[smoothsailing]

Great graphic,dog!

I had the unforgettable experience of seeing the USS New Jersey in action in the South China Sea in the late 60's.

I remember being told at the time that those big guns could fire a projectile the size of a VW beetle 26 miles inland and have it impact within 100 ft.of it's target.

I'm glad the Frisco limp-wrists aren't getting the Iowa,it deserves a better home.

[rottndog]

I was in Pearl Harbor for the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack. The Missouri was in port for the festivities berthed across the harbor from sub base, where I was. Even from across the harbor, that grand ship dwarfed anything and everything on and in the water that day. These are absolutely magnificent ships.

Iowa and all who served aboard her deserve much better than having her final resting place in San Francisco.

[wideminded]

I remember being told at the time that those big guns could fire a projectile the size of a VW beetle 26 miles inland and have it impact within 100 ft.of it's target.

I quoted this same fact once and was corrected by some people who told me that the projectile was the same weight as a VW beetle.