Near the end of June, my family went to the Muskogee WWII Museum, home of the USS Batfish. The drive there was rather long, but well worth it. I don’t know if everyone else enjoyed the trip as much as I did, except Jeff, because he was the one who mentioned the idea. When we arrived, the first thing we did was enter the small indoor section of the museum. Inside there was a large collection of equipment used by the men in the US Navy and other stuff from Germany and Britain. In another room was a small corner decorated with Airborne accessories.

Outside, were artillery batteries that were in fairly good condition. Jeff and I had a fun time finding out how to sit and operate the guns; Where did the shells go? Who did what? Did the barrel go from side to side and up and down? Anyway, as we toured the grounds, we found several torpedoes, and two HUGE missile/rockets.

Lastly, we all made our way over to the  USS Batfish. (It’s a submarine, just in-case you didn’t know) We entered from the rear, and immediately went IN the Batfish. The stairs led down into the rear torpedo chamber. Next came a control room, two rooms with pressure tanks, a “barracks”, a room with more controls dealing with pressure, (upness and downness) a kitchen, rooms for the officials onboard, and the forward torpedo chamber. I might have skipped a room or two, but, you’ve got to go check it out! I even went behind one of the pressure tanks! (It was kind of cramped back there)  When we exited the sub, (Jeff and I) everyone else was sitting around outside. The day went by so fast inside the sub because 1) We were inside the sub being entertained 2) The sub blocked out all sound and sunlight 3) We had nothing else planned.

-I recommend this trip because it’s fun and educational, and you get to explore inside of a submarine. (Pardon the musty smell.)