USS Intrepid Museum

Friday and for our last day here in New York; we visited the retired
aircraft carrier USS Intrepid moored at Pier 86 on the Hudson River.
Along with the carrier there are a large number of aircraft including
a British Airways Concorde and a Cold War submarine the USS Growler on
display.
We took up the opportunity to have a personal tour of the Concorde
conducted by an amazingly enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. This
particular aircraft held the record for the fastest crossing of the
Atlantic at 2 hours 53 minutes, pity about the fuel consumption and
the sonic boom that accompanied each flight.
The USS Growler was a submarine from the Cold War period and carried
four sea to surface missiles that were equipped with nuclear warheads
for "deterrent" purposes. The propulsion system was diesel electric
with electric motors as the main engines.