Recovery of the U534

August · 01-12-15, 11:05 PM

Cool story, cool pictures...

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feat...y-of-u534.html

ReallyDedPoet · 01-12-15, 11:12 PM

Nice :-)

Jimbuna · 01-13-15, 06:42 AM

Quite an amazing feat all things considered but having visited her I'm not sure if I like the way she was eventually cut into pieces and put on display tbh....a successful tourist attraction nevertheless.

Aktungbby · 01-13-15, 11:51 AM

Actually though, my daughter just having gotten a masters in Museum Science...ie how to make an in$titution profitable...the object/artifact is to be preserved: Rule #1. Since living in a Uboat was in fact a very compartmentalized life style and the vessels were later built in prefab segments... breaking the vessel into 'compartments' really is no crime. Given its aged condition from under the sea etc. and delicacy, even visitors trudging through are detrimental to its preservation. Think human respiration at Lascaux Cave for example. The IX Uboat in Chicago fortunately got moved out of the elements, indoors, but tours through it are hard on the aged steel. More people can actually see more of the relic from all perspectives w/o actually touching it. The USS Pampanito in San Francisco really needs not to be in salt water; corrosion is evident and is not being properly maintained and the conning tower is now off limits. August: thanks for this

flostt · 01-13-15, 12:11 PM

Thanks for sharing

01-12-15, 11:12 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice :-) __________________ Back in the Day

01-13-15, 06:42 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Quite an amazing feat all things considered but having visited her I'm not sure if I like the way she was eventually cut into pieces and put on display tbh....a successful tourist attraction nevertheless. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Actually though, my daughter just having gotten a masters in Museum Science...ie how to make an in$titution profitable...the object/artifact is to be preserved: Rule #1. Since living in a Uboat was in fact a very compartmentalized life style and the vessels were later built in prefab segments... breaking the vessel into 'compartments' really is no crime. Given its aged condition from under the sea etc. and delicacy, even visitors trudging through are detrimental to its preservation. Think human respiration at Lascaux Cave for example. The IX Uboat in Chicago fortunately got moved out of the elements, indoors, but tours through it are hard on the aged steel. More people can actually see more of the relic from all perspectives w/o actually touching it. The USS Pampanito in San Francisco really needs not to be in salt water; corrosion is evident and is not being properly maintained and the conning tower is now off limits. August: thanks for this __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-13-15, 12:11 PM	#5
flostt Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Switzerland Posts: 388 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Thanks for sharing __________________ Von den 40'000 deutschen U-Boot-Männern des Zweiten Weltkrieges kehrten 30'000 nicht zurück... 40’000 German sailors served on U-boats during World War II – 30’000 never returned home...

01-12-15, 11:05 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Recovery of the U534 Cool story, cool pictures... http://www.warhistoryonline.com/feat...y-of-u534.html __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.