USS Batfish

After visiting the Aquarium Saturday morning we drove to Muskogee Oklahoma to visit the USS Batfish submarine. This is a submarine that was used in World War 2 along with the Korean War and then post war used as a training ship. In 1969 she was retired and was floated up river from New Orleans to Muskogee where she is on display as a permanent war memorial.



I have to admit that I didn't know what to expect when my father mentioned we should all go see this. It didn't sound too appealing, a large metal submarine that you can wander through in late June with it being 98 degrees out. I was thinking we were going to cook inside this big metal oven but was relieved to find that a good majority of the sub was air conditioned. It sure made the difference of quickly running through it versus taking our time and actually looking around. It was also nice for Wesley since it was all decommissioned and he was able to turn knobs and push buttons without negative consequences.

Walking with Papa


Exploring the depths with Dad


Pushing buttons with Aunt Betsy


Running down the corridor of the bunk room


Buttons and knobs.....such fun for a toddler


Around the memorial they also had other various war memorabilia, tanks and missiles along with a random train caboose out front. Wesley, being the train nut he is, thought this was pretty cool.



One of my favorite pictures of the little tyke: typical Wesley...chubby red cheeks and hands full of walnuts