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Locations of All-Gun Ships
« on: October 09, 2012, 04:28:54 PM »
Robert is currently into Battleships (Billy Mitchell's tests and WWII not withstanding), so looking around as to where we could go next summer and see a battleship or three came across this website:

http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/gun_ship.htm

Cool list.  Wish it had other ships (e.g. Carriers and Subs), listed.  But since we've been to the USS Cobia (and spent the night on it), and he's all about Battleships, we're figuring out an itinerary. 

He had a blast on the USS Texas.  I practically had to pry him off the 3in gun mounts when they were closing.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 04:34:29 PM »
Had my Crypto class graduation photos on the Alabama in Mobile. You can actually crawl around inside the turrets and tour down into the engine room and such. Also walked the deck of the Wisconsin in Norfolk, but you can't (at least in 2004) go inside the ship as it was still buttoned up with the dehumidifiers and such as part of it's mothballing.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2012, 04:41:38 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on October 09, 2012, 04:28:54 PM

Cool list.  Wish it had other ships (e.g. Carriers and Subs), listed.  

Bremerton, WA has a really neat reserve fleet mothballed up there, with 3 Aircraft Carriers of Cold War vintage.  The Independence, Constellation, and Ranger.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2012, 05:00:24 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on October 09, 2012, 04:41:38 PM
Bremerton, WA has a really neat reserve fleet mothballed up there, with 3 Aircraft Carriers of Cold War vintage.  The Independence, Constellation, and Ranger.

Yeah, but can't climb in/on them, and no big guns... =|
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2012, 05:17:59 PM »
Oh, the Alabama also has a museum at the same location with some neat aircraft and stuff too, including an SR-71.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2012, 05:47:04 PM »
Yep, thinking about that one.  My former 1SG is in Anniston and one of my troops is in Montgomery.

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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2012, 07:24:27 PM »
If you ever get close to Muskogee OK check out the USS Batfish.

http://www.ussbatfish.com/wm-park.html
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 07:56:23 PM »
Been on the USS New Jersey tour twice in Camden, and the Span-Am era cruiser USS Olympia is just across the river with some other ships in Philly.

You can actually look through the manual sights inside a forward turret on the NJ, it's aimed at the Ben Franklin bridge.  They even have "spend the night aboard" events.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 07:58:23 PM »
'Nother vote for BB-60.  You will also be close to NAS P'Cola, and the Naval Air Museum.  Almost as cool as the AF Museum, and a must-see.  When I was last there, the had a mockup CV deck with several WWII aircraft on it.  And a 40mm you could climb in/on and slue the mount.  Way cool.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2012, 09:25:49 PM »
What about flat-tops?

http://usslexington.com/

My suggestion?  Pop into Pensacola and see whats there.  

Haul ass to Georgia for some civil war stuff

http://portcolumbus.org/

Bebop over to South carolina

http://www.patriotspoint.org/

Slide on up to North Carolina for the....drum roll please.....

http://www.battleshipnc.com/

Drive up the outer banks and see some lightouses, then pop over to Virginia

http://www.usswisconsin.org/

The next leg of your trip is a little longer, up to Taxachussets.

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/

USS New Jersey, then home?

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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2012, 09:34:40 PM »
Just saw that the Alabama is in Mobile.



That could get extra *expletive deleted*ing epic.  Mobile all the way to the constiution.  Seeing our oldest battleship would certainly top it off.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2012, 10:02:38 PM »
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2012, 10:13:38 PM »
Quote from: Jamisjockey on October 09, 2012, 09:34:40 PM
Just saw that the Alabama is in Mobile.

Navy Aviation Museum in Pensacola...best such museum I even set foot in.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2012, 10:52:07 PM »
Now we know where all the spare gun ships are when the aliens attack.



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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2012, 10:57:13 PM »
Where are you and how far do you want to travel?

Jamis mentioned Massachusetts, but he missed some of the neat stuff in that direction. The USS Constitution is in Boston, but right down the road (sort of) is New Bedford, where the battleship USS Massachusetts is berthed at (naturally) Battleship Cove. I think there's some smaller Navy boat or ship there, too. And then from New Bedford you go about an hour "south" (it's actually almost due west) on I-95 to New London, and you can visit the USS Nautilus (our first nuclear-powered submarine).

Continuing "south" on I-95, the WW2-vintage carrier Intrepid is a floating musuem in New York City.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2012, 11:20:42 PM »
I've been to the USS North Carolina. They have a pretty exhaustive tour of all the sections of the boat. Not recommended for claustrophobiacs. Like my dad. Thank God I didn't inherit that from him.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2012, 11:25:50 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on October 09, 2012, 10:57:13 PM
Where are you and how far do you want to travel?


