soviet submarine B-39

[beaky]

The B stands for bolshaya, which means "large"... this class of old-war sub was among the largest diesel-electric designs ever.

But a tour of this vessel gives an idea of how confining it could feel...  especially with a crew of 78!!

Inside the bow torpedo room... a bewildering array of valves, switches, and gauges, in an amazing jumble of pipes and conduit.
But I'm sure the clever color-coding made it easier to learn how to operate all this stuff.

     


The captain's berth; sheer luxury compared to the wire cots with blankets on them in the aft torpedo room. A tour on this boat was not for sissies.

     



This is the helm. No, I haven't figured it out yet, either...

     


Typical head on board this sub: note the apparent Russian obsession with gauges. Gauges everywhere!! And there must be a valve or switch near each gauge...  ;)


     


Part of the electrical control room.

[Rifleman]

Hmmmmmmm.........not many windows on this one ?  :-/

[beaky]

Hmmmmmmm.........not many windows on this one ?  :-/

It's the same one I showed earlier... but the tower is off-limits.

[Willit Run]

Being in the such a tight place would not bother me but, with 77 other people the smell must get pretty nasty at times!!!!!

Look's like you need to turn a few valves to flush the head!!!!!

[Ashar]

I've always wondered how Sub captains/crews figure out where the heck they are...And how do they know if something is ahead of them...LOL...They're just sitting there steering blind...I've got a lot of respect for these guys...

Oh and very nice shots Rotty 8-)

[Aerophile]

Cool shots.  Really like the last one.

[BigTruck]

I would be miserable enough being stuck on a sub, but that one just looks like a pile of knobs and switches, how depressing!!  As said before, tons of respect for those submariners, even modern day ones, I joined the Marines cause at least I know I get to go to shore eventually!  lol