| emckinney | 31 May 2021 9:29 a.m. PST |
CBS News: Inside look at the U.S. Navy's huge warehouse of hidden treasures for display at new museum.
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 Grelber  | 31 May 2021 2:56 p.m. PST |
Fun link--have to go Google US Navy rail guns, though, since it looked like they might have one in the back ground. Grelber |
| LostPict | 31 May 2021 3:32 p.m. PST |
They have a lot of cool things. I have been to both of their current museums many times. When I was stationed at the Navy Yard, we did a number of ceremonies in their facilities including my retirement in Cold War museum. They have been working on a new place for years. Great to see its finally happening. OBTW, the gun in the background in the opening is a 14" Navy Railway gun from WWI. So far they don't have a railgun, yet. |
| emckinney | 31 May 2021 6:58 p.m. PST |
"railguns (not)electromagnetic" |
| Zephyr1 | 31 May 2021 8:01 p.m. PST |
Somewhere in those warehouses are barrels of salt pork and hardtack waiting to be issued since 1812… ;-) |
| donlowry | 03 Jun 2021 7:47 a.m. PST |
Is that where the Ark of the Covenant is stored? |
| LostPict | 03 Jun 2021 8:53 p.m. PST |
Yes it us. The Navy program I work on is working to transfer some artifacts to that warehouse. One of my stipulations is that they show me the ark when we bring them the swag. |
 Legion 4 | 04 Jun 2021 6:17 a.m. PST |
Yeah … thought we saw this at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" ? |
| John the OFM | 04 Jun 2021 7:24 a.m. PST |
Ark for swag? It had better be darned good swag. |
| Legion 4 | 04 Jun 2021 1:20 p.m. PST |
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 Old Contemptible | 04 Jun 2021 6:00 p.m. PST |
The Navy has been a little slow with their state of the art museum. The Marine Corps, Army and of course the USAF had all built new state of the art museums. The Navy has a great aviation museum in Pensacola. I look forward to visiting their new one. The great thing about artifacts is that they all tell a story. |
| LostPict | 04 Jun 2021 6:14 p.m. PST |
When I talked to the director about the future museum plans a while back, they wanted to include indoor floating exhibits for various small craft such as the Swift Boat that sits on the Anacostia waterfront, a Higgins boat, etc. Don't know if that it is still in the plans. Back then the obstacle was to find a suitable site for construction that Congress was willing to buy. As for the Ark, I just want to see it when we deliver the goods. ;-) OBTW, if you have never been, the exhibits include a large number of trophy cannons, the mast from one of the original frigates, a gundeck with carronades, a pile of aircraft, deck guns, scale construction models, uniforms, etc. from US Navy history including a Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka flying bomb, the Trieste, a prototype A-bomb casing, an naval art museum, etc. I took Billy Joel there when he visited the Navy Yard to do a free private concert for the Navy in the Sail Loft. He signed the log book with the simple words "This place is Sacred" to describe the experience. I could not agree more. |
| Legion 4 | 06 Jun 2021 3:55 p.m. PST |
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weighs the pros and cons of using a power drill on the minis workbench.
