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 New Jersey is in dry dock right now. One of the Docents has a video up on YouTube talking about how hard it would be to actually reactivate a battleship but he is mostly ridiculing the movie "Battleship" and it's really patronizing that he thinks anybody took it seriously that you could just light up the boilers and take off out to sea on a combat mission. Dude needs to lighten up. He's arguing with a science fiction/comedy movie.
Funny that FTL spaceships don't bother people. But something that once sailed the sea and split the sky with it's mighty guns might do it again bothers them. Point is, the movie was quite enjoyable. And not even close to being the dumbest movie based on a game.
Totally agree! "Battleship" was an underrated movie that had some real good moments. The part where the alien projectiles hitting the ships were shaped like the pegs in the board game had me cracking up.
I've seen that US Navy ships aren't 'deactivated' completely, in case they ever want it back. Some ships haven't been made museums or etc only because of Navy regs about readiness. It may not be easy to get the subsystems up, but the main systems like propulsion should be doable. globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/bb-61-react.htm
One of my Uncles served on the ship from when it was commissioned until 48 as part of the gun crew that they signed the surrender under. My Dad was younger and went into the Marines in 43 and Island Hopped until he was badly wounded on Okinawa and spent the next year in traction in a Naval Hospital. My other Uncle was with Patton in Europe. Neither uncle got hurt but my Dad spent his life going to the VA every 6 months. My Dad and uncles all have died.
Until you see one out at sea underway, you don't get an idea how uncommonly wide they are in the beam, until you see one bow-on, compared to tin cans or cruisers.
From that angle, they look wide enough to be carriers.
My first section chief sailed on its newly recommissioned sister ship New Jersey as part of the Marine contingent, and they went around the world. They were supposed to put back in at Norfolk in '83, but in the Canal Zone, he saw them loading pallets of fresh fruit and veggies, and knew they weren't homeporting.
Instead, they sailed to Grenada; and then onwards to Lebanon for another several months' duty.
He said after they fired a few broadsides inshore, it made you glad those great monsters were on our side.
With the triple torpedo belts they have, the official plan if attacked by jihadi suicide speedboats loaded with explosives was to turn 180°, lower two sailors over the side, and have them paint over the scorched paint with a fresh coat of haze gray, then turn 180° again to show the people on shore the attack was a total waste of time.
Regarding BB63, and probably all Iowa BBs curator made point that Sea chests and hull penetrations were covered and sealed, seawater was drained from coolers and condensers, It would do no good to fire of boiler without condenser running and that would take a drydock or at least a crew of divers
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ReplyDeleteThe New Jersey is in dry dock right now. One of the Docents has a video up on YouTube talking about how hard it would be to actually reactivate a battleship but he is mostly ridiculing the movie "Battleship" and it's really patronizing that he thinks anybody took it seriously that you could just light up the boilers and take off out to sea on a combat mission. Dude needs to lighten up. He's arguing with a science fiction/comedy movie.
ReplyDeleteFunny that FTL spaceships don't bother people. But something that once sailed the sea and split the sky with it's mighty guns might do it again bothers them.
DeletePoint is, the movie was quite enjoyable. And not even close to being the dumbest movie based on a game.
Totally agree! "Battleship" was an underrated movie that had some real good moments. The part where the alien projectiles hitting the ships were shaped like the pegs in the board game had me cracking up.
DeleteI've seen that US Navy ships aren't 'deactivated' completely, in case they ever want it back. Some ships haven't been made museums or etc only because of Navy regs about readiness.
ReplyDeleteIt may not be easy to get the subsystems up, but the main systems like propulsion should be doable.
globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/bb-61-react.htm
One of my Uncles served on the ship from when it was commissioned until 48 as part of the gun crew that they signed the surrender under. My Dad was younger and went into the Marines in 43 and Island Hopped until he was badly wounded on Okinawa and spent the next year in traction in a Naval Hospital. My other Uncle was with Patton in Europe. Neither uncle got hurt but my Dad spent his life going to the VA every 6 months. My Dad and uncles all have died.
ReplyDeleteUntil you see one out at sea underway, you don't get an idea how uncommonly wide they are in the beam, until you see one bow-on, compared to tin cans or cruisers.
ReplyDeleteFrom that angle, they look wide enough to be carriers.
My first section chief sailed on its newly recommissioned sister ship New Jersey as part of the Marine contingent, and they went around the world. They were supposed to put back in at Norfolk in '83, but in the Canal Zone, he saw them loading pallets of fresh fruit and veggies, and knew they weren't homeporting.
Instead, they sailed to Grenada; and then onwards to Lebanon for another several months' duty.
He said after they fired a few broadsides inshore, it made you glad those great monsters were on our side.
With the triple torpedo belts they have, the official plan if attacked by jihadi suicide speedboats loaded with explosives was to turn 180°, lower two sailors over the side, and have them paint over the scorched paint with a fresh coat of haze gray, then turn 180° again to show the people on shore the attack was a total waste of time.
Regarding BB63, and probably all Iowa BBs curator made point that Sea chests and hull penetrations were covered and sealed, seawater was drained from coolers and condensers, It would do no good to fire of boiler without condenser running and that would take a drydock or at least a crew of divers
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