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A Night on the Battleship [USS Iowa] Overnight Tour $125
Atlas Obscura ^ | 10/05/16 | Atlas Obscura

Posted on 10/05/2016 11:19:15 AM PDT by BunnySlippers

The USS Iowa may have been the first of the Iowa-class battleships to be commissioned, but she was the last battleship to retire permanently.

Once called the "Battleship of Presidents" (having hosted FDR, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush), the USS Iowa had the biggest guns on any U.S. Navy ship, used primarily for anti-aircraft missions: nine 16-inch guns mounted on three stacked turrets on the flight deck (capable of carrying 2000 tons of firepower).

She was the lead ship of the last class of battleships in the Navy, having served in three significant commissions: World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War. And now, having emerged from the Navy's mothball fleet just four years ago, she has made the Port of LA in San Pedro her permanent home.

Join Field Agent Sandi Hemmerlein for a rare and immersive experience aboard the USS Iowa, now known as the Battleship Iowa Museum. In a "sleepover" excursion arranged exclusively for the Los Angeles Obscura Society—

(Excerpt) Read more at atlasobscura.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: battleship; ussiowa
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To: KrisKrinkle

One hell of a shotgun.


21 posted on 10/05/2016 11:35:28 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: BunnySlippers; MeganC; SkyDancer; Sarah Barracuda; beaversmom
I am Game.

Sadly I don't live in L.A.

In 2001 The Harbor Master of Benicia California was kind enough to give us a tour of the Reserve Fleet and I got REALLY close two The Iowa there.

It was amazing!

22 posted on 10/05/2016 11:40:09 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: DesertRhino
So....the Iowa had 9 giant 16 inch antiaircraft guns on it’s flight deck? Got it.

Hey, this liberal urinalist was selected to be the military expert this day.

23 posted on 10/05/2016 11:41:10 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: DesertRhino

heh heh

Many sources confuse the armaments for the Iowa.


24 posted on 10/05/2016 11:44:13 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: BunnySlippers

I got paid to stay on an aircraft carrier. Will I pay to stay on a battleship? Our Navy is the best in the world! However, I am done staying on military ships.


25 posted on 10/05/2016 11:45:13 AM PDT by zaxtres
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To: DesertRhino

Hell, I saw the discrepancies too and I wasn’t even in the Navy.

Still, I think they’re doing a service with these overnights.


26 posted on 10/05/2016 11:47:29 AM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: DesertRhino

Used for launching flying submarines.


27 posted on 10/05/2016 11:48:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BunnySlippers
I sincerely hope that Atlas Obscura's followers in general are significantly less clueless in their obscurity than the author of this piece.
But give her points for knowing how many nautical miles a battleship takes up.
28 posted on 10/05/2016 11:51:00 AM PDT by norton
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29 posted on 10/05/2016 11:52:31 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: KC_Lion

Looks interesting. I did tour the USS Missouri when it was docked here at Bremerton,WA


30 posted on 10/05/2016 11:55:30 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: DesertRhino
I just had to go look. Yes, the 16 inch guns DID have anti-aircraft capability. At the link is a table of ranges and altitudes for the guns.

A 16 inch shell bursting within a hundred yards of an aircraft would likely take it down.

31 posted on 10/05/2016 11:56:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: KrisKrinkle

The Japanese had munitions like that for their main batteries


32 posted on 10/05/2016 12:00:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BunnySlippers

Those with Iowa state IDs get the basic tour for free.

BTW, here are the armaments made clearer:

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/uss-iowa-bb-61-vs-ijn-yamato.5662/

...The Iowa-class battleships had nine 16-inch guns in three triple turrets. Each big gun had a range of 20.54 nautical miles (23.64 statute miles / 38 kilometers).

The Iowa-class battleships also bristled with anti-aircraft guns as part of their carrier escort role. These included 20 5-inch guns, 80 1.6-inch guns, and 49 .8-inch guns...


33 posted on 10/05/2016 12:02:05 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: BunnySlippers
...the USS Iowa had the biggest guns on any U.S. Navy ship, used primarily for anti-aircraft missions: nine 16-inch guns mounted on three stacked turrets on the flight deck (capable of carrying 2000 tons of firepower).

Who writes these things, and where do they get their so-called information? The only anti-air missions for which a 16 inch naval gun is suited is if the planes are on the ground at an airfield within range of the ship. You can't shoot down fast moving aircraft with slow moving big guns except by accident! And since when do battleships have a flight deck? < /ex-Navy 5" gun loader rant >

34 posted on 10/05/2016 12:04:42 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: PapaBear3625
A 16 inch shell bursting within a hundred yards of an aircraft would likely take it down.

But the retargeting time to aim on any individual moving target makes it thoroughly impractical.

35 posted on 10/05/2016 12:08:56 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: DesertRhino

Yeah, the author sounds like the same dopes who refer to bullets in clips. What a moron.


36 posted on 10/05/2016 12:12:28 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: doorgunner69; DesertRhino

I recall reading that the Japanese cruisers and battleships had “anti-aircraft” shells for their main 8in and 14/16 inch guns. The shells were used against YS Avenger torpedo bombers during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.


37 posted on 10/05/2016 12:13:25 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: x1stcav

Tours are tours ... but the overnight with dinner and breakfast in the mess hall!

They say no fishing equipment, or chewing gum allowed on board. And no booze!


38 posted on 10/05/2016 12:16:38 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: BunnySlippers

Could almost get me to go to LA.


39 posted on 10/05/2016 12:21:51 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: onedoug

ping


40 posted on 10/05/2016 12:26:42 PM PDT by windcliff
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