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magic452 · 06-17-11, 07:53 PM

A little bit of topic but there was a news story on the Reno news last night.
All the remaining 16" gun barrels from the WWII BBs were stored at the Ammunition Depot at Hawthorne Nevada.

They have just been sold as scrap and are being cut up. All but one #334?, I think it was, is being saved. It was one of the guns aboard BB-63 USS Missouri when she was at the surrender of Japan in 1945. It's one of the guns seen in all it famous pictures.

Another bit of WWII history gone.

Magic

06-17-11, 07:53 PM	#2
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	A little bit of topic but there was a news story on the Reno news last night. All the remaining 16" gun barrels from the WWII BBs were stored at the Ammunition Depot at Hawthorne Nevada. They have just been sold as scrap and are being cut up. All but one #334?, I think it was, is being saved. It was one of the guns aboard BB-63 USS Missouri when she was at the surrender of Japan in 1945. It's one of the guns seen in all it famous pictures. Another bit of WWII history gone. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l