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In lugnet.build.military, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Rick & All,
>
> > Lookie. People who have been on a sub can comment if they want :-P
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=72168
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> Looks about right. I was in the U.S.S. Bowfin (a WW2 Sub) that is near the
> U.S.S. Missouri ship in Pearl Harbor, and it was an absolute pain for me to
> try to manuever in that thing! (Since I am a rather big guy) My video of the
> events was funny to see. But it was a great experience to see.
Heh, did you get to hear the story about why, among the "scorecard"
on the tower, there's a bus and a crane standing on a dock...?
I hope one day to get to Pearl to see that, among other things;
we had the _Bowfin_ book in our house when I was growing up.
_Bowfin_ is an "improved Gato" class sub, so its dimensions are a
*tad* more cramped than on an attack sub, because the reactor needs
more vertical room than the diesels and batteries on the WWII units.
I think Rick's cross-section is a pretty good approximation of the
interior space. But the actual subs, IIRC, have a double hull, plus
room for ballast.
Now, 'boomers are another matter--those missile tubes need LOTS of
vertical space, so those ships are friggin' ENORMOUS--a guy I knew
back at EMU had served on one and said "think shopping center,"
which I'd bet is a slight exaggeration but not *too* much.
best
LFB
PS: I almost forgot--there's a WWII US sub sitting on the Michigan
side of Lake Michigan, near Holland MI--USS Silversides. Also worth
a visit, and you can see a lot more of it than you can most "tourist"
subs. I happened by late one evening when they were hosting a private
group, so the OIC let us on too to look around at our leisure. :D
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| (...) Lindsay,My bother in law has invited me with him and his son to stay the night on a WWII sub(might be the one in Holland can't remember where it's at).His sons boy scout group do it every year:-) (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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| Rick & All, (...) U.S.S. Missouri ship in Pearl Harbor, and it was an absolute pain for me to try to manuever in that thing! (Since I am a rather big guy) My video of the events was funny to see. But it was a great experience to see. Good luck on (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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