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Ill bet that was a fun plane to fly

I had heard that Big Mammie also fired the 1st 16” shell of the war.

Toured her with my father back in the mid 70s. One of my great memories with my Dad who passed in 77.

These things happen. Tin cans called us the can opener. Big ships turn slow. And it ain’t the pointy end that turns its the aft end. Shipmates in the water = bad.

My dad was on that ship in the late 60s, I have been aboard her and had Thanksgiving dinner on “Tyco” once. Very cool experience. I knew she was Essex Class from WWII and had a rich and glorious history in the US Navy.

Wow, 7 battle stars. Tough battles around guadalcanal. What a tough ship.

It amazes me how these ships were able to hold so many rounds of ammunition.. for days they’d bombard targets

Did that Guam stop make the island tip over?

I wish they had given a little more information about what happened. As in the number killed & wounded. Blah, blah, blah.

It should be mentioned that these French ships were seized by the Germans and under German control.

Who says military people don't have a sense of humor.

Ironically... Massachusetts also fired the first US 16 inch shell in WW2 on the French at Casablanca

Awesome..I was on her in the 60s..67 I believe

This ship had 16 inches guns not 14 inches

My grandad was on the ship at Midway, he survived.

Long-lance, super torpedoes. One could cut a cruiser in half. Helena, cut in three.

Classic 😊

You do what ever it takes to get home

Now imagine all the guns going off at once 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Big Whiskey, sailing west and bringing an asswhipping with her.

My father was on the USS Atlanta cl51. Sister ship to the Juneau. She was damaged during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the early morning of the 13th and scuttled later in the day.

168 hull number was Cpt Brockmans boat, diesel powered with experimental engines,,,the only ship in the navy with these risky engines,,,,and no repair parts. Brockmans enginemen stored repair parts all over the boat on sailing, under crews bunks, overhead where there was room, as no port they could sail into would have spares, and at one time during the war while sailing all alone and several thousand miles from any friendly ship,, had to surface and do enginer overhauls at sea. They threw the old parts over the side and made repairs in two days.,,,,,the one we see here 171 is the atomic boat in museum photos

my uncle Foy B Hester was on the Nautilus from the first for 13 cruises. He was on the earlier pig boat subs left over after ww 1 and when the Nautilus first sailed he was one of the chosen experienced sub guys. He made 13 cruises. I thought he said the boat was decommissioned after the war and sold for razor blades to gillette. Is it now on display? There were 5 nautilus boats in total i think, the name being carried forward from one to the other as models were destroyed and new ones being made. I know the first atomic sub was named nautilus but it was not the diesel powered one of ww2. Maybe its the atomic one now in a museum and not the war sub.,,,,does anyone know???

Lots of military stories out there. This is a good one

We all know why that keeps going underwater it is loaded with artillery. Empty she bobs like a Cork in rough seas.

Don't touch the boats lol

On my bucket list , see a Iowa class !!

Right on and God bless them all!

From what I’ve read the same long bow and fin entry that helped give these ships that very high speed also made them a little bit wet in rough seas

Good video .!!! Unfortunately the white peoples in that state are so racist

Some day I hope I can tour that big beautiful ship

Those Iowa class were the top of the class!

Two IJN J-6 submarines were sunk by Lucky Lou on Dec. 7, 1941. One via ramming and one hit by a shot from the #3 five inch gun turret right after the submarine fired a torpedo that detonated harmlessly on a shoal. They both were recovered and identified. New Jersey congressman Robert Andrews gave the Gunner who fired the five inch round through the sub ( Frank DuBosque) an award for this action many years afterward. Frank never talked about his actions as ordered. He was told to say it was a Pilot Whale, not a J-6 IJN miniature sub if ever asked what he shot at but the proof was finding the dead sub that was just like the one shot by the gun crew of the USS Ward three hours before the air attack. The USS Monaghan also sunk a mini sub that day via ramming and depth charges dropped very close to the stern of the USS Monaghan. Sadly the USS Monaghan was sunk during Typhoon Cobra along with sister Destroyers USS Spence and USS Hull.

Imagine being there. If not, Imagine getting to hear the broadcast.

Wish we could’ve seen them built.

The North Carolina had problems with vibration caused by engines, propellors and I guess engine mounts. It took a while to find an acceptable solution so the ship made short trial runs. So much that the public seeing the ship sailing down the river so often called the ship the “Showboat.”

Shoulda kept the BB in service

Named after my home state, there's no ship on this earth(aside from the Enterprise) that is more recognized than MO. She is one of the greatest ships ever built by the navy and im glad she wasnt dismantled like they had her slated to be(yes they were gonna destroy a literal piece of history dunno what made them change their mind). I know she's happy where she is as much as id rather have her up here on the Mississippi River. At least as of April 1st, her job as sentinel of the broken harbor had finally been completed as Arizona and her crew passed on following the passing of the last survivor. Now she watches over the sleeping harbor as the embers of its once burning fires, unseen to us, flicker in the night sky Oh and me and my dad both tend to call her a BFB or big fucking boat(out of respect of course) And as a random side note, prior to April 1st,2024 anytime I saw an image of Arizona's monument I would break down and cry. After April 1st however, knowing she finally at peace and sleeping, I found out that seeing an image of MO overlooking the monument made me break down. Odd isn't it

Ya know, I'm kinda glad Lou went out on her own terms rather than let someone else break her hull down. It gives me a chance to actually go down to her resting place and see her. I mean, I could always bug my dad to take me to the soldiers' memorial downtown and see her old bell from 1908 I'm sure MO was proud of her distant cousin for everything she did. I know I am

From a St.Louis native to those in the comments who had family aboard my city's beloved warship, I thank all of them. There ain't a day that goes by where I wonder if she's(LCS-19 the current St.Louis)safe out there. I know she has a little bit of both the Enterprise and Essex with her keeping her safe for all of us here, both downtown and in the county where I'm at

DON'T MESS WITH THE "BIG MAMMIE" She's hungry. Stupid Frogs

My daddy served on USS Wisconsin.

I wonder through the turrets leak water

Simply awesome

and now, i drive an awesome Toyota

That's what the Japs had coming, for lying while they were meeting for peace.

Named for Uncle Bosie, who was shot down and eaten by cannibals.

Fabulous. The magnificent Russian Battle Cruiser, Peter the Great, still in service, is perhaps arguably, the most attractive and lethal ship afloat anywhere. A Missile Battle Cruiser. Well worth a look to any who love ships of War.

USS Boise lost 107 men killed at the Battle of Cape Esperance. A designed plunging shell from a Japanese cruiser went into the waterline and hit Boise's turrets below the armored area, starting a fire that completely destroyed Turrets 1 and 2 internally (like what happened to USS Iowa in 1989). Everybody in Turrets 1 and 2 died.

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