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Offline Serenity

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For Brooke
« on: March 26, 2009, 01:11:50 AM »
Sorry for the delay, got caught up with school. I'm still tossing some money in for the next batch, but there's these too!

I was REALLY excited! lol



These are from Memorial Day last year. Ashlee (My girlfriend) as a kind of joint memorial day/one-year anniversary thing got us a private tour around the USS Missouri, to places the normal public isn't alowed, including in the turrets, the engine room, etc. Here are a few shots:

Ever wonder what the trigger for three 16-inch guns looks like?



Ever wonder what the triggers for nine 16-inch guns look like?



The good-'ole-fashioned targeting computer from WWII, still used when she fought in Dessert Storm





The gun is in there somewhere...











The USS Nimitz got there about 5 minutes before we did.

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Re: For Brooke
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2009, 09:01:13 PM »
ah ,, the mighty Mo  , She was here at Bremerton Wa for many many years befor getting called back up .
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Re: For Brooke
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2009, 09:06:20 PM »
Quote from: Roscoroo on March 26, 2009, 09:01:13 PM
ah ,, the mighty Mo  , She was here at Bremerton Wa for many many years befor getting called back up .

Some "artwork" from that era remain on her bulkheads!
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Re: For Brooke
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2009, 12:09:15 AM »
Awesome!  A pic with Chuck and a special tour of the Missouri -- wow!

Many thanks for the excellent pics, Serenity!   :aok
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Re: For Brooke
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2009, 02:54:39 AM »
Quote from: Brooke on March 27, 2009, 12:09:15 AM
Awesome!  A pic with Chuck and a special tour of the Missouri -- wow!

Many thanks for the excellent pics, Serenity!   :aok

No prob! If you're ever in Hawaii, I can see about getting you a similar deal (Well, Chuck won't be here, but the Missouri isn't moving and I have some good connections...)
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Re: For Brooke
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2009, 05:12:48 PM »
I actually had the priveledge of seeing those guns fire in 1990 during RIMPAC.


Was on the USS Texas CGN 39  about 500 yds off her Fantail.  It was the spectacular thing you can ever imagine.
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