Number of the Beast -- Submarine Sail at Idaho Science Center, Arco, Idaho
by Darin Volpe
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Number of the Beast -- Submarine Sail at Idaho Science Center, Arco, Idaho
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea...." - Revelations 13:1
Bristling not with seven heads and ten horns, but instead with MK-48 wire-guided torpedoes, UUM-44 SUBROC nuclear anti-submarine rockets, and UGM-84A/C Harpoon anti-ship missiles, these devils of the deep patrolled the seas from 1967 to 2004.
No longer a beast rising out of the sea, "The Devil Boat" (a nickname derived from it's hull number) is now known as "The Submarine in the Desert” at the Idaho Science Center in Arco, Idaho.
The USS Hawkbill was a Sturgeon class nuclear attack submarine that served from 1971 to 2001. After it's decommissioning, the sail (or conning tower) was donated to a small town in Idaho to live in a community park. Arco is home of the world's first nuclear power plant, is near a major nuclear research laboratory, and is near one of the Navy's most important submarine development facilities.
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October 31st, 2019
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