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We visited the Submarine Force Library & Museum and got to go inside a real Nuclear Submarine in the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) at Groton, Connecticut. It is retired, of course, but it was fascinating to see the various stations of the sub, including the cramped living quarters and showers (and we thought cruise ships showers were small, lol).
The museum itself offered many fascinating exhibits, models, and scraps of former submarines. Some of the more interesting ones we saw included the McCann Submarine Rescue Chamber , Bushnell Turtle (first submarine in combat), a 1/6th scale model of the USS Gato (SS 212), USS X-1 (a midget submarine), and the remnants of the NR-1 Deep Submergence vessel.
We got lucky- as our tour was ending a live and real nuclear submarine was returning to the naval base here after completing a mission, and we got some footage of her sailing in with the help of a tugboat.
Admissions is free, and parking is complimentary as well. So if you're in the Connecticut area we definitely recommend this as a family friendly, historic and fun museum to check out.
This was from our visit to New England during the Summer of 2019.
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