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 Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:23 am |
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| Alstone |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:09 am |
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| donwalk |
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dang, alstone...i like your avatar...her majesties royal navy?
i've never been aboard a 'battlewagon'...i did get to see the USS New Jersey when she visited san diego, though...WOW!!!
i was in arty in the army and i thought it was impressive... until i saw the 16" er's on the new jersey... |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:54 pm |
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| Alstone |
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Cheers donwalk, I use that Avatar because when I left school and went into engineering my first job was working on Navel guns mostly 4" twins.
I remember the USS New Jersey when she was used to shell Lebanon in their civil war in the 1980s, a very impressive battlewagon, but alas they have all gone now.
Rockets aren’t as impressive as a full 16" broadside. 
Al
PS: I must admit the avatar is of the USS Wisconsin a fine ship, have a look here but turn the sound up first.
http://www.usswisconsin.org/Pictures/bigguns.htm |
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