USS Requin — Attraction in Pittsburgh

This submarine tour is included in basic admission cost at the Carnegie Science Museum. You need to go to the basement and sign up for a tour time though which is every 20 min a new one is offered. I'd recommend doing this when you first arrive, so if it's busy, you can enjoy other exhibits while you wait for your time slot. We were here on a Mon afternoon and easily had our pick of any slot 40 min out from us inquiring about sign-ups slots.

Sub was pretty cool. It was used in the Cold War, and housed up to 90 sailers!They give you 20 min to get through it all and it took us about 15 min to walk through. Tour is not guided, but it's a one-way walk through. The subs has steep steps and narrow walkways with holes about 2 ft off the ground you have to duck and step through to get through the sub, so I wouldn't recommend this for anyone with limited mobility. It's also very narrow, so I wouldn't recommend for any extremely wide individuals. Also likely required ducking for some really tall people.

I definitely recommend checking this out at the science museum if already there. Only reason I gave 4 instead of 5 stars is I felt very little information about what we were looking at was provided. It was cool to see, but I didn't learn much about the sub...

Underwater life!

The USS Requin is a real submarine located just outside of Carnegie Science Center and is patiently waiting for you to tour her! General Admission to the Science Center covers this awesome attraction, but you do have to get a timed ticket. Once onboard, you are able to take a look out at the river before you duck below deck. Once down in, learn how 80 men had a rough yet adventurous life during USS Requin’s lengthy defense and scientific missions, some of which are still classified to this day! Set out just days before the end of World War II, Requin holds the distinction of being the Navy’s first Radar Picket submarine. How cool is it to tour this, I must ask?

You get to go through each portal door and feel the life that the naval men felt, though we get the blessing of not having to stay down under. Each room has been decorated as if you are ready for your own battle and how it may look during that time period.

Always be sure to thank your military heroes as they sign their lives on the dotted line for our freedom.

An amazing place to visit and a must see on anyone’s Pittsburgh...

This is probably one of the top three best attractions at the Carnegie Science Center. However, the tour guide was anything but...she told us to simply walk through. It would have been much better to take a pause, learn about each room on the submarine. Her attitude was abysmal, disengaged, downright flippant. It just didn't add up with how awesome it is to see an American Submarine and in person nonetheless. If the museum understood how unusual what they have in their collection is, perhaps they would invest in a more enthusiastic and educational experience for their patrons. Also, the submarine is in water, that's going to corrode in no time...hopefully the Center does some preservation actions soon if they want to keep this valuable piece of history available to the public. That said, definitely recommend to all planning to attend the museum to see this exhibit. Note, small children will need to be carried, the ship is not...