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To: bravo whiskey

“Dead Admiral Class” also known as the “Ayatolla Class” because the 4-ship package was purchased by the Shah, but never delivered due to the Iranian Revolution.


11 posted on 01/06/2012 2:09:13 PM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: Tallguy; bravo whiskey
Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd was commander of Battleship Division One and flew his flag from the Arizona. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Kidd rushed to the bridge and was trying to expedite the sortieing of his ships when the ship exploded. The only thing ever found of him was his Navy Academy class ring, which was fused into the bulkhead by the heat of the blast and resulting fire.

The other ships in the Kidd-class were named after Admirals Callaghan and Scott, who were killed during the Night Battle of Guadalcanal (Admiral Scott was killed by not-so-friendly fire from Admiral Callaghan's flagship) and Admiral Chandler, who was killed when a kamikaze struck his heavy cruiser flagship off the Philippines.

32 posted on 01/07/2012 10:28:54 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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