[Eric in the Ozarks]

Someone on FR mentioned that the Iowa had only been repaired cosmetically but the money for full repairs had been appropriated. She is parked in Siusan Bay, north of San Francisco.
The Navy allowed a suicide story to circulate regarding several members of the crew (who were said to have taken their lives via the explosion) but this was later discounted.
One of the tour guides said that on one occasion, men were allowed out on the deck of the Missouri when the 16 inch guns were firing. That was the last time.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

And the Navy also insinuated that a couple of the guys were gay and it was some sort of jilted lovers quarrel thing and he wanted revenge on his former lover or something like that. It was real sickening stuff that some brass was trying to perpetrate to save their butts. Unless you have some good proof, you shouldn’t be smearing a guy who died while serving his country.

[exnavy]

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