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Navy Chief
May 4th, 2010, 14:58
Enjoy:

http://www.nonplused.org/panos/uss_pampanito/

NC
stiz
May 4th, 2010, 15:10
now thats cool :applause:
Willy
May 4th, 2010, 15:31
Love that WWII tech. The first half of my Navy career was on WWII era vessels.
Navy Chief
May 4th, 2010, 15:41
Love that WWII tech. The first half of my Navy career was on WWII era vessels.


Oh, I am envious. Am sure the "creature" comforts were, to put it mildly, lacking. But just to have experienced life aboard such historic vessels must have been amazing.

NC
PRB
May 4th, 2010, 15:56
Whoever is maintaining that boat is doing a pretty fine job. That's a cool site. Love that one of the inside of the forward part of the hull, but outside the pressure hull. Awesome!
brad kaste
May 4th, 2010, 16:32
....Great link! Here in Chicago there's the German U-505. If you're passing through Chicago this summer,...or anytime,....it's well worth the stop to view the sub at the Museum of Science and Industry. Some years ago,...persons with deep pockets...helped fund the U 505 project by having it rehabbed and having it 'sunk' below ground. Heck,...you can even mess with an Enigma machine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OsX1g93Tvs
jmig
May 4th, 2010, 17:31
Love that WWII tech. The first half of my Navy career was on WWII era vessels.

Willy, were you a submariner?
Lionheart
May 5th, 2010, 05:49
Thanks NC,

That is one brilliant website. Some awesome views. Did anyone look up at the cielings?



Whoever is maintaining that boat is doing a pretty fine job. That's a cool site. Love that one of the inside of the forward part of the hull, but outside the pressure hull. Awesome!

I agree. Gives you a better idea of whats under that external deck area. I had heard and caught glimpses that all subs had a sort of fake surrounding over the actual pressure hull; liftable deck plates, tons of piping barely visible under the deck vents, etc..

Did you see all that rust?? Man.. That thing is aged.. If only there was a way to stop all the rust and coat the exterior with a new coating that would keep it from rusting.. (that was environmentally safe and wont cause humans to grow extra parts that is).

Bill
GypsyBaron
May 5th, 2010, 14:21
There is more than meets the eye there on that site.

Check out the main site index!

http://www.nonplused.org/panos/index.html

"Did anyone look up at the cielings?"...uh, Bill...that's "overhead" in sailor talk :)

Paul