Russian Foxtrot in Seattle

nikimcbee · 03-24-08, 11:48 PM

This sub used to be in Seattle, alas, it is gone. Here are some photos from its Seattle days. project 641 B-39

M. Sarsfield · 03-25-08, 10:35 AM

Where did they send it to? Did it go back to Russia or is it touring another port? That would have been nice to check it out.

M. Sarsfield · 03-25-08, 02:40 PM

It's in San Diego, now... http://www.sdmaritime.com/contentpage.asp?ContentID=177

Looks like it will be there for a long time.

nikimcbee · 03-28-08, 03:38 AM

I think the Coast Guard had safety issues with it when it was in Seattle. One of the hosts showed me how rusted it was!

M. Sarsfield · 03-28-08, 10:09 AM

Rusty pressure hull? Not good. Most vulnerable location would be leaky torpedo tube seals. Batfish only recently fixed those issues.

Jacky Fisher · 04-29-08, 09:18 PM

nice pics. why was it moved?

GunnerGreg · 06-20-08, 09:21 PM

Actually, the movement of the sub from Seattle to San Diego was strickly a business deal. The owner, a private individual, decided he was better off financially to sell the museum than to continue to operate it as a museum. The San Diego Maritime Museum bought it outright.

The US Coast Guard issues you speak of had to do with her voyage down the coast, not her operation as a museum.

San Diego Maritime is also the future home of USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555).

nikimcbee · 06-20-08, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GunnerGreg

Actually, the movement of the sub from Seattle to San Diego was strickly a business deal. The owner, a private individual, decided he was better off financially to sell the museum than to continue to operate it as a museum. The San Diego Maritime Museum bought it outright.

The US Coast Guard issues you speak of had to do with her voyage down the coast, not her operation as a museum.

San Diego Maritime is also the future home of USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555).

That's interesting stuff.

PeriscopeDepth · 06-22-08, 02:17 AM

I saw this sub when I lived near LA. Fun stuff!

http://www.russiansublongbeach.com/

PD

Kapitan · 06-22-08, 09:09 AM

One of thee most imfamous boats of the cold war and probably one of the best conventional boats the soviet union produced but i still dont think it could beat an oberon class of the UK.

I-25 · 10-22-08, 10:44 PM

yupp sub's in SD. iv been on it 3 times already, ripped my favorite shirt going trough the hatch from the fore torp room to the crew quarters u.u

03-24-08, 11:48 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Russian Foxtrot in Seattle This sub used to be in Seattle, alas, it is gone. Here are some photos from its Seattle days. project 641 B-39 __________________

03-25-08, 10:35 AM	#2
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Where did they send it to? Did it go back to Russia or is it touring another port? That would have been nice to check it out. __________________ 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

03-25-08, 02:40 PM	#3
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's in San Diego, now... http://www.sdmaritime.com/contentpage.asp?ContentID=177 Looks like it will be there for a long time. __________________ 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

03-28-08, 03:38 AM	#4
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I think the Coast Guard had safety issues with it when it was in Seattle. One of the hosts showed me how rusted it was! __________________

03-28-08, 10:09 AM	#5
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Rusty pressure hull? Not good. Most vulnerable location would be leaky torpedo tube seals. Batfish only recently fixed those issues. __________________ 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

04-29-08, 09:18 PM	#6
Jacky Fisher Loader Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the bridge of the Dreadnought Posts: 82 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	nice pics. why was it moved? __________________

06-20-08, 09:21 PM	#7
GunnerGreg Watch Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Actually, the movement of the sub from Seattle to San Diego was strickly a business deal. The owner, a private individual, decided he was better off financially to sell the museum than to continue to operate it as a museum. The San Diego Maritime Museum bought it outright. The US Coast Guard issues you speak of had to do with her voyage down the coast, not her operation as a museum. San Diego Maritime is also the future home of USS DOLPHIN (AGSS-555).

06-22-08, 02:17 AM	#9
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I saw this sub when I lived near LA. Fun stuff! http://www.russiansublongbeach.com/ PD

06-22-08, 09:09 AM	#10
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	One of thee most imfamous boats of the cold war and probably one of the best conventional boats the soviet union produced but i still dont think it could beat an oberon class of the UK. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

10-22-08, 10:44 PM	#11
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	yupp sub's in SD. iv been on it 3 times already, ripped my favorite shirt going trough the hatch from the fore torp room to the crew quarters u.u