Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Where can we visit SUB?

[Doc <doc@bionicdolphin.com>]

Another good west coast spot is the submarine museum in Keyport Washington
they have the Trieste II there and some great displays, I think they also have a midget
sub there.


Ray Keefer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There is the USS Pampanito in San Francisco.
>
> USS Bluefin (or Bluefish) in Portland, Oregon. Supposed to be the US Navy's
> last diesel-electric.
>
> USS Sealion in Fall River, Massachusetts. Bonus here is the Battleship
> Massachusetts, a Soviet destroyer and some PT boats.
>
> If in Chicago the see the U-505. Not a US boat but a German IX.
>
> The premium submarine museum in the States is at Groton, Connecticut.
> It has the USS Nautilas, the world's first nuclear submarine. The
> museum is great with a 1/3 (?) scale cut away model of a German IX and
> a wall of mounted hulls shapes of all the the US classes of submarines
> (all to the same scale!).
>
> Regards,
> Ray
>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:20:23 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Where can we visit SUB?
> > From: Jack Skoda <jskoda@ellacoya.com>
> > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> > If I recall correctly, she's the USS Drum.  An improved Gato class.  All
> > of Battleship park is worth the trip to Mobile.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jack Skoda <jskoda@sover.net>
> > "So shines a good deed in a weary world." ...Willy Wonka
> >