And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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.
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.
Needs more guns.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
ReplyDeleteYou can still see her afloat and tour her at San Jacinto southeast of Houston. The last dreadnought class afloat.
ReplyDeleteIt oozes "cool".
ReplyDeleteActually 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.
ReplyDeleteTrue enough - it's BB-35.
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