Submarine Force Museum

Frommer's Review

The entry hall and adjoining galleries display models of submarines, torpedoes, missiles, deck guns, periscopes, and a full-scale cross section of Bushnell's Turtle, the "first submersible ever used in a military conflict," in 1776. Out back, the 362-foot-long USS Nautilus itself stands at its mooring, ready for inspection. The claustrophobic walk through the control rooms, attack center, galley, and sleeping quarters is aided by listening devices handed out to each visitor. Passing through, it is difficult to imagine how it could possibly contain a crew of 116 men, especially on its fabled cruises between New London and San Juan and from Pearl Harbor to the North Pole.

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