"gatt" wrote in message ...
"Curtis CCR" wrote in message

It's the one that breaches in Hunt for Red October and the tour is
really
nice.

I read that on a web site, but I don't recall them mentioning it on
the tour last fall when I was there. When you say the one that
"breaches" - the Blueback was playing the role of the Dallas?

I believe so. Haven't seen the movie since it came out, but when the
Blueback first opened to the public that's what they were saying about it.
I remember a few years ago a local news channel showed it sailing up the
Columbia and said that a few lucky winners had won a cruise up the river on
the submarine, which caused all kinds of people to freak out. Turns out the
segment aired on April 1.

Got me curious...

From http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/trivia

"The USS Blueback features in the film. It is seen dramatically
breaching the surface. Also, shots inside the Russian Alpha were taken
in the Blueback's torpedo room."

I loved little sidebar item from the OMSI site...

What is a Blueback?

Blueback is the common name for the Sockeye Salmon, the most common of
the North American Pacific Salmon species. Therefore, it makes sense
that the U.S.S. Blueback is on exhibit on a river in the Pacific
Northwest!

When the Blueback was commissioned in 1959, submarines were named
after fish. Since the 1970s, most U.S. Navy submarines have been named
after cities and states. Why the change? Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
commented, "Fish don't vote!"