Visited the Buffalo and Erie Naval and Military Park in Buffalo. Neat place. It has the only Guided Missle Cruiser that you can tour as well as a Destroyer named after the 5 Sullivan brothers who died on the USS Anchorage.
Section of a 16"gun barrel from a battleship
The Destroyer, Sullivan
WWII Sub that was converted to a fast attack sub.
Harbor lighthouse.
Memorial to Polish fighters. Thought the apple trees were pretty.
Mechanism to hoist the shells to the 5"guns.
Like this sentiment. It is on the door to the radar room. "In God we trust, all others we track"
Fire control
Engine room
Contact explosive depth charges.
Torpedo launchers
Missiles on the cruiser
Destroyer engine controls
Gear reduction from the turbine to the prop shafts
20mm cannon
Final assembly and loading area on the missile cruiser
Rotating racks for the missiles
The bridge
Inside the 3 barrel turret
Torpedo room on the sub
The control room
Piston form one of the engines
Aft torpedo room
PT boat
Sail boat at the outlet of the Erie canal.
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