Battleship USS Iowa (Heavy Pictures)
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lakelandman
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Battleship USS Iowa (Heavy Pictures)
I have to say a must see they did lose 47 men in the center gun room killed I have pictures of some of the damage parts.
Everybody's got a plan until they get hit.
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Bobberfishin
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Outstanding photos. Thanks for posting.
My brother served on the Iowa. His GQ station was loading one of the 16-inch guns.
PS... I served on the USS Independence.
PS... I served on the USS Independence.
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Thanks for sharing the pics. It amazes me at how these things are assembled with so many different parts. The size of those ships are also amazing.
I wore my USS Iowa shirt to the polls last week and at least three people asked me if I had served aboard it. (the shirt was a gift from a friend who went there). It really is an amazing piece of history, I have some of the plank wood as well. Hope to see it myself someday.
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted."
Mobile Bay isn't all that far. You can tour the USS Alabama there and also a WWII sub at battleship park. I have been there twice and it is a real treat. Those gun turrets are freaking awesome.Skoll wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:18 pm I wore my USS Iowa shirt to the polls last week and at least three people asked me if I had served aboard it. (the shirt was a gift from a friend who went there). It really is an amazing piece of history, I have some of the plank wood as well. Hope to see it myself someday.
My Uncle served on the North Carolina from the time she entered WW 2 until the end of the war and then he got called back for Korea.