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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
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The only time a civilian group has been allowed to do this.
Tour from 4PM in the afternoon to 10AM the next day. Dinner and breakfast served.
$125.00
I'm thinking about going. Anyone else?
To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:20:19 AM PDT
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BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:21:00 AM PDT
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BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
So....the Iowa had 9 giant 16 inch antiaircraft guns on it’s flight deck? Got it.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:22:03 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: BunnySlippers
Tour from 4PM in the afternoon to 10AM the next day. Dinner and breakfast served.
$125.00
With an overnight stay aboard? OK, I would do that.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:22:19 AM PDT
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98ZJ USMC
To: BunnySlippers
And the turrets were stacked. I though the Brits made some odd looking ships, but I gotta see this one.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:22:59 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: DesertRhino
If you could hit an aircraft with one no question it would be destroyed.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:24:02 AM PDT
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wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: wastoute
I think it would definitely make a point to the attacking planes.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:24:44 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
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To: DesertRhino
The Iowa wasn’t destroyed by Kamikazes, so obviously those 16 inch antiaircraft guns on the flight deck worked.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:25:12 AM PDT
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real saxophonist
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To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:27:38 AM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
To: BunnySlippers
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:27:51 AM PDT
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DarthVader
(Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
To: 98ZJ USMC
Yes, it is an overnight stay. First time for civilians.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:27:52 AM PDT
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BunnySlippers
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And 2 kilotons of firepower in a 16 incher. I’m thinking he meant 2000 pound shells. The only nuke round it had carried and estimated 15-20 Kt.
This article is a tour de force of comedy. Can it also fly in space like in that Japanese cartoon?
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:28:14 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
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To: 98ZJ USMC
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:28:29 AM PDT
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BunnySlippers
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To: BunnySlippers
I didn’t serve aboard her, but was invited aboard her by her JAG when she made a port visit to Oslo, Norway back in the 80s when I was stationed there. Their JAG had a battle station in the CIC and he invited us down there too. Very impressive old girl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_iowa_bb-61_pr.jpg
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:30:36 AM PDT
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afsnco
To: BunnySlippers
Among my most memorable memories was witnessing a broadside of Iowa’s nine 16 inch guns. My viewpoint was from the flight deck of the USS Saratoga, which couldn’t have been more than a quarter mile in trail behind and to starboard of the IOWA. The shock wave from that distance was impressive.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:31:11 AM PDT
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Jacquerie
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To: wastoute; DesertRhino
Maybe they loaded them with canister. Think about what a Zero would look like after flying through a cloud of one inch steel balls.
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:33:23 AM PDT
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KrisKrinkle
(Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
To: real saxophonist
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posted on
10/05/2016 11:33:51 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: BunnySlippers
... nine 16-inch guns mounted on three stacked turrets on the flight deck ... Flight deck???
To: KrisKrinkle
Hmmmmm... now that you mention it, I have heard of a 16 gauge.
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10/05/2016 11:34:56 AM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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