As you may know Manitowoc built 28 Subs during WWII. The last remaining sub available for the museum was the USS REDFIN SS-272. You may also recall that when enough funding was not raised the Redfin was scrappred. The USS Cobia SS-245 was almost identical in construction to the Manitowoc subs, and was accepted by the Museum. The USS Rasher SS-272, was decommisioned in the 70's and scrapped however the conning tower was removed and used for display on the east coast somewhere. Due to consruction of that site the conning tower was offered to the Wisconsin Museum. I remembered that I had taken some photos of it shortly after it arrived. It is now in temporary storage and the Museum plans to place it as a memorial some place at the museum location. The peiriscope of the Rasher is permanently installed in the museum for visitors to look thru. They also have her Bell and several other items on display. The Rasher ,I believe, had the 2nd highest record for tonnage sunk in WWII, and continued to serve thru the Korean War and beyond. I thought I would share this bit of history with you.
K0EFV Tom USMC