Sunday, May 25, 2014

Buffalo and Erie Naval and Military Park


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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