06-10-07, 02:30 PM
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Lucky Jack 
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Originally Posted by Puster Bill
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Originally Posted by Gino
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Originally Posted by XanderF
Real shame you don't let people in the Con or higher, though. Adults, at least - I mean, I can see no kids (what they would do to the controls in USS Blueback out here sent shivers down my spine!)
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Unfortunately, some adults behave like their kids... 
There is also an insurance thingy. There is no direct supervision inside the conning tower. Thereofre the insurance company doesn't cover that area. If somebody would get hurt up there we'd have a huge financial problem.
BUT... we are working on a plan to let "special visitors" inside the conning tower. We MAY even have the TDC running for these visitors.
When that will happen I don't know. We first need to asses if anybody is willing to pay extra for a looooong guided tour... And it will probably be off-season (so the boat might be cold)
I'll keep the forum posted on this one.
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If you get a chance, tell Bill Chaikin KA8VIT, that Bill Twist N2KMF says 'hi'. I've worked him a couple of times when he was on the boat doing the Museum Ships special event, and Submarines on the Air. We've also chatted on eham.com.
By the way, Museum Ships is this weekend:
http://users.tellurian.com/freddie/n...hip-event.html
Here is the list of subs that will be active:
USS Albacore Portsmouth, NH NM1JY
USS Cobia Manitowoc, Wisconsin N9BQV
USS Cod Cleveland, Ohio W8COD
USS Croaker Buffalo, NY WA2FKV
USS Drum Mobile, Alabama W4BPR
S637 Espadon Saint-Nazaire France F6KBG
USS Ling Hackensack, NJ NX2ND
USS Pampanito San Francisco, CA NJ6VT
USS Torsk Baltimore, MD NK3ST
U9 Speyer, Germany DK0SP
U-995 Laboe, Germany DL0DMB
Wilhelm Bauer (ex U-2540) Bremerhaven,Germany DL0MFK
HMS Nordkaparen Gothenburg, Sweden SL8SUB/P
ITN Enrico Dandolo Venice, Italy IQ3GA/3
Sub Isaac Peral Cartagena, Spain ED5URD
USS Requin SS481 Pennsylvania NY3EC
U-5075 Quincy, MA. WW2MAN
U480 (B143) Zeebrugge, Belgium ON8SUB |
The USS Torsk is my sub. I volunteer there to restore. The conning tower is closed to visitors. Just to cramped and not part of the tour. Since I'm a volunteer, I get free run of the sub. The conning tower has the original WW2 attack scope and post WW2 observation scope. Besides, there are so many switches, etc. no need to have visitors up there swipping things.....and they do
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