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.
My stepfather served on this battleship between 1935 and 1939. It was sunk at Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41. He had many pictures of this ship that I looked at as a kid in the 1950s and 1960s.
it is a range clock to display the range to the target firing for other ships in the group to know. There are "tick" marks on the side of the BB's turrets called Declination Marks so they would know the elevation to point their guns.
No tilt to portside in those days...
ReplyDelete.........and is that how the time was portrayed in CA @ the time?
ReplyDeleteMy stepfather served on this battleship between 1935 and 1939. It was sunk at Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41. He had many pictures of this ship that I looked at as a kid in the 1950s and 1960s.
ReplyDeleteit is a range clock to display the range to the target firing for other ships in the group to know. There are "tick" marks on the side of the BB's turrets called Declination Marks so they would know the elevation to point their guns.
ReplyDeleteThank you!.....good to know!
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