Before leaving Houston I had time to run down to Galveston and walk through the Stewart and Cavalla.
Officers quarters
Bridge
Combat Information Center (CIC)
Kitchen
Crews bathroom with adjustable toilet. The boards you sit on slide apart so it can be sized for everyone! Pretty fancy.
Depth charges and launcher
Crew quarters
Torpedo door
Forward torpedo room
They got to sleep on the torpedoes!
Captains quarters
Bridge/Control Room
Crews quarters
It has 4 diesel engines that ran generators to power the electric motors that turned the prop. When submerged the batteries ran the electric motor to give propulsion.
Engine controls
Aft torpedo room
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