To: Eric in the Ozarks
Sad. That class of heavy cruiser was very tough and also very beautiful.
49 posted on
11/30/2015 2:32:03 PM PST by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Jimmy Valentine
This series was almost a 4/5 of a BB, it seemed.
The Des Moines was a public relations ship. It never fired a gun in anger.
50 posted on
11/30/2015 6:43:28 PM PST by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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