Some updated USS Torsk Photos

AVGWarhawk · 02-25-08, 03:44 PM

http://www.pbase.com/torskphotoguy/uss_torsk&page=all

Thanks
Warhawk

M. Sarsfield · 02-25-08, 03:54 PM

Oh sure! Just show off your nice, shiny submarine! We see how you are.

kylesplanet · 02-25-08, 03:59 PM

That is looking really good!

I have got to get up there and see her sometime.

AVGWarhawk · 02-25-08, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

Oh sure! Just show off your nice, shiny submarine! We see how you are.

She needs a lot more spit and polish, not to mention rags, paint, grease, a prayer or two, elbow grease and more money to do it. You know all about it!!!

snakeyez · 02-25-08, 04:29 PM

Very, very nice pictures there. Everything is so shiny and bright!

Torvald Von Mansee · 02-25-08, 05:11 PM

Heh. I have been on the Torsk many times. At some point during the seventies, there was a horrible wind storm in Baltimore. My family and I were inside the Torsk, and a ship moored behind said sub broke free from said moorings. A tour guide called 911 to report it, I think. We were never in any real danger, despite how it sounds.

shoot-kill-win · 02-25-08, 05:16 PM

I really wish that everything inside the Batfish had not been coated with grey paint, because as you can see in those photos, right next to the high pressure air manifold there is a bunch of piping, and it looks so much cooler in brass than paint.

ReallyDedPoet · 02-25-08, 05:56 PM

Nice pics

RDP

LukeFF · 02-25-08, 06:54 PM

Awesome.

Biggles · 02-25-08, 07:14 PM

U.S.S Torsk?

U.S.S Torsk!?

Sorry, but is "Torsk" a real word in the english language, 'cause for me, as a swede, that name sounds abit ridiculous.

But it's some pretty nice pictures there!

Rockin Robbins · 02-25-08, 07:53 PM

Does the condition of the Torsk reflect the condition during wartime? Would they really have all that polished brass and brightwork during wartime operations? Or does Batfish's painted gray more authentically relect a ship in anger?

ReallyDedPoet · 02-25-08, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

U.S.S Torsk?

U.S.S Torsk!?

Sorry, but is "Torsk" a real word in the english language, 'cause for me, as a swede, that name sounds abit ridiculous.

But it's some pretty nice pictures there!

For a period, American Subs were named after fish.

Torsk: A large, edible, marine fish, allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America. Nice link here

http://www.usstorsk.org/history/423hist.htm

RDP

Gino · 02-25-08, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggles

U.S.S Torsk?

U.S.S Torsk!?

Sorry, but is "Torsk" a real word in the english language, 'cause for me, as a swede, that name sounds abit ridiculous.

But it's some pretty nice pictures there!

Torsk is not a real word in english. The US ran out of fishnames during the huge build-up of submarines during WW2. So they grabbed fishnames from other languages. Torsk is simply Cod in english. Since the name Cod was already taken (and that boat hadn't been sunk in the course of war) they simply took the name USS Torsk.

I agree nice looking boat.

Are you using real brass polish or the 'Never-dull-very-expensive-museum-polish'?

At Cod we use the Never dull, since it doesn't polish away the copper and brass over time. Pipes get awfully thin after a lot of polishing, and the text on name plates disappears before you know it...

groetjes,

ReallyDedPoet · 02-25-08, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gino

Torsk is not a real word in english. The US ran out of fishnames during the huge build-up of submarines during WW2. So they grabbed fishnames from other languages. Torsk is simply Cod in english. Since the name Cod was already taken (and that boat hadn't been sunk in the course of war) they simply took the name USS Torsk.

Biggles, a better explanation than mine

RDP

Gino · 02-25-08, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gino

Torsk is not a real word in english. The US ran out of fishnames during the huge build-up of submarines during WW2. So they grabbed fishnames from other languages. Torsk is simply Cod in english. Since the name Cod was already taken (and that boat hadn't been sunk in the course of war) they simply took the name USS Torsk.

Biggles, a better explanation than mine

RDP

We must have been typing at the same time...

02-25-08, 03:44 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Some updated USS Torsk Photos http://www.pbase.com/torskphotoguy/uss_torsk&page=all Thanks Warhawk __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh sure! Just show off your nice, shiny submarine! We see how you are. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

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kylesplanet Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 629 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	That is looking really good! I have got to get up there and see her sometime. __________________

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snakeyez Last Man Down Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 242 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Very, very nice pictures there. Everything is so shiny and bright! __________________ SUBMARINEMUSEUMS.ORG - These are the submarines in your neighborhood! Get involved, they need you. Doyle Blalock - the life of my WWII submarine veteran grandfather. Drum228.org - devoted to the Gato-class museum sub USS Drum (SS-228) complete with war patrol reports, historical info, and restoration progress.

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Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,673 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Heh. I have been on the Torsk many times. At some point during the seventies, there was a horrible wind storm in Baltimore. My family and I were inside the Torsk, and a ship moored behind said sub broke free from said moorings. A tour guide called 911 to report it, I think. We were never in any real danger, despite how it sounds. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

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shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I really wish that everything inside the Batfish had not been coated with grey paint, because as you can see in those photos, right next to the high pressure air manifold there is a bunch of piping, and it looks so much cooler in brass than paint. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

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ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The one and only East Coast Posts: 10,775 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice pics RDP __________________ Back in the Day

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Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	U.S.S Torsk? U.S.S Torsk!? Sorry, but is "Torsk" a real word in the english language, 'cause for me, as a swede, that name sounds abit ridiculous. But it's some pretty nice pictures there! __________________

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Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	question Does the condition of the Torsk reflect the condition during wartime? Would they really have all that polished brass and brightwork during wartime operations? Or does Batfish's painted gray more authentically relect a ship in anger? __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS