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

AVGWarhawk · 02-26-08, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by shoot-kill-win

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.

The brass is under there. Clean it off. We have uncovered numerous brass fighting in all compartments. We find the paint is so old it chips away. Sometimes a wire brush is used depending on the piece we are cleaning up. The is brass all over the boats. Unfortunate most has been entombed by paint. Set it free

AVGWarhawk · 02-26-08, 12:01 PM

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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...

We use Brasso for the most part and Tim Calvert got this new cleaner that works great(dont recall the name of it). It may be never dull. It is expensive. I do remember Tim stating that. What helps is putting a coat of auto wax on it after you polish. This greatly reduces finger marks and dulling. Visitors tend to touch shiny things. Lucky for me my youngest daughter likes to polish the brass. Save everyone time to do other things.

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?

AVGWarhawk · 02-26-08, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

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?

The Torsk is being returned to the 1960 configuration. Her hull is pure WW2 but her sail was changed during the Guppy transformation. The 1960's was selected as the target year to restore because parts are easier to find from the 60's then 1945. Paint on the other hand is going to the original color from 1945 in the interior. Right now the paint used after her decommissioning was any color they could find. It looks like jungle gym. The exterior is what she looked like in the 60's. The brass and brightwork are as you see it today and back during the war. RR, let me tell you the quality of work that went into these boats is simply amazing. Each piece reeks of pride. Brass is solid and shiny. Steel is solid. Yes, the brasswork would look like that during wartime. Again, the pride in the handwork of these boat is unbelievable.

seafarer · 02-26-08, 02:12 PM

Warhawk, are you planning to open up the conning tower in some way? When I was onboard her back in July, you could not even really see up into it at all, while I was dying to go right up in there.

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: 1,671 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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LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Awesome. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

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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

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seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Warhawk, are you planning to open up the conning tower in some way? When I was onboard her back in July, you could not even really see up into it at all, while I was dying to go right up in there. __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD