Comments on: German sub surfaces in UK http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:37:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JOHN BROWN http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372/comment-page-1#comment-11151 JOHN BROWN Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:03:58 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372#comment-11151 I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT THERES AN AMERICAN WWII SUB DOCKED SOMEWHERE IN THE SANFRANSISCO BAY. YOU CAN TOUR IT AND GET A FEELING OF HOW CRAMPED IT WAS ALTHOUGH YOU WON'T GET THE FEELING OF POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING A HORRIFIC DEATH THAT COULD OCCUR ON SUCH A SUB. I DON’T REMEMBER THE NAME BUT THERES AN AMERICAN WWII SUB DOCKED SOMEWHERE IN THE SANFRANSISCO BAY. YOU CAN TOUR IT AND GET A FEELING OF HOW CRAMPED IT WAS ALTHOUGH YOU WON’T GET THE FEELING OF POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING A HORRIFIC DEATH THAT COULD OCCUR ON SUCH A SUB.

]]> By: Lindsay http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372/comment-page-1#comment-11054 Lindsay Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372#comment-11054 Also, there's a Russian sub for touring at the Maritime Museum in San Diego. It's quite amazing, plus you may get to see the ship from Master and Commander, which is also part of the museum. Totally worth the $$. Also, there’s a Russian sub for touring at the Maritime Museum in San Diego. It’s quite amazing, plus you may get to see the ship from Master and Commander, which is also part of the museum. Totally worth the $$.

]]> By: Dick Pilz http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372/comment-page-1#comment-11024 Dick Pilz Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:42:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372#comment-11024 If you are Portland, OR, you can check out the SS-581 Blueback (as seen in "Red October") at the OMSI, one of the last US Navy diesel boats. They hold campouts for kids in this one. If you are Portland, OR, you can check out the SS-581 Blueback (as seen in “Red October”) at the OMSI, one of the last US Navy diesel boats. They hold campouts for kids in this one.

]]> By: Sid http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372/comment-page-1#comment-11019 Sid Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:58:16 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372#comment-11019 I've been on the Scorpion in Longbeach, and it is definitely cool. The U-505, a captured WWII German U-boat at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago makes the Scorpion look positively modern, though. I've never been aboard one, but I think the Japanese WWII era "I-boats" are another step downward on the creature comfort scale. Read "I-Boat Captain", by Zenji Orita (one of the few Japanese sub captains to survive the War) for a glimpse of life inside one of these. I’ve been on the Scorpion in Longbeach, and it is definitely cool. The U-505, a captured WWII German U-boat at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago makes the Scorpion look positively modern, though.

I’ve never been aboard one, but I think the Japanese WWII era “I-boats” are another step downward on the creature comfort scale. Read “I-Boat Captain”, by Zenji Orita (one of the few Japanese sub captains to survive the War) for a glimpse of life inside one of these.

]]> By: n2y2 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372/comment-page-1#comment-11012 n2y2 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:24:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5372#comment-11012 Also, check out the Nautilus in Groton, CT. You remember the first Nuclear sub in the world? My submariner brother tells me that it is roomy compared to even today's subs. Also, check out the Nautilus in Groton, CT. You remember the first Nuclear sub in the world? My submariner brother tells me that it is roomy compared to even today’s subs.

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