[Jeff Head]

Two of the Iowa class BBs are still mothballed for reserve over in the east.

[tanknetter]

Two of the Iowa class BBs are still mothballed for reserve over in the east.

Well, Wisky down in Norfolk is. Although Norfolk is doing its damndist to build an entire marina around her so that if the Navy wants to take her back it's going to cost a lot of $$$ to move her.

New Jersey is up in Camden ... but of all the Iowa's she's in the worst shape and was seriously de-mil'd when she was struck off the NVR. Since she had only been out of commission for 12 years when she was brought back into active service in the early 1980s, her refit wasn't as comprehensive as with the other three Iowas. Lehman was also trying like crazy to save money by bringing her back on the cheap to justify bringing back the other three as well. NJ was scheduled to get a very comprehensive overhaul in the early 1990s ... but this was cancelled with the end of the Cold War and the decision to send her back to the reserve fleet.

Missouri is stricken and is a museum at Pearl Harbor, apparently with a good deal of de-mil'ing as well (although not as extensive as with NJ.) Iowa is up in Suisin Bay. While the parts are there to rebuild Turret 2 the work was never done and apparently she's not in the greatest of material shape.

[ballplayer]

Thanks for the pictures of the Ranger and the Constellation
,I spent hundreds of hours working the flight deck of the Connie in 69- 70 west-pac cruise ,as part of Air wing 2 ,I was a Plane Captain on an f4 Phantom, Fighter Squadron 143 Pukin Dogs .Brought back a lot of memories.I also landed on the Ranger I was an Air crew survival Equipmentman ,Parachute rigger for short. Kind of ironic for me to see them next to each other . Thanks again

[mad_as_he$$]

Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin are all still afloat. Wisconsin is near Norfolk. The Iowa is going to go someplace other than San Francisco. The Missouri is worth the trip to Pearl Harbor by herself. New Jersey is in Camden.