I really liked the Aluminaut; this ship was used by both the US Navy and Jacques Cousteau in research. Read that it could go down to 17,000 feet; was built in 1964 and retired in 1970. It was once used to find an atomic bomb lost off the coast of Spain in 1966 when a B-52 and a KC-135 collided while refueling. I spent some time in the Navy hunting Russian submarines from a P-3 Orion, nice to find this one so easily. I was also impressed with a locomotive on display outside, they have kept a lot of the train station items (the passenger loading area and tracks are still on the site).It was a nice place to visit on a very gloomy day in Richmond. I also got to spend a bit more time in Richmond this afternoon doing some exploring; will save that for my next post here.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Science Museum of Virginia
I really liked the Aluminaut; this ship was used by both the US Navy and Jacques Cousteau in research. Read that it could go down to 17,000 feet; was built in 1964 and retired in 1970. It was once used to find an atomic bomb lost off the coast of Spain in 1966 when a B-52 and a KC-135 collided while refueling. I spent some time in the Navy hunting Russian submarines from a P-3 Orion, nice to find this one so easily. I was also impressed with a locomotive on display outside, they have kept a lot of the train station items (the passenger loading area and tracks are still on the site).It was a nice place to visit on a very gloomy day in Richmond. I also got to spend a bit more time in Richmond this afternoon doing some exploring; will save that for my next post here.
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