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To: smokingfrog

Also, very nearby is a 16” barrel from the USS Wisconsin. The barrel is located by the San Pedro Maritime Museum at the intersection of Sixth Street and Harbor Boulevard. It is on display right by the sidewalk and a couple of naval memorials. (They put metal crossbars in the barrel so that kids could not crawl in and get caught inside!)


2 posted on 06/22/2012 11:57:04 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

There is also a Liberty ship you can take a tour on and you can also see the prow of the USS San Pedro (outside the museum).


3 posted on 06/22/2012 11:59:44 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

I have seen that 16” gun. It is an astounding piece of metal!


5 posted on 06/22/2012 12:11:03 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (A conservative, a liberal and a moderate walk into a bar. Bartender says "what'll it be, Mitt?")
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To: 17th Miss Regt

“...very nearby is a 16” barrel from the USS Wisconsin.”

Depending on who was in charge of placing that thing, it might be fun to calculate the trajectory of a hypothetical shell that might be fired from it, and see if there’s any particular point of interest at what would be the target.


8 posted on 06/22/2012 12:27:59 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (The patient is bleeding to death! Apply more leeches!)
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16” barrel from the USS Wisconsin
42 posted on 06/23/2012 7:53:27 PM PDT by rottndog (Political Correctness KILLS...)
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