We're in Chicago.  I'll get two weeks straight with him next summer.  And I was thinking about MA as a possibility.  There's the USS Taxachusettes and the all-gun Heavy Cruiser USS Salem there as well.

And the USS Alabama is BB60, the last one right before the Iowa's.

Going back to VA to see the USS Wisconsin is another possibility, maybe with a swing through Camden/Philly to see the Olympia and the USS New Jersey.   Also maybe get to do some more Civil War Battlefields (Self guided CD tours are the bomb!!!)

We did a WWII Sub (USS Cobia) up in Wisconsin 2 years ago when he was a Cub Scout.  The only thing he liked was playing on the deck gun (shocking).

Carriers don't have lots of guns sticking out on them.  To him, Battleships are where it's at (or was).  Just thinking and considering right now. One thing I do know.  The USS Missouri is right out. (Anyone want to guess what his absolute favorite BB is?  Go ahead, guess, I dare you.)

And yes George, I'm not driving to or through South Cackalacky ever again.
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2012, 09:48:23 AM »
Too bad Big Mo is out (and I understand why).  They do a great tour of the ship, and you could make a morning out of The Missouri, The Arizona Memorial, and the Bowfin Sub Museum next door to the Arizona Museum.

Something very cool about standing on the deck of the battleship where WWII in the pacific ended, and looking across the water at the Arizona Memorial and seeing where (for the U.S.) the war began.

Interesting note, from our tour guide on the Missouri...many Japanese tourists visit Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial...
Very few come over and tour the Missouri...
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« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2012, 01:13:28 PM »
I've been to Hawaii twice.  Went to the USS Arizona both times.  I was surprised both times by the number of Japanese tourists visiting.


I'm not surprised that they don't go to the USS Missouri.


I won't say that a Hawaii trip is completely out, maybe if I invest in some short term government instruments.*   ;)





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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2012, 01:15:38 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on October 09, 2012, 11:25:50 PM
We're in Chicago.  I'll get two weeks straight with him next summer.  And I was thinking about MA as a possibility.  There's the USS Taxachusettes and the all-gun Heavy Cruiser USS Salem there as well.

And the USS Alabama is BB60, the last one right before the Iowa's.

Going back to VA to see the USS Wisconsin is another possibility, maybe with a swing through Camden/Philly to see the Olympia and the USS New Jersey.   Also maybe get to do some more Civil War Battlefields (Self guided CD tours are the bomb!!!)

We did a WWII Sub (USS Cobia) up in Wisconsin 2 years ago when he was a Cub Scout.  The only thing he liked was playing on the deck gun (shocking).

Carriers don't have lots of guns sticking out on them.  To him, Battleships are where it's at (or was).  Just thinking and considering right now. One thing I do know.  The USS Missouri is right out. (Anyone want to guess what his absolute favorite BB is?  Go ahead, guess, I dare you.)

And yes George, I'm not driving to or through South Cackalacky ever again.

If you'll be in south VA the still-newish Marine Corps Museum is apparently worth seeing.  I assume there will b a few guns on display. ;)
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2012, 01:46:26 PM »
Not a battleship, but a neat, and  sobering, tour potentially within reach:  U505 in Chicago.  The director's cut DAS BOOT extra material makes the DVD worthwhile.
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« Reply #21 on: October 10, 2012, 02:47:44 PM »
Been in and through the U505.  Neat (and everything is in German, which upsets the tour guide when you start reading the dials and whatnot.)

Again, Turrets, Big Guns, and Lots of 'em.

And if we hit VA again, the Marine Corps Museum is on the list.
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« Reply #22 on: October 10, 2012, 06:26:52 PM »
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And yes George, I'm not driving to or through South Cackalacky ever again.
We love you too Dave.  =D
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« Reply #23 on: October 10, 2012, 06:34:53 PM »
Quote from: Jocassee on October 10, 2012, 06:26:52 PM
We love you too Dave.  =D

What the hell was Abe smoking/drinking when they told him SC had seceded and he said "Oh hell no, we need to get them back in the Union!!" ??
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Re: Locations of All-Gun Ships
« Reply #24 on: October 10, 2012, 09:17:28 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on October 09, 2012, 11:25:50 PM
And yes George, I'm not driving to or through South Cackalacky ever again.

There's a story I must have missed.  What happened in South Cackalaxative?
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