The Call of The Sea

[Phantom88 3,287]

U-48 is being tasked to patrol off the coast of France in hopes of intercepting enemy cargo convoys.Her crew is fresh out of training on a new boat with a new Captain.As you might imagine everyone is a bit nervous on this first patrol.

 

Thanks for looking friends 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Phantom88

[Alaska738 8,400]

Very nice shots Patrick! 😉 

[andy1252 3,841]

fascinating! great set of shots.

[pmplayer 9,434]

Awesome cool 😎

Thanks for showing !

cheers 😉

[Jack_Sawyer 4,600]

This is all very interesting, what is it from?  Is this an MSFS add-on?

[Phantom88 3,287]

Thank You very much friends for the nice comments.

7 hours ago, Jack_Sawyer said:

This is all very interesting, what is it from?  Is this an MSFS add-on?

Thank You Jack,The shots(most of them😎) are from a PC game called “UBoat” available on Steam…It’s very Similar to the “Silent Hunter” series that was very popular some years ago.

Cheers!!

[GACSavannah 227]

2 hours ago, Phantom88 said:

Thank You very much friends for the nice comments.

Thank You Jack,The shots(most of them😎) are from a PC game called “UBoat” available on Steam…It’s very Similar to the “Silent Hunter” series that was very popular some years ago.

Cheers!!

Other than Flight SIms, I am not much of a games person, but I have always been intrigued with submarines, and especially submarine tactics. How is the playability of UBoat?

[Phantom88 3,287]

13 hours ago, GACSavannah said:

Other than Flight SIms, I am not much of a games person, but I have always been intrigued with submarines, and especially submarine tactics. How is the playability of UBoat?

Hello Kerry,I like you mostly use flight sims…but UBoat is a great game to play while doing something else🤓 I enjoy playing on my laptop while my Wife is watching “Housewife’s of Whatever “p🤠 lol…But I find it very enjoyable especially on these cold Winter nights when you don’t necessarily want to startup your gaming PC.

This guy has a great tutorial series on it and has logged dozens of hours playing the game.Watch a few of his videos to get a good idea of gameplay.

 

[P_7878 6,588]

Fascinating series of pictures, Patrick...! Makes me want to revisit that U-505 Submarine exhibit in the local Museum...🙂...

[shermank 170]

For those of you in or near Chicago, or planning to visit, here is something you will want to see

https://www.msichicago.org/press/press-releases/u-505-submarine/

 

As an aside, before I retired, many years ago as a radio journalist and news anchor, I interviewed a former U505 officer who was promoting a book about his experiences. I thought it would be interesting to do the interview from inside the u 505 at the MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The author, whose name I do not recall, told me and my audience it was the first time he had been in a 505 since his boat surfaced and was captured near the end of WWII.

Sherm

[Phantom88 3,287]

On 2/4/2023 at 8:21 PM, P_7878 said:

Fascinating series of pictures, Patrick...! Makes me want to revisit that U-505 Submarine exhibit in the local Museum...🙂...

Yes…It’s been quite some time since I paid Her a Visit…I’m way overdue…perhaps this spring 

On 2/5/2023 at 10:54 AM, shermank said:

For those of you in or near Chicago, or planning to visit, here is something you will want to see

https://www.msichicago.org/press/press-releases/u-505-submarine/

 

As an aside, before I retired, many years ago as a radio journalist and news anchor, I interviewed a former U505 officer who was promoting a book about his experiences. I thought it would be interesting to do the interview from inside the u 505 at the MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The author, whose name I do not recall, told me and my audience it was the first time he had been in a 505 since his boat surfaced and was captured near the end of WWII.

Sherm

Wow that’s an incredible and interesting story…I would love to know more about the book.

One of my favorite time lapse videos is when they saw how badly U505 was deteriorating as she was being exhibited outside the harsh climate on the shores of Lake Michigan 

They decided to build her a underground exhibit space of her own.

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by Phantom88

[SP2472 2,295]

Liking the pictorial, reminds me of Das Boot.

Darryl

[shermank 170]

23 hours ago, Phantom88 said:

Yes…It’s been quite some time since I paid Her a Visit…I’m way overdue…perhaps this spring 

Wow that’s an incredible and interesting story…I would love to know more about the book.

One of my favorite time lapse videos is when they saw how badly U505 was deteriorating as she was being exhibited outside the harsh climate on the shores of Lake Michigan 

They decided to build her a underground exhibit space of her own.

 

That was done before I moved to Chicago. However, in the early 1970s, a decommissioned United Airlines 727 was transported from Meigs field to MSI for display inside. The plane was stripped down to a bare minimum for a short flight from ORD to Meigs so it could land on the short runway. Then it was dissambled, and moved by truck to the museum where it was put back to together. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4tgjSPgks

SHERM

Sherm