Perhaps I should have chosen the Wisconsin as an example.
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ALL MUSEUM SHIPS
IOWA (BB61) Los Angeles
NEW JERSEY (BB62) Camden NJ area ...ACROSS RIVER FROM Philadelphia where the Olympia is on display
MISSOURI (BB63) Pearl Harbor
WISCONSIN (BB64) Norfolk VA
Battleship USS Alabama
http://www.ussalabama.com/
I saw two of the reactivated BB's shoot full broadsides, with intent to kill.
Shame.
Shame.
Shame.
Please ping every sailor on FR.
The USS Texas (BB-35) was built in 1914. In 1948 it became a floating museum in Houston TX and is the oldest floating BB museum.
I served on the USS FDR (CVA-42), sister ship to the Midway and Coral Sea, 1960-62. During Med Cruise we had the company of the Ranger, Saratoga, Shangri-La, and a couple of other carriers. The FDR was scrapped out sometime in the late ‘60s or early ‘70s, and when my mom sent me the newspaper article announcing that it was like I’d lost a part of me. I was a V-2 Cat, so was able to really enjoy some fantastic views at Sunrise and Sunset, as well as a fresh breeze (when the weather wasn’t lousy).
Thanks to all Freepers that served!