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Old 11-01-2009, 22:55   #1
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One Hell of a Powerboat

Cleaning out me photos from the camera and phone. This is from my Hawaii trip a few weeks ago. Man I would like to go cruisin on this bad boy.



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Old 11-01-2009, 23:23   #2
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I just like one day of its operating costs in the bank...
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Cleaning out me photos from the camera and phone. This is from my Hawaii trip a few weeks ago. Man I would like to go cruisin on this bad boy.
The USS Missouri, site of the Japanese surrender ending the Second World War, was decommissioned on March 31, 1992 at Long Beach, then placed in the reserve fleet at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.

She remained in Bremerton until she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, in May of 1998. On May 23, 1998, she was towed to Astoria, Oregon to sit in fresh water at the mouth of the Columbia River so that the saltwater barnacles would die and fall off along with years of sea grasses.

She was then towed across the eastern Pacific, docking at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor on June 22, 1998. On January 29, 1999, the USS Missouri opened as a museum operated by the Missouri Museum Association.

Missouri saw her last serious battle action on February 23, 1991 during the first Gulf War. In the operation to make the Iraqis believe the American assault on Iraqi-occupied Kuwait would come from the sea, the Americans feinted an amphibious landing, and the Missouri fired 133 rounds from her 16-inch guns onto the Kuwaiti shoreline in support of that operation.

The Iraqis responded by firing two Silkworm missiles at the battleship. One missed, the other was intercepted by a Sea Dart missile fired from the HMS Gloucester, a British destroyer. The Sea Dart caused the Silkworm to crash into the sea some 700 yards from the Missouri.

It is highly unlikely that anyone will "cruise" aboard the USS Missouri ever again. What a mighty warrior she was, though, and a fitting addition to the Pearl Harbor memorials.

Here's a link to her website:

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IS she unable to make way under her own power?...That seems like a brutal tow.
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Tao, awesome, thanks for takin me so literally...

Great stuff though, you copy/paste that from the Missouri website or something?

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Ya gotta love the "Mighty Mo". I think it would be a welcome addition to the gulf of Aden anti-pirate fleet. Hijack this!!!!
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Haha, you ain't kiddin. No pirates wanna see this bad boy comin at 'em.

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Nice pic. I re-Commissioned the USS Iowa in 1983 in Pascagoula MS. The XO later became the CO of the USS Missouri and he gave me a tour while in port San Diego.
I have a box full of pics of the IOWA that I need to scan, I should post a few on here.
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The USS Iowa now sits in the ready reserve fleet in Suisun Bay, east of San Francisco. Some time ago it was offered to the City to become a tourist attraction. The San Francisco city council with their anti-military sentiment turned down the idea.

I would like to see it brought across the SF Bay to Alameda where it could sit side by side with the USS Hornet, the aircraft carrier that picked up astronauts from a number of Apollo missions.

I cruise by the USS Iowa frequently. Its sad to see such a historical ship floating there doing nothing. It would indeed make one heck of a good tour.







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The Wisconsin is here in Norfolk, VA and the New Jersey is up in Camden, NJ. These are the last of the ships of another era. Teak decks with serious fire power that are dwarfed by modern weapons. Teak still looks pretty good.
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We toured the Mo when we were in Oahu in '05. Impressive!
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