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#1
02-22-2009, 05:24 PM
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Did you know.....?
The 14-inch guns from the #2 turret of the USS Arizona (BB-39, sunk at Pearl Harbor) were salvaged and later installed aboard the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) in the fall of 1944. Nevada then used those guns against the Japanese during the invasions Okinawa and Iwo Jima.
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02-23-2009, 06:08 AM
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No I didn't - I do like the payback
A little more history that seems to have been overlooked by many. Thanks
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02-23-2009, 06:56 AM
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It gives some closure, doesn't it?
I've always regretted that Arizona was denied the opportunity to bring her big rifles to bear against the enemy during the war. I like to think that Nevada's crew had some unseen gunners helping them at Okinawa and Iwo. Steve
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""Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,how did you like the play?" Steve / 82Rigger Last edited by 82Rigger; 02-23-2009 at 11:27 AM.
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02-26-2009, 09:03 AM
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It is also my understanding
that the BB California was the last BB to fight in a ship to ship naval battle. It sunk, I think, a Japenese BB that had been used at Pearl, or something like that. Also good karma payback.
Pack
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03-21-2009, 09:51 AM
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Packo
good info never new that.
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