Only offered on Saturday, limited availability. We highly recommend purchasing tickets in advance to assure your spot on the boat.
Children under 12 are not allowed on the boat.
Lasts approximately 90 minutes.
$350 per person; $305 for seniors, children ages 12–17, military, and Museum Members.
The boat is not ADA accessible.
Exclusive charters are available. Please contact our Travel & Conference Department for further details.
On my bucket list. Come to think of it, I’ll be getting almost that amount from a class action lawsuit settlement with Boh Bros. insurance company over failure of the 17th St. canal floodwall . . .
Do a submarine emergency blow of all main ballast tanks while at test depth traveling at flank speed. The boat pretty much comes out of the water, all 7000 tons/360 feet worth. We sometimes called it a Nantucket sleigh ride.
Do a submarine emergency blow of all main ballast tanks while at test depth traveling at flank speed. The boat pretty much comes out of the water, all 7000 tons/360 feet worth. We sometimes called it a Nantucket sleigh ride.
Do a submarine emergency blow of all main ballast tanks while at test depth traveling at flank speed. The boat pretty much comes out of the water, all 7000 tons/360 feet worth. We sometimes called it a Nantucket sleigh ride.
Do a submarine emergency blow of all main ballast tanks while at test depth traveling at flank speed. The boat pretty much comes out of the water, all 7000 tons/360 feet worth. We sometimes called it a Nantucket sleigh ride.
Yankeewave wrote:there is a B-17 and a B-24 that come by Illinois every year, i think its about $300 to ride in them. i'd rather do that, personally.
This.
I don't have any cool history like tupf. The best I can claim is that three occasions I slept on a docked 1) WWII era battleship 2) active duty troop ship 3) just de-activated submarine. And those dull experiences are still sufficient enough to have removed any mystique from spending 350 a pop to ride a pt boat. Just my personal opinion/perspective
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Yankeewave wrote:there is a B-17 and a B-24 that come by Illinois every year, i think its about $300 to ride in them. i'd rather do that, personally.
In all seriousness, I think you are right. Those PT boats were fast and maneuverable for sure but even a commercial hydrofoil nowadays would be more thrilling.
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Do a submarine emergency blow of all main ballast tanks while at test depth traveling at flank speed. The boat pretty much comes out of the water, all 7000 tons/360 feet worth. We sometimes called it a Nantucket sleigh ride.
Yankeewave wrote:there is a B-17 and a B-24 that come by Illinois every year, i think its about $300 to ride in them. i'd rather do that, personally.
In all seriousness, I think you are right. Those PT boats were fast and maneuverable for sure but even a commercial hydrofoil nowadays would be more thrilling.
well, and I certainly don't want to dismiss what the men in PT boats did during WWII, more than me for sure, but besides the JFK connection and the movie In Harms Way, I don't know that they resonate with people (not to say they should not, they did important things around Guadalcanal and at Battle of Leyte Gulf, for instance).
B-17s, however, are the icon of the air war in Europe. very cool if you ever get a chance to get inside one, in the old documentaries they look huge, but are tiny inside.
I was pretty much not made for military vehicles in general.
As seems to be the consensus, all respect to those who were on the boat when it was active, but this tour idea sounds like a great big fail. I'd rather ride a riverboat, for much less money.
PeteRasche wrote:I was pretty much not made for military vehicles in general.
Pete, my first CO on USS Billfish (SSN 676) was 6' 10". He had to stoop in some of the passageways (in boats there are all manner of valves and wireways in the overheads) and he said the first time he could actually stretch out in his rack was when he became Commanding Officer.
There is a sitting torso height restriction for jets, so you probably miss that though.
Fan since 1974 living in Phelps seeing the upper bowl of Tulane Stadium
PeteRasche wrote:I was pretty much not made for military vehicles in general.
Pete, my first CO on USS Billfish (SSN 676) was 6' 10". He had to stoop in some of the passageways (in boats there are all manner of valves and wireways in the overheads) and he said the first time he could actually stretch out in his rack was when he became Commanding Officer.
There is a sitting torso height restriction for jets, so you probably miss that though.
Threadjack! So I had to look up the Billfish - it was a WW2 sub! According to Wikipedia, it was one of several Balao-class subs repurposed for training. Had they massively overhauled her when you were on board or was she still very much WW2 vintage?
PeteRasche wrote:I was pretty much not made for military vehicles in general.
Pete, my first CO on USS Billfish (SSN 676) was 6' 10". He had to stoop in some of the passageways (in boats there are all manner of valves and wireways in the overheads) and he said the first time he could actually stretch out in his rack was when he became Commanding Officer.
There is a sitting torso height restriction for jets, so you probably miss that though.
Threadjack! So I had to look up the Billfish - it was a WW2 sub! According to Wikipedia, it was one of several Balao-class subs repurposed for training. Had they massively overhauled her when you were on board or was she still very much WW2 vintage?
Look again. It's traditional for the Navy to reuse ship names. The key is the previous sub's designation: SS, which means submersible ship. My Billfish, an SSN for submersible ship nuclear, was commissioned in 1971. I reported aboard her after the one year of nuclear training after Tulane in 1979. I tried to link the wiki but it's not acting right.
Fan since 1974 living in Phelps seeing the upper bowl of Tulane Stadium
PeteRasche wrote:I was pretty much not made for military vehicles in general.
As seems to be the consensus, all respect to those who were on the boat when it was active, but this tour idea sounds like a great big fail. I'd rather ride a riverboat, for much less money.
a friend's grandfather played small forward in the Pac 10 and somehow ended up as a nose gunner in a WWII bomber....not a very big space...not sure what genius decided that would be the best spot for him
Speaking of PT boats - my parents had some property on the Jordan River south of Kiln, MS and someone in the area had an restored PT. We could hear it coming for miles and had to make sure we were out of the main channel when he came through. He only had one speed - wide open.