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Wisconson in dry dock.
The Iowa class battleships were by far in my opinion the prettiest designed of all the main battleships designed in WWII.
They only just fitted through the Panama canal as that's why they are 36-24-36 I think are the perfect measurement are they not chaps. (Beam was designed for that in mind)
Although the Italian ships were good looking as well.
I've watched about all the vids available on Youtube regarding tours of those class. Quite a vessel, each one. I still wouldn't have wanted to be posted on board one. Not even as Marine guards.
Why not Jim if you were on board in a sense you would not have to have been in the dirt or is there a thing between the Navy & Marines think the Brits called their army buddies Pongos I think and the army called the navy personnel swabbies!!!
Simple, if it goes down a hundred miles out, you can't get out and walk. If you're a mile up you can't get out and walk...but on the land I always felt I had an even money chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Now that is very good reasoning Jim, one thing you sorta let slip by bloke, in going down in the ocean it has those things swimming around with lotsa teef in their mouth!:yikes:
The poor blighters from the Indianapolis god bless them, what would have been the outcome had she been sunk going to Tinian, still they had Little boy and one more to go after that.
My motto: "I do not go in the ocean and sharks do not come onto dry land......." works a treat.
Sadly 3 days ago we lost a young lass to a Bull shark near Fremantle pretty close to where the river meets the ocean it severed her femoral artery and vein in her leg and she bled out despite the best efforts of people.
One chap actually dove in and got her away from the shark then to shore she was very young 16 y/o jumped off the jet ski to swim with a pod of dolphins must have landed right on top of the shark it was probably following the dolphins for leftover fish. RIP
My great uncle, Richard Jose was born in Cornwall and joined the Royal Navy around 1907.
He died in 1916 on the HMS Defence but most of the other Royal Navy ships that he served on at one time or another during his short time in the navy, also were sunk. here is a list of the ships that he served on before 1916
HMS Hogue sunk 1914
HMS Majestic sunk 1915
HMS Diana sold 1920
HMS Warrior sunk 1916
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I won't swim in any ocean that is near a river outlet. That is where bull sharks keep their young until they're old enough to survive in the ocean is in the rivers. So anywhere near an outlet of a river into the ocean, is basically a bull shark highway.
Nope, USS Indianapolis... That was taken into consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Is that Mare Island?
Forty five or so years ago, I worked with a WWII Navy vet that had 5 US ships shot out from under him. :bow: And he was there to tell the stories if I hadn't been so young and ignorant!
Russ
My favorite WWII ship design are the Alaska's .
It is Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA. In the pic she lies in the big aircraft carrier drydock of the period, number four, that sits at an angle from the others to the left (North) in the pic. The Jordan Bridge is in the Background. I've got a relative who works there. I have visited and have been down in the pump wells of DD4.*Quote:
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Wisconsin lives down the road from me as well at Waterside in Norfolk, where her bow protrudes like a cutlass blade. Her nickname is "Whisky." She got that name after a 1956 collision with the destroyer Eaton extensively damaged her bow.
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Luckily, the last of the Iowa-class battleships, USS Kentucky, languished nearby in Newport News Shipyard. Her contract was cancelled mid-build and they were trying to figure out what to do with her. The Navy had a portion of her bow removed and transported across the bay to Norfolk Naval Shipyard where it was joined with the Wisconsin.
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As a result, she ended up one foot longer than the rest of the Iowa Class. Navy wags immediately labeled the hybrid the Wis-Ky, and that devolved to Whiskey, Wisky, or Whisky. It actually became her call sign.
Bob
* My relative came in for the Superbowl and we looked at the picture. He says it is DD4, and he should know!
Concur that Regia Marina had very handsome ships. Their modernisation of their WW I dreadnoughts and their later battleships (Vittorio Veneto, etc.) were all very handsome.
I was at the Philadelphia Naval base waiting for my separation papers from active duty. In the drydock was the USS New Jersey, which was undergoing an overhaul as she was going to be recommissioned for duty during the Vietnam War. They wouldn't let us go below decks as sections had been removed to do work on the main engines and boilers. We were allowed to walk on the main deck and naturally went to the 16" naval rifles. 3 barrels in each turret. Total of 3 turrets 9 rifles in all. Never will forget that day. Frank
Glad to see someone using the right terminology for the 16" weapons on the battleship, so many ppl call them cannons.
I slept overnight on the New Jersey as part of a youth trip my wife and I were leading. They served breakfast in one of the mess kitchens. One of the chaperones got a concussion from hitting their head while going through one of the watertight doors.
I went through the USS Bowfin in 1990 I stand 193cm and one would say it was a little cramped how they endured it in the Pig Boats beats me though they did have an ice cream machine I gather but boy what a plumbers nightmare.......
I went though the German WW2 sub U-505 a few times, very small inside