Photo a Day Challenge

Busy

The control room was usually the busiest area on the sub.  This wheel faces the compartment’s forward bulkhead and directly steers port and starboard.

 

10 Responses

  1. Danudin

    This looks like a shot straight out of Operation Petticoat.

    February 25, 2012 at 5:35 am

  2. steven

    Funny how they have what could easily be a ship’s wheel, with nothing to steer by in the way of direct visual guidance. Perhaps joysticks hadn’t been invented yet.

    February 25, 2012 at 8:42 am

  3. Beautiful! Very well done.

    February 25, 2012 at 10:24 am

  4. My thoughts were along the same line as Steven’s……

    February 25, 2012 at 1:37 pm

  5. Looks like it’s full but I’ wager it’s NOTHING compared to today’s monsters.

    February 25, 2012 at 10:09 pm

  6. …and no window to see where he is going…

    February 26, 2012 at 3:46 am

  7. This make me want to take hold of the wheel.

    February 26, 2012 at 3:07 pm

  8. I love all of the repeating circles. The different colors are nice, also.

    February 26, 2012 at 7:13 pm

  9. Tammy

    I’d be afraid to touch anything in that room lol Nice framing!

    February 27, 2012 at 11:30 am

  10. They did have their periscopes to use when they were close to the surface! Love the detail in this.

    March 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm

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