U.S. Submarine Force Museum - Groton, CT

On a rainy winter day we decided to go to the U.S. Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT.
The museum has exhibits chronicling the development of the U.S. Ballistic Submarine force, including memorabilia and pieces from old subs.
It also features the berth of the USS Nautilus, the first operational nuclear powered submarine (which, among other things, was the first sub to go under the arctic circle). You can go aboard the sub and see what it's like to live on one!
The museum is free and is open every day except Tuesday year round. In the winter it is open from 9am to 4pm, and in the summer from 9am to 5pm.
For more info go to www.ussnautilus.org/
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[@ristube3319]

My grandfather retired as Chief of Nuclear Design at EB where the subs are built, a mile away!

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I was born at the Navy Submarine Base Hospital as my Dad was a submarine sailor. My Mom and I went back to Groton to visit family in 1994 and we toured the museum and the U.S.S. Nautilus. Seeing Connecticut in October was beautiful with all the Fall colors.

[@mythic8itch558]

My grandfather worked his way up to master chief aboard that beautiful vessel. He was on board when they surfaced in the middle of a new london boat race, he still has the news article hanging in his office

[@revealedct9703]

That's so cool. I didn't know they did that!

[@Inkling777]

That is a great museum! I'll put it on my must-visit list.

[@55commander]

Good video. Went to Sub School late 1970, served aboard USS George C Marshall SSBN 654. Being from the Pacific Northwest, Spokane, I enjoyed The New England area back then.

[@jackallison7540]

I was on the George Washington 598. The first Polaris sub.

[@ristube3319]

2:57 that would’ve been my claustrophobia stop point

[@ryantpa638]

I’ll be going there for school in a couple weeks !

[@patriotamerican3069]

Lol, I used to work in Electric boat from 2009 to 2015. I did not know until now there is a submarine museum in that neighborhood.

[@debbienorthcutt7768]

I was on it back in the mid eighties! Pretty Cool

[@buddetime]

I was a submariner and to school here in New London/Groton in 1998.. very cool little base

[@jjranger5022]

I remember when Richard marchinko raided the Groton sub base back in the 80s when master chief Dunn was there , us kids where hanging out by the water when a couple navy seals popped up out of the water and scared the living crap out of us… thats my memory of Groton sub base

[@ericpogorzelski904]

i been on that submarine on a camping trip in 2015 and on a school feild trip

[@rtrkgarcia]

Can’t wait to visit

[@birdman1843]

Thanks 🙏 for sharing

[@waynebooker498]

I went to sub school there in the 80's but I never went to the museum. I always regretted that I never went.

[@edperry2966]

I re enlisted on the Nautlis in 1990

[@revealedct9703]

That’s cool.

[@KennyInSubic]

Did 24 years and by far Rotten Groton was my worst duty station.

[@kencollins837]

I went to sub school in 1978

[@Thadude701]

I went to sub school in groton 1984

[@mrrobertwolfiii1079]

Submarine ship museums September 6 2023.

[@Thadude701]

The kid says the beds were super low ,lol. Try waking up to a klaxon alarm screeching out in you're sleep.

[@revealedct9703]

Thankfully I’ve never had to!

[@larryzigler6812]

Got use to it

[@joshiewilnott2368]

Looks like vid tour cut short looks like unhappy?! 😩🤔🇬🇧

[@revealedct9703]

No, they enjoyed it. There’s a lot of information and reading involved in the museum so it’s not particularly little kid oriented. But the kids loved going into the Nautilus.

[@mrrobertwolfiii1079]

WWII new Silent Service Submarine On personnel computer. Do nated to have lunch about pink and purple.

[@SWog617]

Worked at EB for 10+ years and never went to this museum. Dumb decision by me.

[@mvnorsel6354]

Would be fascinating to see, would be more authentic if you spoke German.lol.

[@revealedct9703]

It’s a fully American sub, not a U-boat, so no. It wouldn’t be more authentic. Lol.

[@larryzigler6812]

Thank you for your non service.

[@shannonchurchill4556]

My stepdad was was stationed in Groton aboard the Nautilus from ‘76-‘78. The thing was notoriously unreliable, often cutting short week long cruises due to equipment failures. When they went on a 3-4 month Mediterranean cruise in summer of ‘77, we were convinced they would not make it home. It’s no wonder they decommissioned it in 1980 before it cost the navy a crew.

[@mrrobertwolfiii1079]

BOomer submarine, typhoon attack submarine, sonar pulse dolphins, but dont tell on the dolphins.

[@ristube3319]

Women weren’t allowed on submarines till a few years ago.