Special Event: August 25 Viewing Party Deep Sea Exploration of USS Bugara (SS 331)
August 25, 9am - 11am: Deep Sea Exploration of USS Bugara (SS 331)
Join us at the museum on Friday, August 25, 2017, from 9am - 11am as we partner with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Dr. Robert Ballard's Ocean Exploration Trust to present an all-ages viewing party of a deep sea exploration of the WWII diesel submarine USS Bugara (SS 331)!
Bugara is located in about 1,000 feet of water just off the coast of Washington in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. It will be explored via a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) from the surface exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus. We will watch the livestream of the dive on our big screen together!
Doors will open at 8:30am. Seating is first-come, first-served.
Why Is This Interesting?
How many times have you seen what is happening at 1,000 feet
USS Bugara in April 1963.
deep in the ocean? You'll get to on August 25! And it just so happens that a really cool submarine will be in the mix, too!
Bugara lies in a protected national marine sanctuary.
Local Bugara crew members have been invited to watch with us! What stories do they have to tell?
Local food truck PROUD AMERICAN BBQ will be on site to make sure we don't get hungry.
After the 9am-11am program, we will continue to show the rest of the live ROV exploration for anyone who wants to keep watching.
USS
Bugara was a Balao-class submarine commissioned in November 1944. She conducted three war patrols before the war's end, including an eventful final patrol where her crew sank 57 small ships in the Gulf of Siam.
Bugara earned three battle stars for her World War II service. After the war,
Bugara conducted ASW exercises, supported operations during the Korean War, and took part in training and fleet exercises before being decommissioned in October 1970. The following June, while under tow to Naval Base Kitsap,
Bugara was swamped and sank accidentally off the coast of Cape Flattery, Washington.
Can't Make It But Want to Watch? Here Is the Link!
ROV Hercules will explore the site, controlled from E/V
Nautilus.
You can also check out this link ahead of time - dives are happening often along the Pacific Coast this summer - to get an idea of how this works!
The museum is open 7 days a week May through September. Hours of operation are 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM. The museum's no bag policy as been lifted, but will be enforced as security threat levels dictate.
