Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

On July 23rd Lauren and I went to OMSI with Christy, Seann, and Megan.  OMSI has an decommissioned submarine (the USS Blueback) as one of its exhibits, of which we went on a tour.  The Blueback is the last diesel-electric submarine produced by the navy, and the first sub to use the tear-drop shaped hull.  Also, the Blueback was apparently used for some of the scenes of the movie "The Hunt for Red October".

A view of the sub from above water.

It's hard to tell in this picture, but that's a Tektronix oscilloscope in the bridge of the sub.

Torpedo tubes.

The submarine has three diesel engines.  Each can produce up to 1500 horsepower.