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Snorkel Simulator
Several photos of the US Naval Air Station, Patuxent River “Submarine Simulator. The simulator was used as an ASW training device “find the snorkel and kill the submarine”.
Uses a Capture German Submarine Snorkel for the topside portion.
| Click On Image For Full Size | Size | Image Description | Source | |
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 | 926k | Personnel of the Patuxent Air Station, Radar Branch, Electronics Test Division check-out the Snorkel Simulator prior to operation. | USN photo # 689661-6-56, 1 June 1956, from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 1.32k | Crane lowers the Snorkel Simulator into the water near one of the boathouses at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. The small propeller indicates the device was self-propelled but based on its size it didn't have much of a range. | USN photo # 689662-6-56, 1 June 1956, from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 898k | Emil Hymowitz, electrical engineer and head of one of the search radar units at Patuxent, rides a bicycle seat on the snorkel simulator and operates it manually. This photo was run in the December 1956 issue of Popular Mechanics. You couldn't pay me to do this! | USN photo # 689663-6-56, 1 June 1956, from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
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