USS Silversides - Submarine Tour

There are only 24 submarines operating as museums across the United States and we have one in Muskegon. The USS Silversides is an operational submarine that ran missions in the South Pacific during World War II.

 Do you see the basketball hoops without nets on the top of the sub? Those are not really basketball hoops at all, but locations men stood watch while the submarine was on the surface recharging its batteries. The red and white icons below the flag mark the number of sunk or damaged enemy vessels.

There we three primary reasons a submarine would end a mission: out of food, out of battery power, or out of torpedos.

Inside the submarine, the kids got to try out the births. Large groups can even spend the night on the submarine.

 Inside the mess officer's mess hall the kids learned food was stored in every nook and cranny of the submarine.

 The museum had several displays on World War II, including a display on Nazi book burning.

 An engaging movie brought life aboard a submarine closer to home.

Kids could see the controls aboard the submarine and try out a periscope inside the museum.

Did you know World War II soldiers going to war were given books to read? These specially printed books contained small font and were the perfect size for a pocket. Books solved a major issue of troops waiting to be deployed. - Boredom. Very few books were left behind once troops were sent into battle.