Art Haberland wrote:it's a cool little sub.. they also have a lightship and a Coast Guard Cutter that was in Pearl Harbor on December 7th. I highly recommend Baltimore's Inner Harbor if you make it over.. the rest of the city, not so much
I lived in "Balmer" for about 10 years and worked for the Western Maryland Railway. I was there from 1968 when I got out of the Navy until 1978. I was in the Naval Reserves at Ft Mchenry. There was a Destroyer Escort and a Submarine tied up at the reserve center. It was used as an oiler during the war. I got claustrophobic just standing on the deck!!!! The conning tower is about the size of a very small broom closet with room for maybe three people wedged in there, not the spacious space as depicted in old war movies.
By the way, I think Finland got a raw deal because of her siding with Germany. The main reason she did so was to protect herself from being taken over by Russia. She never participated in any of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazi's and as soon as she could kicked the Germans out of Finland.
Back to Baltimore. When I lived there is was an interesting city. Very blue collar with the steel mills, railroads, and other industry. When I lived there the population was just under 1 million. Today is around 600,000 or a 40 percent loss and I won't set foot in the city after dark any more. I still have a brother who lives in Glen Burnie. The city is just a shell of it former glory.
