So if you dive over to http://www.hnl.mrms.navy.mil/~ssn711/index.html you will be treated to a first-class tour of the boat.
While the submarine itself is an amazing piece of work, the San Francisco's captain, Cmdr. Michael J. Cregge, is happily using the WWW site to brag about his crew.
"I like the part where we get to boast to a worldwide audience about the ship and what a fine group we have in the Navy ," he said in an interview yesterday.
You can send e-mail to the boat, although it spends much of its time underwater without the benefit of a phone line, so don't expect a speedy reply.
Cregge said the crew does have the ability to send and receive e-mail while in port.
"We have a lot of sailors with loved ones and parents who have e-mail and Internet access, so it is a good source of communication."
The sub is based at Pearl Harbor, but it is drawing praise from around the world, according to Cregge. If you prowl around enough on the site, you can find the captain's message to you about his boat and his crew in his own voice.
The complex series of pages were designed last year by Lt. Cmdr. Craig Shelden and Lt. Rob Miller and are updated regularly.
For a list of more than 50 other submarine pages set your course to http://www.sealion.com/weblinks.html.