My Dad served as a quad 40 gunnery officer on the Iowa in Korea, might have known each other.
Oh yeah, on another subject, I do appreciate sarcasm too.
My dad passed on Dec 17, 2003. Dad's favorite "accomplishment" on the Iowa was wiping out the ammunition dump at Wonsan Harbor on September 23, 1952. Later, when the ship was conducting training, my dad's gun crew nailed a jeep at 30 miles with an inert round. It almost cost the "meatball" flag for battle efficiency as it was the base commander's vehicle. He never really expected the crew to score a direct hit.