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1 posted on 07/04/2021 3:51:45 PM PDT by ransomnote
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I’ve been aboard the Wisconsin.. toured it after it was brought for permanent display at Norfolk’s Nauticus.


2 posted on 07/04/2021 3:54:31 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now. )
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Certainly not our current “woke” military.


3 posted on 07/04/2021 3:55:52 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification. )
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When I lived in Bremerton, WA, back before the MO was shipped to Hi-waee, we got to tour her. Those main guns are HUGE. I could stick my head inside the opening of the barrel and not touch any side of it. That was ONE BIG PISTOL shooting down range. They had a marker on the deck where General Mac sat and signed the surrender of the fallen sun.


4 posted on 07/04/2021 3:56:59 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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Geez, the breech block on that gun likely weighed more than my car.


5 posted on 07/04/2021 3:58:51 PM PDT by LIConFem (Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
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You wouldn’t catch any of theses wussy ANTIFA commies or leftist poofters in real battle. They would all be crying for their mommy having already wet their pants just thinking about being shot at.


7 posted on 07/04/2021 4:09:52 PM PDT by Bellagio
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I saw the USS Alabama and USS Drum in the 1980’s.

Not enough time spent there though. Didn’t get to walk around the aircraft.


8 posted on 07/04/2021 4:28:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ, and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com)
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I attended the recommissioning of the Iowa at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS in 1984. When the command was given to bring the ship to life, it was a thrilling scene.

Many relatives and friends worked the Iowa.


9 posted on 07/04/2021 4:50:41 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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It did not fire rainbow colored muzzle flash! EVER!
13 posted on 07/04/2021 7:16:56 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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One of the pics at the link shows the USS Shangri-La doing an unrep. My mom’s brother (an uncle i obviously never knew) was killed aboard Shangri-La in the South Pacific campaigns.


18 posted on 07/04/2021 7:56:10 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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Amen! Land of the free because of the brave!


22 posted on 07/04/2021 9:07:07 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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