And New Jersey also had a McAllister tug up beside her all night. The tug Teresa McAllister watched over her all night.
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(back on the shells) I used to love telling people that we shot volkswagons at people. It gave a good mental picture of exactly how bad-assed those 16" guns were. Anyone have any good crater / bda pics of the 16's? It's those pics we never got to see on the ship's crew outside weps.sigpic
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Point Du Hoc, D-Day should give you a good idea.
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Originally posted by BB61Vet View PostThanks much Dread. Never thought of looking to history books - figured some old timers probably had bda pics lying round.Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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When the New Jersey was reactivated in 1968, she did her gunnery trials off of (or rather AT) San Clemente Island. A photo of one of the shell hits in the rock target area of the Island was printed in either a newspaper or in one of the many books about the ship. But I remember it clearly showing some Marines stationed on that Island on their hands an knees looking down into the crater.
The photo caption describing the crater's size was 75 feet across by 25 feet deep. It also qualified that the depth was measured only to the top of rock and dirt that had fallen back in.Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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Originally posted by BB61Vet View PostThanks much Dread. Never thought of looking to history books - figured some old timers probably had bda pics lying round.Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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