At 09:39 PM 6/28/2013, Loren Busch wrote: >BTW, if you think that living in a Westy is crowded and tight visit the >U-505 (German WW2 sub) in Chicago. Or even a US WW2 sub like the one on My father moved the U505 across the Chicago Loop between midnight and six am to get her to the Museum. When I visited her in 1970 it was frustrating because they had guards moving people through at a rapid clip. If you're ever in Portsmouth NH visit the Albacore 569 - unarmed test-bed boat, holds world submerged-speed record. Many interesting things tried first on Albacore including the hull shape (ok, Holland did that first, but Albacore was the first modern boat whose hull was a body of revolution). Unlike Nautilus in New London CT there aren't any plastic cages to keep you bottled up. The docents are sailors from boats undergoing overhaul in the Yard; unfortunately they know nothing about Albacore as such, though they're knowledgeable about the nuc boats. Yrs, d |
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