USS Bowfin Drydock

PSI is proud to be the selected shipyard to perform the scheduled dry dock maintenance for the 80-year-old World War II USS Bowfin submarine.

[@bizjetfixr8352]

Got a little bit of a chill at the beginning, when she was going down the channel. The view every submarine had when departing on a war patrol. They should have sold tickets.

[@Normandy1944]

I had heard she was supposed to get dry docked, but I didn't know when. I got caught up in the Texas dry docking. Hopefully there's an "after" video before she's re-floated? I've been on her many times through the years, she's a joy to tour.

[@DerpyPenguin4747]

Nice to see the sub getting some much needed attention

[@mrdan2898]

I think all museum ships should be dry docked out of the water and soil. This is to increase the chance that the museum can continue to afford the upkeep and that the vessel doesn't become too expensive to repair. Museums don't make large profits and dry docking, or underpinning land locked ships for repairs is too costly. I absolutely hate when old ships are scrapped for metal. It's such a waste, and a disrespect to the crew that once served on said ship, and the victims of tragedies such as war. These old ships help to remind the future generations of the sacrifices that must not be forgotten or the sacrifice misunderstood. Keep up the great work in preserving these great historic vessels of history.

[@gpraceman]

Ships are designed to be in the water, with water pushing in on the hull from the sides and bottom. Taking them out of the water causes structural issues in the long term. The Battleship New Jersey channel has done some good videos on that subject.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

If you could keep them floating in a neutral anaerobic environment that would be ideal. It’s not practical right now but perhaps one day.

[@bizjetfixr8352]

I've been thinking (in my own limited way) about that problem. I'm thinking a fresh water dock, isolated from salt water. Maybe with some kind of filtration system, and state of the art hull paint/coatings

[@robjohnson8522]

@@gpraceman "Taking them out of the water causes structural issues" And yet people do it and ships far older are preserved far longer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYS9YaiEh8x-a5I Leaving them in the water sure causes a LOT of issues as well.

[@gpraceman]

@@robjohnson8522 There certainly is no perfect solution for old steel ships.

[@robjohnson8522]

I have tried to explain to people how drydocking works. (particularly a floating drydock) It is tough go in words. That covered the process perfectly!

[@michaelrocker9000]

There was a floating dry dock years ago when the Navy had a location in Holy Loch Scotland for Boomers. The Navy is no longer there. I wonder how the economy of the town and the surrounding area dealt with the loss of business. There were at least 1000 military and American civilian personnel stationed there. This is not including those of us who were there for crew turnovers and refits.

[@edlubitz2968]

luv these old subs

[@alexcarter8807]

This is really cool. I spent a lot of time on the good ol' Bowfin working there and I guess the museum is much bigger now (Pacific Missile Museum combined with it) it'll be good to visit again when I retire back home.

[@swathdiver489]

Take good care of that war hero!

[@scottthurman3625]

GREAT VIDEO Thanks!

[@amossberg]

Incredible! Looks like it was a little overdue though!

[@raitchison]

Drydocking is expensive and museum ships usually don't have tons of cash. Add to that that the entire time the ship is in drydock it's not open for visitors which eliminates almost all of the organization's income.

[@Mightymouserc]

Back in the early 80s I worked on her as a US Marine on a working party to help out with the museum to get ready to open was able to walk through her before it was done - pretty awesome but wow wouldn’t want to be a submariner lol

[@stanstenson8168]

Sounds like the best working party ever.

[@Mightymouserc]

@@stanstenson8168 yah it was cool most work parties were hard work I recall I don’t think worked to hard that day and they gave us a free T-shirt, I wore the heck of that shirt lol 😂 gone now but brings back memories 👍

[@stanstenson8168]

@@Mightymouserc Right off hand I can't think of one working party that was anywhere close to that cool. One that was ok, the rest were a bucket of suck.

[@ZGryphon]

New DLC for _Power Wash Simulator_ is looking good...

[@finscreenname]

WTH is that swimming around at 1:20?

[@GORT70]

Are we bieng recommended this to visit kali? Not even good enough to make that trip?

[@harpomarx7777]

They don't mention where this is.

[@discombubulate2256]

yikes, you may want to give it a bit of a wash.

[@steve7730]

Yup, just hand my sail boat up on the hard for a bottom job, the old girl loved it and looked like new when finished😮😮😮😮😮