Tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. Next we visit the National World , War Ii Museum to learn about the uss tang and her crew. A submarine that conducted several recordsetting missions against the japanese in the pacific theater. Seth my name is seth paridon. I am the manager of Research Services here. Right now, we are standing in the uss tang submarine experience. Uss tang was built in 1943 and commissioned in 1944 during the Second World War. She was a vallejo class submarine, which at the time in 1944, was the most modern submarine of the day. From the size, she was a rather large submarine. She had a crew of about 70 officers. Her sole main purpose was to patrol the Pacific Ocean and sink japanese war and merchant ships. By 1944, Technology Advanced and so much so that the boats that were commissioned earlier in the war, they were not obsolete by any means, but the ones commissioned such as the tang balaoclass had better radar, sound detection gear, an
Aoclass had better radar, sound, and better torpedoes, which the submarine was plagued in 1943 and even in 1944 with faulty torpedoes that would not explode, they would have circular runs and would not do their job and it was costing u. S. Sailors their lives. Mockupce we are in is a of the inside of a balaoclass submarine. It is not to scale for reasons, but it is the best that you can do in modern times. Things on the wall,ials, gauges, torpedo tubes paris goats, they are modeled after original material down to torpedo tubes, they are modeled after original material down to this. We are standing in what is supposed to be inside of the uss tang. This exhibit is designed to bring visitors as close as possible so what sailors and americans fleet submarines in 1944 experienced in fighting the japanese. Involved soe force that earlier in the war, most underwaterwere made with periscopes. There was an evolution in Commanding Officers during late 1942, all the way into 1944, thats a lot of
Seth my name is seth paridon. Right now, we are standing in the uss tang submarine experience. Uss tang was built in 1943 and commissioned in 1944 during the second world war. She was a vallejo class submarine, which at the time in 1944, was the most modern submarine of the day. She was a rather large summary. She had endless men and officers. Her sole main purpose was to patrol the Pacific Ocean and sink japanese war and merchant ships. By 1944, Technology Advanced and so much so that the boats that were commissioned earlier in the war, they were not obsolete by any means, but the ones commission, such as the tang balaoclass had better radar, sound, and better torpedoes, which the submarine was plagued in 1943 and even in 1944 with faulty torpedoes that would not explode, they would have circular runs and would not do their job and it was costing u. S. Sailors their lives. The space we are in is a mockup of the inside of a balaoclass submarine. It is not to scale for reasons, ada reas
By 1944, Technology Advanced and so much so that the boats that were commissioned earlier in the war, they were not obsolete by any means, but the ones commission, such as the tang balaoclass had better radar, sound, and better torpedoes, which the submarine was plagued in 1943 and even in 1944 with faulty torpedoes that would not explode, they would have circular runs and would not do their job and it was costing u. S. Sailors their lives. The space we are in is a mockup of the inside of a balaoclass submarine. It is not to scale for reasons, ada reasons, but it is the best that you can do in modern times. Most of the things on the wall, dials, gauges, torpedo tubes, they are modeled after original material down to the screw and rivet and brass and everything. What we are standing in what is supposed to be inside of the uss tang. This exhibit is designed to bring visitors as close as possible so what sailors and americans fleet submarines in 1944 experienced in fighting the japanese.