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Shamus · 05-12-2007, 15:53 PM

I had a chance a couple of years back to tour the USS Alabama and the USS Drum down in Mobile,AL.The Alabama was very impressive,had a great time poking around it with my kids and taking pics of them in the 5" turrets and on the 40mm mounts.The kids were amazed at the size of the 16" shells on display and quite frankly so was I.The Drum was also impressive but in a different way.It is still amazing to me that a crew could live and fight in such confined spaces.I am no giant in height and I found myself ducking more often than not.It increased my respect for those submariners even more.Does anyone know how much damage was done to the museum site there by Katrina?

05-12-2007, 15:53 PM	#52 (permalink)
Shamus WAB Court Jester *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 04-12-07 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,164 Country:	I had a chance a couple of years back to tour the USS Alabama and the USS Drum down in Mobile,AL.The Alabama was very impressive,had a great time poking around it with my kids and taking pics of them in the 5" turrets and on the 40mm mounts.The kids were amazed at the size of the 16" shells on display and quite frankly so was I.The Drum was also impressive but in a different way.It is still amazing to me that a crew could live and fight in such confined spaces.I am no giant in height and I found myself ducking more often than not.It increased my respect for those submariners even more.Does anyone know how much damage was done to the museum site there by Katrina? __________________ A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.