Nicest Looking Submarine

[TheAdmiral]

What is your guyses' favorite submarine, in terms of looks? My favorite is the James Madison class SSBN.

[eckloss]

I can't resist answering with my own favs.

#1 Astute class fast attack, United Kingdom
#2 Vanguard class boomer, United Kingdom
#3 SSBN 628, USS Tecumseh, also James Madison class

Erich

[sam reichart]

For me, it's the WWII boats. Type VII, Type XXI and the Gato/Balao.

[salmon]

This was asked on another forum and I had a tough time listing my favorite boats. So, like Sam, I like the WWII subs.
1. Gato/Balao hands down
2. Sci-Fi subs - Nautilus, Proteus, Seaview, Spindrift - Just the geek in me or watching them growing up, but each one has a story in my life (Spindrift is not a submarine, but I made it one as a kid).
3. Typhoon
4. WWII subs - Type VII, Type XXIII, Type IX, Japanese Subs ( not enough out there) just a balance of old and new technologies
5. then it gets into a blur and the names get added as I build subs. Walrus runs like a dream, Skipjack is one amazing performance, British submarines like Erich mentions, Russian subs,and research vehicles are on my like, just so many.

Rivets and all the do-hinkies sticking out on the older subs add so much character, to me. However it is a love hate thing because I am a klutz and tend to break things off.

[ccontrol]

Wow hard to pick one so I'll do what everybody else did and go top 3-ish.
Since I was a kid the three boats that defined the word "submarine" to me were the:

Fleet Snorkel conversions (step sail with a still pointy bullnose)
Skipjack Class
Seaview

[scott t]

Dave Warren Nautilus
Disney Nautilus
WWII fleet boat