The Vessel

The Vessel (formerly USS Democracy) is a pre-War submarine located inside a sub base, known as the Nucleus on the Island.

Background
The Vessel, or USS Democracy, is an American pre-War nuclear ballistic missile submarine, now located in an American submarine base on the Island, in a place which is now known as the Nucleus. She had a payload of four strategic SLBMs, none of which were ever used. Holotapes reveal that the original commander of the sub, Arnold Wabash, was reluctant to participate in the nuclear exchange and sabotaged the sub's reactor; it is not known what happened to her crew.

Three of the nukes in the ship have been compromised. The causes of the compromisation of three of the nukes are as follows. One of the nukes firing mechanism malfunctioned, and cannot launch. The other two had containment seal failures and leak radiation. Only one remains active and operational. She now sits, rusted to the insides of the Nucleus, and serves as a very large crypt for the Children of Atom.

Layout
The Vessel shares a similar internal and external layout as the Chinese submarine, Yangtze. The main differences are the lack of fins on the bow of the ship, the new type of conning tower, the amount of four SLBM tubes instead of six on the Yangtze and the overall shorter length of the ship. The entrance to the Vessel is the conning tower, which is accessible by ramps of wood.

The original control room of the ship lies beyond the entrance, having been converted into a sort of throne room by the Children of Atom. Heading behind the throne towards the front of the sub is the captain's quarters, used by the High Confessor as his personal worshiping area. Down the stairs at the front of the room leads to the missile launch and reactor control room bundled into the same room.

Similar to the Yangtze, there are doors on both sides of the room that lead to propeller drive shafts; the room is highly irradiated due to the radiation leak from the missiles. Heading directly backwards in between the two stairs leading down to this room is the sleeping quarters for the original crew of the ship, which the Children of Atom now use as a place to lay their dead. Going forward towards the bow of the ship is the main reactor room, taking up two floors. On the bottom floor of the reactor room leads back towards the missile room. Underneath the missile room is what appears to be a cargo or nuclear waste storage area, which has considerable size compared to other rooms in the sub.

Notable loot

 * Edgar's note - Spawns as part of Witch Hunt, partially tucked away under the mattress of Sister Aubert.
 * To my "family" - under the same mattress as above.
 * Aubert's note - In a footlocker in the starboard propeller drive shaft.
 * Brother Alders - In a room next to the catacombs, on a table.

Appearances
The Vessel appears only in Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.