Aboard The USS Requin

Published November 20, 2015 at 2:46 PM EST

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After being closed for two months, the USS Requin is again open to the public.

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Submarine Coordinator Maria Renzelli takes Essential Pittsburgh's Paul Guggenheimer on a tour through the USS Requin.

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The radio room aboard the USS Requin. Local amateur ham radio operators still use the working machines.

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Submarines were well known in the service for having exceptional food.

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Submarines usually took three movies with them and watched them until they could get close enough to another ship to switch.

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Submarine coordinator Maria Renzelli stands on the deck of the refurbished USS Requin outside the Carnegie Science Center.

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The USS Requin will be open for tours again on Saturday after being closed for over two months for repairs. The submarine was commissioned in April of 1945 in the closing days of World War II. This year marks the 70th anniversary since it began its service and the 25th year since it arrived at the Carnegie Science Center in 1990. We'll take a tour with submarine coordinator Maria Renzelli.

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