Talk:USOS Seaview

I would very much like to see a reference for this statement:

Ironically, the US Navy was so impressed with the idea of a flying submarine that they actually conducted wind tunnel tests on a miniature identical to the one from Voyage, but obviously the project didn't go much further than that.

I'd also like to know why it is ironic, but that's not quite some important. ➥the Epopt 20:11, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fate of the Models

The end sentence of the article says that the largest of the original models ended up at the Los Angeles (if spelling mistake is really one) Planet Hollywood. Problem is, there is no Planet Hollywood in LA, and if the wiki article is reliable, there never even was one that closed. so just what did happen to it, and if it still exists, where did it end up? --Svartalf 00:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bad design

While the Seaview may look cool, it's actually very poor handling. This guy built a 57" long radio controlled replica of the submarine. http://www.culttvman.com/david_merriman_s_57__seaview_p16.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 07:50, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

USS George Washington (SSBN 598)

I have deleted the lines about Seaview resembling USS George Washington (SSBN 598), for the following reasons:

Seaview's control room was large and spacious. Washington's was cramped, according to a Life magazine cover story in 1963 ("Polaris Sub Prowls the Sea," by Robert Brigham, photographs by Paul Schutzer. Life, Vol. 54, No. 12, March 22 1963, photo-caption on page 24.)
Washington's missile compartment was higher than the rest of the hull and it was almost squared off at the top. The lines of Seaview's hull continued uninterrupted past the missile compartment.
Washington had an Albacore hull fore and aft of the missile compartment. Seaview did not.
Please see U.S. Ballistic Missile Subs in Action, by Al Adcock (Warships Number 6, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1993, Carrollton, Texas), for photos and drawings of USS George Washington and its sister ships.

USS George Washington began the first deterrent patrol with Polaris missiles in 1960, the year before the film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was released. So Washington may have inspired Seaview's armament of ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.SWMSEMFEM2 (talk) 18:13, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]