Interior Pictures of the Hawkbill SS-366


Well not quite the Hawkbill but the Drum SS-228 which I found in Mobile, Alabama. The Drum is a Gato class boat with the exact interior of the Hawkbill.
Interior Picture

Control Room, facing aft toward door to After Battery Compartment, section of chart table visible lower right part of picture



Interior Picture

Control Room, facing ladder to Conning Tower on left, stern planes control wheel and depth gauge to the right.



Interior Picture

Starboard side of the Control Room.



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Forward Engine Room, facing aft to door to After Engine Room.



Interior Picture

After Engine Room, facing aft to door to Maneuvering Room.



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Maneuvering Room, facing cubicle and maneuvering control levers.



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After Torpedo Room, note torpedo loading stantion and roller in foreground, note torpedo gyro angle setter against rear bulkhead to left of torpedo tubes.



Submarine Model

The following pictures are of a 7 foot steel model display at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Another Manitowoc built boat, the Rasher, was the inspiration for this model built by Ed and Donna Wachtendonk of Wildrose, WI.

Submarine Model