Our Everyday Life

Sabbatical 2016. How Many?

Part 19 here
Today we were planning to get to the Washington DC, the capital of the United States. But first we wanted to explore the ships that dad had noticed yesterday when we returned from the Independence Hall. OK, here we were. The sailing ship is a cafe, but other two – the submarine and cruiser, are part of the museum, so it is possible to walk inside.

First was the submarine, named Becuna. It was launched in January 1944, commissioned in May 1944. Unlike the Albacore, it is a combat submarine, has forward and after torpedo rooms and made 5 combat patrols.

Парусник- кафе

Cafe is inside that sailing ship

Два корабля, куда можно зайти

Two ships that can be visited

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Носовой торпедный отсек. Моряки спали в обнику с торпедами

Forward torpedo room. Sailors sleep right next to the torpedos

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Здесь спали офицеры

Room for officers

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Моторный отсек

Engines

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Кормовой торпедный отсек

After torpedo room. Sailors slept here as well

Здесь топеды больше, чнм в носовом

Size of torpedo is larger than torpedoes in forward room

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The cruiser Olimpia was launched in 1892, it is the oldest steel warship afloat. When we went inside, we were surprised by it’s size. Much more open space then in submarine. DAD_6824

Каюта офицерского состава

Officer’s cabin

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Видите ее?

Can you spot her?

There are ton of rats on that ship! You can see rats everywhere –

в каютах ...

in the cabins …

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...на потолочных балках...

… on the ceilings …

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...на столах...

… on the tables …

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...в ванных...

… inside the bathtubs …

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...в кухонном отсеке

…in the kitchen area

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Крысы смотрят в иллюминаторы...

Rats are looking to the portholes …

...прячутся в шкафах...

… hiding inside the cabinets …

...и сумках...

… and bags…

So the exploring of the ship became running on the desks and happy shouts were heard from the different directions “I found another one!”DAD_6856 MOM_0364 MOM_0350

There are 30 rats are hidden inside the cruiser’s secret place. We were able to find 24, but after all desks were walked through several times we decided to stop the search and move on.DAD_6859 DAD_6860 MOM_0367MOM_0371 MOM_0380

In the evening we drove by huge yellow Dummy, that asks to buckle the seat belt. Those dummies (but human sized) are used in the car crash tests.DAD_6863 DAD_6870 MOM_0421 MOM_0416

Part 21 here