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.