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Originally Posted by DeadlyDaring
Roughly how long and how much $$$$ would be needed to put these BABY's back in action!!???????
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It would take 2 years to paint and do maintenance boiler inspections X-raying steam lines ect to get them ready . Cost would be less than a new ship , but real sailors would be needed that can run a steam ship and shoot guns not press buttons.
The Washington was another class of ship.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/n89065.jpg
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/u.../bb/bb55cl.htm
And you better put at least 8 of these 25 MM machineguns on each ship for exploding speedboats .
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-38.htm
Iowa class battleship
The Iowa-class was a planned class of six battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces that would operate in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Four were completed in the early to mid-1940s; two more were laid down, canceled prior to completion, and ultimately scrapped. They comprised the final class of U.S. battleships to be built.[5]
Builders: New York Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by: South Dakota
Followed by: Montana
Commissioned: 22 February 1943
Decommissioned: 31 March 1992
In service: 22 February 1943
Out of service: 17 March 2006
Ships in class: 6
Ships preserved: Iowa
New Jersey
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ships never completed: Illinois
Kentucky
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