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02-13-2014 11:22 PM
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The California was sunk at Pearl Harbor...yes?
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Yes, but she was salvaged and put back in service.
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"...She was the last American Battleship built on the West Coast, and the only one to be a dreadnought type. She served in the Pacific her entire career, and for twenty years was the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. She was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor at her moorings in Battleship Row, but was salvaged and reconstructed. She served again for the remainder of World War II before being decommissioned in 1947. She was sold for scrap in 1959...."
From: USS California (BB-44) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally Posted by
gsimmons
she was salvaged
From what I've heard, the Japanese
were stunned when they saw her back in action. It about that time the lower ranks started to question the wisdom of attacking a nation that had this capability.
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From what I've heard, the
Japanese were stunned when they saw her back in action. It about that time the lower ranks started to question the wisdom of attacking a nation that had this capability.
They were right.
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Interesting story: USS Nevada BB-36 got underway but was badly damaged and beached by Hospital Point during the raid to keep from blocking the channel. She was re-floated and towed to Peugeot Sound where she was repaired and refurbish. One of the things they had to do was replace the entire master electrical switchboard that fed power throughout the ship It had been flooded during the battle. At that early date in the war, copper was needed badly for defense projects so they turned to another, less-in-demand metal for all the switch contacts: gold. The entire switchboard was rebuilt using gold. From that time until she was decommissioned in 1946 an armed, 24-hour guard was maintained in that compartment to prevent theft.
A moment in time when copper was more valuable than gold. it was the same time when pennies were struck in steel.
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Yamamoto and BB-39
As Yamamoto said after Pearl Harbour "I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant." and as proven in a well executed mission the P-38's the U.S.A exacted their revenge, and having stood on the memorial of BB-39 and viewing all those names on the marble wall who perished on that terrible day is a truly humbling experience I shall never forget.
Last edited by CINDERS; 02-14-2014 at 10:38 PM.
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Originally Posted by
CINDERS
the P-38's the
U.S.A exacted their revenge
Which raid was that? Or are you referring to Doolittle's B25 raid on Tokyo?
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