"Battleship Wisconsin fired last shots at enemy 25 years ago" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Jan 2016 10:23 p.m. PST |
"As the crew of the battleship Wisconsin man the rails of the ship in August of 1990 the engines belch black smoke as the ship eases from the pier at the Norfolk Naval Base. The Wisconsin was heading for the Persian Gulf and eventually action in Desert Storm. (Bill Tiernan/ The Virginian-Pilot) Retired Navy gunner and current tour guide Mike Carr squeezed through a small port of a gun turret on the battleship Wisconsin. All was quiet as he explained how the shells, each weighing more than a ton, were loaded into barrels longer than telephone poles and 16 inches in diameter…"
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| PHGamer | 19 Jan 2016 11:03 a.m. PST |
I love that the guns in the second turret were named Larry, Darryl and Darryl. |
| epturner | 19 Jan 2016 1:40 p.m. PST |
I remember doing an UNREP with her when she was headed back. We saw little Iraqi flags on the turrets and had to ask what they were for… Eric |
| Lou from BSM | 19 Jan 2016 3:01 p.m. PST |
Anyone know where she is now? I was just in Norfolk at the base and I didn't see her there. She used to be down at Pier 1, but now there is a hospital ship there (Mercy or Comfort… not sure). |
skedaddle  | 19 Jan 2016 4:44 p.m. PST |
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