My wife and I while planning our second driving trip through New England states spotted a submarine museum in Groton, CT. It was right along our path. The actual name of the museum is “The Submarine Force Museum”.
We spent several hours touring the submarine museum. It was filled with pictures, and artifacts of kinds. They had tons of stuff. According their web site, the submarine museum has more than 33,000 artifacts, 20,000 significant documents and 30,000 photographs. But since they can’t display all of that, they rotate the displays. They also have a 6,000 volume reference and research library is a world-renowned collection relative to the history of U.S. submarines and is open to anyone looking for information on submarines or submarine history.
The highlight of the submarine museum is the USS Nautilus. They actually have a submarine that you can walk through. I had previously walked through the German U-Boat at the Museum Of Science And Industry in Chicago. It was a cramped squeeze getting through that submarince. But the USS Nautilus is huge by comparison. It was cool being inside an actual military submarine.
If you line submarines, or are in the area of Groton, CT, you should check out this submarine museum!

Posted by RJ in Travel on May 1st, 2006 |