This link will take you to a really neat site to see submarines.
Use the mouse to "look around".

I guess the movie subs aren't real portrayals

I really don't think I could do sub service,I realize technology has come along way,but in WWII,this boat was IT !!

Would really like to hear some comments from any members who were on subs,new or older ones.

Gave me a whole new respect for submariners.

 

Incredible site!! Thanks for sharing!


I went aboard the USS Torsk (WWII submarine), many years ago. (Late '60s - early '70s.)
At the time, it was at the Navy Yard, in Washington, DC.

It's now at the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, MD.

 

My wife was in the Navy in the late 80's and served on a sub tender where she calibrated the depth gauges on Los Angeles class subs...

I never will forget the look on her face one night while we were watching the movie "The Hunt for Red October" - she was all stammering about how accurate the interior shots of the "USS Dallas" sub were and how that was all supposed to be classified and whatnot...

Hell of a good movie, though - Sean Connery always was one of my favorite actors...

 

VERY cool site. Thanks for sharing.

 

Glad you liked it,very eye opening for me.

I agree,excellent movie!
Tom Clancy's works are scary accurate.

 

I had relatives that served on submarines and WWII PT boats, a different breed of man for sure.

 

The movie "Das Boot" portraying a conditions on a German U-boat in 1944 are probably the most accurate movie depiction of a WWII submarine..........You would have to have been made of tougher stuff than people are nowadays, to go down in one of those.

 

I rode three LA class boats over an 8 year period and I'm qualified on all three ships. 1980-1988

USS New York City SSN-696 1980-1982
USS Houston SSN-713 1982-1984
USS Baton Rouge SSN-689 1986-1988

Submarine duty was very cool indeed but it had it's inherent risks and issues. I've circumnavigated the globe.
My oldest daughter was born while I was on deployment and was three months old before I first laid eyes on her.

Sub sailors are some of the most intuitive folks that I've ever had the pleasure of going to sea with. Submarines generally operate independently and must undergo months of training and certifications prior to a deployment.

I'm a blue nose sailor XX Lat - XX Long under the ice.
I'm a golden shellback. Crossing the equator and the international date line simultaneously.
I have a commissioning pennant from the USS Houston
I've sailed threw the panama Canal (Order of the Ditch)
During my tour aboard Houston, we were the Navy's Tomahawk test boat. Very cool stuff.
I was in the Indian Ocean in 1981 when the US shot down those Soviet built Libyan jets. Very cool indeed.
I've dived deeper than I can legally tell anyone.
I can honestly say that Nuclear power is the most underrated power source in the world.

My service in the Navy aboard three submarines enabled me to succeed and rise to the top in the Coast Guard. It established my work ethic and seagoing acumen early in my career. However, I love the Coast Guard community more than ever.

The Hunt for Red October was a very cool film. Two boats were used in the filming. USS Dallas SSN-700 and USS Houston SSN-713.

WWII boat sailors were the true pioneers of today's submarine community. I've toured several WWII fleet boats and to say the least, creature comforts are sparse.

I take a knee every day for those who are "eternally on patrol".

Sorry if I bored anyone.

 

two years ago this month, my family and i took a trip to San Diego and took a tour of the U.S.S. Midway. and i was amazed at all the stuff they had on display and i got the feel of what it was like for the sailors. and i give all men and women of our armed forces thanks and props, but the sailors, holy crap they gotta go through some rough times man!

 

Not boring, Tim.

Nice tour of USS Pampanito, 12oz. Thanks for posting. That site had a lot of other interesting tours as well.

Being aboard a sub has it's ups and downs. The goal is, of course, to make the ups = the downs. If you got an extra "down" it wasn't a good day.

I spent the majority of my time in the western Pacific (WESPAC). Bering Sea, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, etc.
Bluenose, Shellback and Golden Dragon.

Longest time continously submerged was 72 days off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula. I was on a Fast boat so we did 6 month deployments as well as shorter, 2 and 3 month Spec Ops.

Got to visit lovely sea-side resorts in places such as Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the PI and Guam.

Got home from sea just in time to see first daughter born. Second daughter was born while I was on Spec Ops.

I was a "nuke" and my service led to 31 years (and counting) of commercial nuclear power.

1971 - 1979 MM1 (SS)N
Served with many good men. Lots of memories.

 

I've shared my fair share of stories over a few through the years,but I bet any one fussing about touring on a ship would gladly go back to sea,rather than under it.

(posted by an airwinger....I know, I know.)

 

Very good!

When I was riding submarines and I'm very certain even today we had a couple of sayings.

There are two types of ships, submarines and targets.

There are more P3's in the ocean than submarines in the sky.