[tallyhoe]

These ships should still be afloat!!

[DFG]

USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor next to the USS Arizona memorial

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Lurker]

For later.

L

[Hebrews 11:6]

Nice post--thanks!

I toured the Mighty Mo in Long Beach with my family when I was seven, made a crayon drawing for my grandmother because she was in the hospital and couldn't accompany us, and later built the Revell model:

[Feckless]

I was attached to a Saudi unit as an adviser at al Khafji. when we moved forward in the ground war we found at least 3 Iraqi bunkers destroyed by 16" naval rounds that did not explode.

We were 10kM from Iraqi troops and the battleship and B52 bombardments reminded me of those old vibrating football games. My cot would move several feet in the tent. One of the Saudi officers complained about not being able to sleep during the bombardment. I said imagine how the Iraqis felt.

[lurk]

The Iowa Class are beautiful ships.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Big Mo came into San Francisco Bay for Fleet week in the late 80’s, I got to go on board.
This was after they were modernized.
San Francisco was going to be the home port, but the wackos there (there were less back then, and some actual good normal people!!) complained and that plan was abandoned.

[doorgunner69]

Posted before about the horrendous noise those 16” shells make going overhead. Amazing weapons system.