Talk:USS Roncador (SS-301)/@comment-76.174.247.161-20150219050611

There is a little correction to the final chapter of the Roncador. The boat was towed from Long Beach Naval Station in 1972 and located to Redondo Beach Harbor 9 miles north) and opened for public display. The forward torpedo room had a ladder mounted for entry.  A similar ladder was added to the aft torpedo room.  Sea Classics magazine did an article on the move in 1972. The boat was sold to a military museum out of Maywood, Ca. (I forgot the name).  The museum allowed scout troops to spend the night.  My Sea Scout group worked on the boat and helped book tours.  The boat was removed from Redondo beach harbor in 1975-1976 due to space requirements.  She was towed back to long beach and used as the boat for the Operation Pettycoat TV show (John Astin) from 1977-1979 out of Long Beach. She was tied up at Long Beach Naval Station and was across the pier from the USS Los Angeles SSN when she visited Long Beach in 1979. My group was manning the rails when the Los Angeles docked. We exchanged tours. The boat was removed from Long Beach shortly after that, and anchored off of oil Island White with a live in security guard. I have pictures on board with my Sea Scout Ship as late as 1980. The ship was repossessed by the NAVY sometime after that and removed from the harbor.