new York

[Andy Mac]

Thanks guys just arrived great tips much appreciated I will take a decent read after I get some sleep !!

[eMonticello]

New York is centrally located for warship visits. Within a 4-hour drive/train ride there are:
2 WW2 battleships (New Jersey and Massachusetts)
1 WW2 aircraft carrier (Intrepid)
1 Cold War heavy cruiser (Salem)
2 Cold War submarines (Nautilus, Growler and Albacore)
2 WW2 destroyers (Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr and Cassin Young)
3 WW2 submarines (Lionfish, Ling, and Torsk)
1 Spanish American Armored Cruiser (Olympia)
1 pre-Civil War Sloop (Constellation)
1 War of 1812 frigate (Constitution)
and several civilian Tall Ships (Joseph Conrad, Charles W. Morgan, Gazela, and Mayflower II)

[GI Jive]

If you see this in time... A cheap ride with a great view of the city: Roosevelt Island tramway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island_Tramway. Nearby is an (expensive) ice cream shop the wife and kids might like http://www.serendipity3.com/main.htm. A cool bookstore that is off the beaten path (that unfortunately would probably bore kids to death) is the Military Bookman, 29 E 93rd St, New York, NY 10128; (212) 348-1280. It has been years since I've stopped at the Bookman, but it used to be a great place to find older, obscure military history books. You picked a good time of the year to visit. Enjoy!

[GI Jive]

Oops - just saw that the tram is out of service until September 2010.