for sharing those Looks like a great time all around. Were you allowed into the conning tower to get a look at the TDC and all the other cool gear? I wanted to get a good look at the DR tracer. The Pompanito had the conning tower gated off, at least when I went through in 1986. I was bummed! The tubes on deck are ready service lockers for the deck gun........if I remember correctly __________________ "It's impossible to make anything fool proof....Fools are too ingenious!"

03-28-21, 04:42 PM	#2
1Patriotofmany Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 578 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	Awesome! Thank you so much for the pics! One stupid question from me, What do the difference in the emblems mean? Regular meatball being merchant and the other being navy ships?