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USS TEXAS, HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, 16th AUGUST 2008
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The Big Bang Theory:How to earn Battle Stars if u'r 'ABLE'
USS TEXAS BB-35 New York class off Cherburg 25 JUN 44 taking heavy fire from shore batteries-a sailor later lost his life at the Battle of Cherbourg. Large-caliber coastal defense guns killed helmsman Chris Christiansen and wounded 11 others.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...S_Texas-11.jpgseen from USS Arkansas BB-33 Wyoming Class; shown Engaging at Omaha Beach 6 JUN 44 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._positions.jpg...but not ending up as well-off as USS Texas...imhohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Baker_Edit.jpgThe black mark in the right of column is USS ARKANSAS capsizing. She survived test ABLE's airburst test but not BAKER's underwater blast: Bikini Atoll: 25 JUN 46.:salute:
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Thank you so much :salute:
For having posted pictures from the old but not the forgotten era. Markus |
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The revolving gun turret from the civil war era “Ironclad” ship USS Monitor is lifted from the ocean floor, and placed onto the derrick barge “Wotan”. U.S. Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU-2) provided expert deep-sea salvage crews to assist the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to recover the ship’s gun turret, 11-inch Dahlgren cannons, and other artifacts from the historic vessel. Since its designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975, the Monitor has been the subject of intense investigation. The turret was the first revolving gun of its kind and will eventually be on public display in the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Va. The famed warship sank 240 feet to the ocean floor during a heavy storm off Cape Hatteras on Dec. 31, 1862. Four officers and 12 men were lost.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._operation.jpg |
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Cool pics Jim:up:
USS Mississippi in Dry Dock Puget Sound, October 22nd 1940. http://i.imgur.com/Zu7lwFD.jpg?1 |
More myst, carriers & bridges 1952
USS BOXER Essex class (CV/CVA/CVS-21, LPH-4)https://mediacenter.smugmug.com/phot...ptzBb26-XL.jpg
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Imperial Russian Battleship: Orel (Eagle).
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USS Alabama (BB-60)
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Russian Battleship Slava
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Italian Andrea Doria-class battleship, Caio Duilio
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