http://disenchanted.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/roman-orgy/ ... or another rant about life in the professoriate. Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://disenchanted.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/roman-orgy/#comment-1357 disenchanted Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:37:11 +0000 http://disenchanted.wordpress.com/?p=834#comment-1357 Submission by Coach -- The Inland Maritime Museum concentrated on one of the longest serving US diesel submarines, the USS Razorback. The sub was commissioned in 1944 and served for a short time in the Pacific during World War II. It was at Tokyo Bay for the surrender of the Japanese on September 2, 1945. From there, it served the US Navy in several capacities until 1970 when it was sold to the Turkish Navy. There it patroled the Black Sea. The Turkish Navy decommissioned her in 2004 and it was bought by North Little Rock to put with the Maritime Museum. Needless to say the accomedations aboard are a bit cramped. I had a really hard time getting through the sub. The sub has been very well maintained and some parts of the sub (the mess and the officer's quarters) had a bit more room than the rest of the boat. The museum did a pretty good job of talking about the history of submarines and of the USS Razorback. They also mentioned briefly the battleship USS Arkansas and the guided missile cruiser of the same name. The museum is attmepting to add to its collection the USS Hoga, which was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, but they are having a hard time getting a company to bring it to Little Rock. I thought it was a very well done, small museum. Now it is time to use to Little Rock Central High School before we make the long trek back to SC. Submission by Coach — The Inland Maritime Museum concentrated on one of the longest serving US diesel submarines, the USS Razorback. The sub was commissioned in 1944 and served for a short time in the Pacific during World War II. It was at Tokyo Bay for the surrender of the Japanese on September 2, 1945. From there, it served the US Navy in several capacities until 1970 when it was sold to the Turkish Navy. There it patroled the Black Sea. The Turkish Navy decommissioned her in 2004 and it was bought by North Little Rock to put with the Maritime Museum. Needless to say the accomedations aboard are a bit cramped. I had a really hard time getting through the sub. The sub has been very well maintained and some parts of the sub (the mess and the officer’s quarters) had a bit more room than the rest of the boat. The museum did a pretty good job of talking about the history of submarines and of the USS Razorback. They also mentioned briefly the battleship USS Arkansas and the guided missile cruiser of the same name. The museum is attmepting to add to its collection the USS Hoga, which was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, but they are having a hard time getting a company to bring it to Little Rock. I thought it was a very well done, small museum. Now it is time to use to Little Rock Central High School before we make the long trek back to SC.

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