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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2016

USS Wisconsin


Visit the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk Virginia. She's a beauty.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

USS Iowa BB61 finds home in southern California


Not far from where warships were built in the 1940s at the Port of Richmond, the 58,000-ton battlewagon is undergoing restoration for towing May 20 through the Golden Gate, then several hundred miles south to the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. There it is to be transformed into an interactive naval museum.
On May 1, ownership of the Iowa was officially transferred from the U.S. Navy to the Pacific Battleship Center, the nonprofit organization that has been restoring the boat for its new mission.