Friday, July 31, 2015

USS Texas BB-53 ,1943


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  1. Needs more guns.

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  2. The purpose of a ship is to get the guns and Gunners Mates to the scene of the action. We gunners used to contend that without guns, all that ship is is a 20 million dollar portable radio.

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  3. You can still see her afloat and tour her at San Jacinto southeast of Houston. The last dreadnought class afloat.

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  4. Actually BB-35! BB-53 was another USS Iowa that was scrapped while being built in 1923, It was a South Dakota class, with 12 16"/50 guns, 15 6"/53 guns, and 8 3"/50 guns.

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