Museum of Science and Industry (was: Interesting places in Chicago area?)

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_ctgonline.org>
Date: Thu Mar 14 00:11:57 2002

To answer two questions,

1) Last couple of times on was on her you couldn't go up into the
conning tower. That was one of the roped-off areas. I haven't been
on board in several years, though.

2) Yes, there is a sizeable hole in the side to allow ingress/egress.
Pretty amazing thing to see sitting there... was really something to
see it towed out of the lake and across Lake Shore Drive and into
place next to the museum....while I was too young, I've seen the
film footage.

3) A friend of mine who was an optical man in the Navy rebuilt the
periscopes when it came to Chicago....turns out, they used
American scopes....



> How do you get in and out? Do they have a big hole cut in the side?
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> William Donzelli wrote:
> > Is this even visible in the tour? On the US boats, the TDCs (Torpedo
> > Data Computer) were installed in the conning tower, and I would
> > expect the Germans to have done the same. Because of the very
> > confined space, the towers of the boats are generally not included
> > with tours (or very briefly included, as in "stick your head up thru
> > the hatch").






Paul Braun WD9GCO
Cygnus Productions
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