16 years or so. All 4 of them had been mothballed prior to the Reagan administration, when they were re-activated.
Being from Iowa, I've always had a soft spot for this ship. I'm glad she's finally found a safe berth. I had feared the worst.
I saw her in the yards after the turret explosion. She is magnificent.
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In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin,
a strange thing came upon England...
My U297 build thread
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