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