Discovery vid: Iowas greatest warships ever

[Bill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_l9LrN1C84

5 minute vid from top 10 greatest ships of all time Discovery channel TV program.

[HKDan]

That was fun. I love the part where the guy says, "Battleships have the unique ability to create awe." Yeah, pretty much.

[Bill]

Here are most of the top ten:

Iowa Class 'greatest fighting ships in history'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_l9LrN1C84

Each is a 5 minute vid from top 10 greatest ships of all time Discovery channel TV program.

#2 Nimitz Class CVN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMcwn4Xe7MQ

#4 Ticonderoga Class CG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6g3EDDKasQ

#6 North Carolina Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzW75UzFqX8&NR

#7 Bismarck Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whszQONADeI

#8 Essex Class CV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9SME8occQ

#10 HMS Hood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17WLwLtgaM&NR

[HKDan]

Thanks man, really enjoyed watching the footage of those beautiful old ships.

[Bill]

Well we're still missing #3, 5, and 9...so if someone sees em on Utube or where-ever else, post em up here. :)

[HKDan]

Here is number 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1uVsueN8I
any idea what the other ones are?

[Dreadnought]

Hey now thats my girl (BB62) in that video Great vid links guys. :)
And YES Snipe as of Sat afternoon now I own brass. ;)

[Ytlas]

Hmm... "Your" girl, not "Our" girl or "Philly's" girl? I'll have to discuss this with Richard Alfred L.

[Dreadnought]

Hmm... "Your" girl, not "Our" girl or "Philly's" girl? I'll have to discuss this with Richard Alfred L.

Ok "OUR" girl. Shes a big lady plenty to share. Actually I'd like to corner Mr. L onboard and "chew his ear" for awhile.

[Ytlas]

Actually I'd like to corner Mr. L onboard and "chew his ear" for awhile.

You'd probably have to buy him breakfast first....

[Dreadnought]

You'd probably have to buy him breakfast first....

Not a problem im sure we can scare up something in the mom and pop country menu. :)

[TopHatter]

Hmm... "Your" girl, not "Our" girl or "Philly's" girl? I'll have to discuss this with Richard Alfred L.

Wow...such paternal feelings.
Didn't know you felt that strongly about her.

[Dreadnought]

Wow...such paternal feelings.
Didn't know you felt that strongly about her.

You should have heard all the "old salts" when they pulled her from the yard in 1980s. You would have thought the fineist looking strippers had just appeared with a free truck load of beer wanting to party. What a day to remember that was. Awake again for the first time in many moons.

[gunnut]

The interesting thing is the Iowa class was more like the battlecruiser in concept than it was a battleship. They had tremendous speed, used to chase down other ships and to protect the fast carriers. They could outrun any potential threat they couldn't deal with, like the Yamato class. They could kill any battlecruiser willing to fight. They would utterly destroy any cruiser squadron.

I guess the Iowa class was more like the ultimate super battlecruiser than the old ship of the line battlewagons. Although they could kill just about any of those old school battlewagons in a stand up fight. Jack Fisher would be proud.

[RustyBattleship]

Ok "OUR" girl. Shes a big lady plenty to share. Actually I'd like to corner Mr. L onboard and "chew his ear" for awhile.

Actually ALL of the Iowa's are my "Babies". They were then and still are. Still working on my report of the 3 day inspection I did of the Iowa last month. But trying to attend to my wife in a leg cast that she cannot walk on is taking up time and thought. Writer's cramp I guess. I have the materiel condition report done but I still have to do the museum conversion report (suggestions).

Good thing I had some of my old team with me to do most of the climbing. For some reason those ladders get steeper as they get older.