[iowamark]

More pictures at the link.

Track USS Iowa down the coast.

Pacific Battleship Center

[ConorMacNessa]

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[doorgunner69]

Possibly the most gorgeous ship class ever built..........

[Lowell1775]

Seeing these two great works of mid-20th Century American engineering genius and manufacturing power together for the last time.....makes me think. Do we still have the men that can not only design such things....but more importantly dream of them to begin with, then with fire, hammer and tong....build the bastards.

Or, more likely we would now send the CAD file to Japan for optimization with final fabrication and assembly in Shanghai.

Still. They are beautiful. Thank you for the post.

[caveat emptor]

Nostalgia.



USS Dolphin. This is an iconic image for me. As a kid after WWII I watched many movies with scenes like this.

Still my favorite bridge and city despite .... well, you know. I've lived and visited there off and on since 1958, and still cast an absentee ballot there. I get to vote against Pelosi every two years.

Last lived and worked there in Polk Gulch in 91-93 or thereabouts. I may yet move back again...

[Dogbert41]

I just watched this TV movie on Netflix called “Too Young the Hero” about....
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was a battleship in the United States Navy from 1942 until 1947...The ship carried the man who is believed to be the youngest serviceman to have fought in World War II, Calvin Graham. He participated in the Battles of Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal before he admitted his true age to Sargent Shriver, the gunnery officer; Graham spent three months in the brig, had his veteran’s benefits taken away, and received a dishonorable discharge. He then returned to the seventh grade soon after celebrating his thirteenth birthday.[1]

[onedoug]

Thanks iowamark. I’m gonna go see this when they open up down here.

[DarthVader]

bmfl

[Sporke]

I miss that ship. I spent most of the winter of ‘84 on the forcastle after work listening to Van Halen while watching dolphins swim a foot in front of the ship.

The Iowa was good duty.... :)

[VanShuyten]

Did they ever replace the center turret that exploded?

[RGSpincich]

The Iowa was scheduled to leave on May 20 but was delayed because of a storm system. As it turned out, its departure came on the same day as weekend celebrations were under way marking the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary.

Sometimes there is no doubt who is running this show.