For Battleship Lovers Only!!!!!!!

[RAL's_pal?]

Sounds like Circuit City in Lakewood isn't a good place for computers.... What, no DVD drive?

Gee, I wasn't invited on the Family Day Cruise, I don't even remember one.

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

Sounds like Circuit City in Lakewood isn't a good place for computers.... What, no DVD drive?

Gee, I wasn't invited on the Family Day Cruise, I don't even remember one.

Circuit City is okay. Just not enough other little gizmos to attach to your thing-a-ma-jigs.

Carl did a special download for me and I was able to pick out what files I needed and it worked out great. He does computer repair on the side as well but has not charged me a dime so far because the problems were store or product created.

You're just as well off not going on the Family Day cruise of NJ. The quarterdeck stopped counting after 1500 riders boarded - not counting the crew.

Because there were so many packing the decks fore and aft, they did not fire any of the 16-inch guns but just simulated a firing at Avalon and giving a countdown of how far the shell would go and how much time it would take.

They did fire a 5-incher, a Vulcan Phalanx and the Marines demonstrated their small arms fire up to and including the venerable M2 .50 caliber Browning Machine Gun.

For some reason, the riggers at the Naval Station were much faster than the riggers at the shipyard when it comes to mounting a brow on the ship. I've seen and timed the Naval Station riggers set a brow in less than 15 minutes. At the shipyard (and at the end of the Family Day cruise) it took them nearly an hour. The decks were jammed with people wanting to get off and my wife was getting very angry (claustrophobia perhaps?).

On the Tarawa Family Day cruise, I merely drove down to San Diego in our Chrysler LeBaron, drove aboard the ship and drove back off when we got to Long Beach. That was a nice trip.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by RustyBattleship

For some reason, the riggers at the Naval Station were much faster than the riggers at the shipyard when it comes to mounting a brow on the ship. I've seen and timed the Naval Station riggers set a brow in less than 15 minutes. At the shipyard (and at the end of the Family Day cruise) it took them nearly an hour. The decks were jammed with people wanting to get off and my wife was getting very angry (claustrophobia perhaps?).

Those riggers are still faster than the ones at Seal Beach Weapons station. I once pulled in there on the Foster and it took over an hour for someone to put a brow on the ship. There were a number of yardbirds ready to try jumping over the side so they could get to the designated smoking areas at the facility.

[Defcon 6]

aw! hey now. those pics are definitely hawt. lol

[Dreadnought]

Something very interesting about the battleships at Pearl Harbor Dec.7 1941.

[Dreadnought]

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The model replaces an older, inaccurate model built in the 1960s. Craftsman Don Preul, determined to create the world's most accurate representation of the warship, conferred with Park Service historian Dan Martinez on the proper colors. Research was difficult because most of the ship's records had been destroyed in 1944.
Preul hit the jackpot in the National Archives when he uncovered an order from Pearl Harbor commander Husband Kimmel directing that the ships under his command be painted a shade referred to as Mediterranean Blue.

"Suddenly, here was a link to something that had troubled us for years," said Martinez. "Then we had it confirmed by USS Arizona aviator Glenn Lane, who was keeper of the paint locker in the aviation section. Not only was the ship blue, but the tops of the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 turrets were red."

Kimmel's orders specify a rainbow of five colors to represent the different battleship divisions, painted atop the two front turrets of battleships. The aftermost turret top was to be painted in a color representing which aircraft division the ship belonged to. In the case of the USS Arizona, both colors were a bright red.

Cruisers had their turret tops painted in similar colors, but in stripes instead of solid panels.

The idea, explained Preul, was so aircraft could identify their own ships, and also see which ships were firing their cannon: "These battleships could throw shells 18 miles. The planes couldn't get close enough to read their names, so the bright colors helped."

Preul, Martinez and associates including naval artist Tom Freeman met a few months ago to go over the orders and compare them to black and white pictures of the period. Their consensus was that the ships at Pearl Harbor were indeed painted in this manner.

"It certainly raised questions about coloration of all the ships at Pearl," said Preul. "This is a topic that has raised a lot of controversy among historians over the years. It also reveals what an interesting time of transition the Navy was in at the time."

"We had it wrong for 65 years," said Martinez. "Today, we have made it right."

[The Chap]

I had to check the post wasn't dated April 1st!

[Dreadnought]

Figured I would give this thread a boost with some images i recently found in a pile of CD's on my umm neatly arranged desk.

First a few pictures of "Mo" (BB63) these were taken by a friend while on honeymoon in Pearl.

[Dreadnought]

These by yours truely New Jersey (BB62) Will post a few more later.