Why Is That Sub On Dry Land?!??
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2021
- In this episode we're at the USS Drum at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama and taking a deep dive into a ship that can no longer take a deep dive.
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I volunteer for the Bama's living history crew and I was so excited for our last drill that brought in workers and volunteers from other museum ships around the country for the HNSA yearly meeting. Almost fell out of my chair at the luau when they mentioned the New Jersey and the people who make their videos were there as well. Happy they did a video by the ole drum while they were down.
I really enjoy these Szimanski-style visits to other museum ships and talking not just about the history of the object but also the complexities of conservation and display.
Seeing how sadly deteriorated the USS Ling had become from sitting in the mud and lack of maintenance I prefer seeing these ships properly mounted on stands.
"Why Is That Sub On Dry Land" you ask, well when they built it they put a screen door on it and it wont keep the water out.
USS Batfish in Muskogee, OK, when the river super flooded she tried to make a break for the sea
U-505 is not only on dry land in Chicago, it is now inside a climate controlled building
The real plus of putting a sub like that in dry land stands, is that it allows an appreciation of the scale. Lets be honest a sub in the water isn't much to look at (by design), you don't really get to appreciate it when you can't see it or realise it's scale. Battleships are mainly above the water line anyway, so keeping them floating doesn't affect that ability to appreciate the scale of the ship.
There’s two confederate ironclads in the mobile river that need to raised and preserved. There was a movement to raise them but haven’t heard anything in years….
We went to Alabama for vacation this year and actually spent two days at the USS Alabama park. Absolutely AMAZING! To be able to freely walk these ships and just take it all in just totally blew us away! Thank you to all who work endlessly to make these beautiful ships available to those who want to see them.
U-505 being mounted underground so that you enter from above it is, to me, the most unique presentation of a museum ship.
I have this Greek mate who has been living in Australia for around 20 years. One day while driving to Melbourne we stopped off in Holbrook for a hambuger. As you may be aware Holbrook is a small inland town next to a creek, but has some history attached to submarines and torpedoes.
I have been to this museum many times in my life, I have spent the night on the Alabama many times, all the way back when she and the drum were both floating and before the aircraft building was built. I remember when the got the SR-71, and when Drum was taken out of the bay. I always loved our trips there and can't wait till I can take my boys to see them very soon. Also I have spent a few nights on the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge and I visited the Korean war museum in Korea while I was stationed there and they had a few smaller vessels on dry land. But I always remember time on the Alabama and Kidd sleeping where the sailors did and the ships rocking in the waves...
In bridge design they support the beams on a neoprene bearing pad, perhaps the same could be done to minimize direct contact with the concrete anchors.
I visited USS Alabama and USS Drum in the late 80's ... when Drum was moored behind Alabama....need to go back down and revisit.
I was obsessed with WWII German U-Boats many years ago so I made it a mission to visit them. U-995 Type VIIC is on the beach in Laboe and of course in the USA the U-505 IXC in Chicago tidy in an enclosed museum.
i visited the submarine batfish in oklahoma with my wife and friends!! i couldn't believe how confine the compartments are!! it was awesome!! and got to see the mast of the uss oklahoma!! watching from missoura!! love the mighty mo!!👍🤘🖖😉🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’ve seen the USS Batfish, she’s in Muskogee Oklahoma, super cool to see a sub in the middle of the US. Her story is quite amazing.
I remember reading about USS Batfish refloating during the 2019 OK floods. She's just sat on the ground on her hull, not chained to anything, allowing her to float when the museum really didn't want her too.
When we lived near Meridian Mississippi, we did make a trip to Mobile and went through the USS Alabama and the USS Drum. The Drum was still in water at that time. I wouldn't trade that day for anything. It's a precious memory.
Oh my gosh! I remember seeing this with my Boy Scout Troop! We had so much fun seeing the planes and stuff. I also remember sleeping on the USS Alabama and playing manhunt with some of the other troops. We also visited Pensacola Naval Air Base as well. So many good memories.