[TXnMA]

I'm a USAF guy, but I know what you mean. Not too long after her turret explosion, we pulled up right alongside the Iowa in Newport Bay. Now she's with the "mothball fleet" in Suisun Bay, CA. On Google Maps, You can actually see her at the moment she was being pushed up against the other floating hulks by a tugboat.

The rest of those ships there are a sorry sight -- missing most of their superstructures and heavily rusted...

IMHO, Davis-Monthan is a far more honorable "graveyard". There's a view that will blow your socks off!

[rlmorel]

I went to Davis-Monthan a few years ago and took the tour. It was amazing to see. Interestingly, I went to the Pima Air Museum with my wife after that, and I saw an A7E Corsair on display, the kind I used to work on. When I walked over to show my wife, I saw that not only was it an A7, but it was from my old squadron (VA-46)!

Furthermore, it was one of the very planes I was a plane captain on (right after we transitioned to A7E from A7B)

Boy, did that ever twist my head, a real coincidence!

[rlmorel]

You may be a USAF guy, but your understanding of this issue shows that your knowledge is pretty “cross platform” in my opinion.

Thanks for your service!