Naval Undersea Museum

Submarinos em um museu.

No estado de Washington, EUA, existe o Naval Undersea Museum. Colocando seu endereço no google maps você vai notar que ele fica num complexo de bases norte americanas:

1 Garnett Way
Keyport, WA 98345
360-396-4148

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NAVAL UNDERSEA MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS
	Teacher Resources On-line resources for teachers. All the information required for an exciting visit to the museum, including exhibit descriptions and student assignments. >>Teacher's Guide
	The Ocean Environment Hands-on activities, to learn about the physical properties of the ocean such as buoyancy, pressure, density, heat transfer, light, sound, salinity, and oxygen. A microscope with slides of sea creatures, such as starfish.
	Submarines in WWII Submarines in WWII. View a simulation of the control room of the nuclear fast attack submarine Greenling (SSN 614) including equipment such as periscopes, ship control panel, and ballast control panel in a simulation of Greenling�s control room.

Exhibits

TAKE A SHORT EXHIBIT TOUR BY CLICKING ON THE FOLLOWING:

	The Ocean Environment		Diving
	Torpedo Technology		Temporary Exhibits
	Mine Warfare Technology		Outdoor Exhibits
	Submarine Technology

Outdoor Exhibits

	The sail of the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637) lead ship of a class of 37 nuclear, fast attack submarines built and operated between 1963 and the present.
Trieste II (DSV-I), the deep submergence vehicle which descended to 20,000 feet
	Deep Quest, the Navy's research submersible which explored the ocean to a de

Submarine Technology

The museum's submarine technology exhibits, currently under development, will interpret the history of the technological achievements made by the United States Navy in the development of submarines.

The exhibits will focus on how submarines operate and how they can be built to provide crew safety and mission accomplishment in an extremely demanding environment.

Currently complete and open to the public is a simulation of the control room of the nuclear fast attack submarine Greenling (SSN 614) which was decommissioned in 1994.  The museum has installed major equipment such as periscopes, ship control panel, and ballast control panel from the Greenling in a simulation of Greenling's control room.