Submarine Photo Tour
Interior Images taken aboard USS Ling SS297 prior to museums closing.
WWII Fleet Boat Submarine Gato / Balao class, Images taken aboard USS Ling SS 297, USS Lionfish SS 298 and USS Pompanito SS 383. Images taken between 1995 and 2024.
Fleet Boat
Silent Service 2% of the US Navy, accounted for 55% of all sinkings in WWII
Great view of the port quarter
Balao Class
Forecastle and Bullnose
Stern and prop guards
Stern View, see after torpedo outer door hatches
USS Pompanito SS-383, San Francisco
Limber holes and forward diving plane, folded up
below main deck, limber holes, pressure hull below
Entering forward Torpedo room, sound head projector on left
Soundhead projector (sonar) and forward head
Forward Torpedo Room, Six tubes, Ten spare torpedos
Forward Emergency Escape Trunk
6 tubes, were loaded when leaving on patrol
Forward Tubes
Hatch leading into officers country
Officers Mess, all cooking was done in the ships galley
Wardroom
Captains stateroom
Hatch entering Contol room
Entering Control room, looking aft
Christmas tree, portside looking forward
Forward and After diving plane controls
Control room, gyro and chart table
Control room, diving plane wheel, christmas tree, helm
Diving planes, depth control
Christmas Tree, vent status and control
Main Helm station in control room
pump and ballast controls
Ladder and Hatch up to Conning tower
Climbing up into Conning tower
conning tower looking forward, portside
attack station in conning tower
TDC, Torpedo Data computer
Torpedo select and firing control
Conning tower starboard side looking aft
inside Conning tower looking aft
Conning Tower, portside looking forward.
conning tower, sonar / radar on right
conning tower looking forward, attack scope
Conning tower helm station, ladder up to bridge
Helm Controls
Conning tower Helm station
Hatch from conning tower to bridge
Bridge, hatch to conning tower, bottom right
Conning Tower looking aft
Bridge and lookout posts
Looking forward at periscope sheers and Bridge
Main deck gun 4″ or 5″, 3 subs had 6″ guns
Ladder going down to Control room
Control room, Pump room hatch below
inside pump room
main pumps
Electrical switchboard
Control room starboard side looking forward
Radio room
hatch into living spaces, looking aft
Laundry and shower
The Head, sink folded up
Galley
Mess Deck, looking forward
Crews Quarters, they also slept in both torpedo rooms
Hatch entering engineering spaces
Forward Engine Room
interior main diesel, one of 4
after engine room hatch
Diesel Engine control panel
valve control
Forward engine room
Hatch leading to After engine room
entering manuevering room, below is the electric motor
Engineers Desk
Shift from diesel to electric power
Hatch leaving manuevering room
After Torpedo room, looking forward
After torpedo room, Emergency Flare Launcher
After Torpedo room, 4 tubes, 4 spare torpedos
20 mm Orkelon machine canon
Bow on view USS Ling
SS 297 Conning Tower
USS Flasher Bridge, National Submarine Memorial, Groton CT
ex USS Ling abandoned, closed and sunk in 2018
Ling image taken, June 2024 Hull badly deteriorated since last visit.
Ex USS Ling SS-297, taken June 2024
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