submarine rests upright on the seabed at a depth of 35m. The conning tower has quite visible battle damage, as does the foredeck. A hatch is open and so is a torpedo tube, but penetration is not recommended due to silt inside the submarine. The propellers are still there. Many fish, ...
Army Strawberries.Prunes. Asparagus Stick.A submarine’s periscope. Asthma.The company wit, so-called because he’s full of wheezes (jokes). AWOL.Absence without official leave. Awkward Squad.Men who require extra instruction at drill. Axle Grease.Butter. BAM.A “broad-assed Marine” (i.e....
The films were well-done (though we could have passed on the faux submarine "interactive" experience). I did, however, love the lobby of one building where you watched a short film about a battle or event in the war and then voted on what your dec...
The Navy pretty much took that over. They had the USS Canopus in there and they tied that up alongside on the south side of the harbor and used that as a submarine tender. The submarines coming in would tie up there for resupply, getting more torpedoes and any machine work done that t...
Each submarine carried three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers painted to look like U.S. aircraft. The bombers, called Seiran (“storm from a clear sky”), were tucked in a huge, water-tight hanger on the sub’s deck. The mission was to travel around the world, surface on the U.S. coast,...