13 Mar
2002
13 Mar
'02
4:11 p.m.
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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