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To: Bull Snipe
A beautiful lady indeed.

USS West Virginia BB-48.jpg
By U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships - Official U.S. Navy photo 19-N-68376 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command, Public Domain, Link

2 posted on 09/23/2019 2:57:34 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: Kommodor

Back in the fight.


4 posted on 09/23/2019 3:04:24 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: Kommodor

That was WeeVee on her first sea trial after refit at the Bremerton Naval Ship Yard. That was early August 1944. My
dad a was a 2nd class Machinist Mate in the after engine room on the ship at the time.


8 posted on 09/23/2019 4:50:46 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Kommodor

When we put guns on ships.


10 posted on 09/23/2019 4:52:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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