FILENAMES: Submarine-Pompanito.jpg Submarine-Lathe2.jpg Submarine-Lathe1.jpg WB-Dredge.jpg WB-DredgeWork.jpg WB-PipeThreading.jpg WB-BlackSmithing.jpg WB-SteptoeShaper2.jpg WB-RadialDrill.jpg WB-SteptoeShaper.jpg WB-PipeArea.jpg WB-Lathe2.jpg WB-Lathe.jpg WB-4jaw.jpg WB-3jaw.jpg WB-FaceP-TaperA.jpg DESCRIPTION: These are pictures showing machine shop equipment used to maintain submarines, ships and dredges. Posted by Mike Fendley . The following description was provided: ================================================================= Submarine-Pompanito.jpg - USS Pompanito 383 - sank 6 Japanese ships in WW2. However, unknown to the crew one ship held British and American POWs. 73 were rescued to be "sardined" in with the crew of 80. The sub has been restored and "rocks" in SF bay just a few blocks west of Fisherman's Warf. The restoration and self guided tour with digital stereo recording is outstanding. Sound effects feel like you're "really there!" Only shop tool was a metal lathe that I could not identify. It appears that you could barely stand in front of the lathe if you sucked your gut in, and in no way could you get around the cross feed. The pictures are accurate! Plexiglas does not allow you to get close to the lathe (though someone obviously got the tailstock hand wheel.) Lathe was just forward of the bulkhead to the rear torpedo room. Submarine-Lathe1.jpg - Head stock view Submarine-Lathe2.jpg - Tail stock view (streaks from Plexiglas) WB-Dredge.jpg - The William Black is a huge steam powered Missouri / Mississippi River Dredge located in Dubuque, Iowa. Fabulous steam engines and an even better shop! WB-DredgeWork.jpg - Shows a drawing of how the boat worked in the river. Side wheel powered but used two steam winches on the bow to winch itself upriver while dredging. A 1,300 HP triple expansion steam engine powered the suction all the while pumping water at the base of the dredge to dislodge mud and sediment. Double acting compound tandem steam engines powered the more than two story high side wheels. Outer 3rd of boat was torched off to get it through the locks and then re-welded after it arrived in Dubuque. Built in 1934 as state of the art and retired in 1969. An excellent restoration. Note: The rest of the pix marked WB-xxx.jpg are self-explanatory. However, the lathe had one of those sliding ways on top of ways where they could be cranked out to make way for the huge faceplate. Lathe had steadies, taper attachment, 3 jaw, 4 jaw, differing sized faceplates . . . well tooled! Enjoy the pix. I sure enjoyed touring both! Mike Fendley, LeClaire, Iowa