Visited the Battle Ship Iowa in San Pedro Today

Posted by gmharris [71.129.108.57] on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 00:41:55 :

Impressive ship. There are not many veterans left who actually sailed on her during WWII. But, there was a volunteer docent who sailed on her as a midshipman decades ago during a tour of Europe.

Unfortunately, the engine room and gun turrets are not open to the public. They will eventually be added as separate tours.

I didn't realize that the command bridge of the ship contains a (really)huge armored cylinder that rises through several decks. The cylinder was where they controlled the ship from during combat. The cylinder walls looked to be 20 inches thick and must have contained enough steel to make many army tanks.

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• My Dad was on her throughout WWII Re: Battle Ship Iowa - Bob Stopka n PCB 20:10:56 08/13/2013
  • Re: My Dad was on her throughout WWII Re: Battle Ship Iowa - Bob Thompson 15:53:09 08/14/2013
    • Re: My Dad was on her throughout WWII Re: Battle Ship Iowa - Bob Stopka n PCB 19:29:20 08/14/2013
  • Re: My Dad was on her throughout WWII Re: Battle Ship Iowa - Kaegi 12:50:55 08/14/2013
  • Please consider....... - gmharris 23:10:33 08/13/2013
  • Bob, that's great reading - Bob Thompson 21:20:16 08/13/2013
    • Re: Bob, You Volunteering & 65 Howe PW Fire Truck - Bob Stopka n PCB 23:06:05 08/13/2013
  • USS IOWA full Boradside..... - Paul (in NY) 20:37:06 08/13/2013
    • That is truly awesome.... - Bob Thompson 21:01:09 08/13/2013
      • Re: Side Thrust - Ray Marzolf 22:06:37 08/13/2013
        • Re: Side Thrust - ken see 09:26:21 08/14/2013
          • Re: Side Thrust - paul Conk 23:35:12 08/15/2013
  • Thanks for - Paul (in NY) 20:25:03 08/13/2013
    • Re: Thanks for - Bob Stopka n PCB 23:00:15 08/13/2013
• I have walked under the USS New Jersey - Bob Thompson 14:00:26 08/13/2013
• Re: Visited the Battle Ship Iowa in San Pedro Today - Stan 01:13:43 08/13/2013
  • My son was on the Missouri yesterday - Tom @ Snake River 09:27:03 08/13/2013

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