USS IOWA a BIG BIG toy

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SPARKY

March 24, 2012, 04:28:25 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:25:09 PM by SPARKY
Nate Jones wins the big toy award  --his foundation now controls the Biggest toy I have ever heard of.  The USS Iowa is now being readied for public tours.
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

ol38y

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March 24, 2012, 07:50:55 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:32:28 PM by SPARKY
Do you know where it is going to be berthed?
Larry Cason
Bakersfield,CA    It's a dry heat!

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Dean Los Angeles

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March 24, 2012, 08:51:53 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:32:06 PM by SPARKY
The USS Iowa is coming to San Pedro
Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now.
Just remember . . . It isn't life or death.
It's bigger than life or death! It's RACING.

floydjer

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February 15, 2013, 11:43:20 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:31:42 PM by SPARKY
Try not to stand in front of her guns
I`d never advocate drugs,alcohol,violence or insanity to anyone...But they work for me.

SPARKY

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February 15, 2013, 12:00:53 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:31:15 PM by SPARKY
Where is that displayed??
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

Peter Jack

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February 15, 2013, 01:32:11 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:30:50 PM by SPARKY
Look at the title right under the thumbnail Bill.

It's interesting how the hardened plate showed signs of shattering.

Pete

Seldom Seen Slim

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February 15, 2013, 02:20:55 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:30:27 PM by SPARKY
At the Shootout a couple of years Nate was talking about having the keys for the USS Iowa.  There's something to brag about.  I mean, sure, it's cool to have the keys for Dad's car ('til he takes the T-bird away), and it'd be fun to have the keys for a mansion or castle of something -- but who among us - other than Nate - has got the ignition keys for a real fricking battleship?

I wonder if it's an old-style GM key, with the bumps on the bottom, or a Ford type -- with the lumps atop?  Anybody know? :roll:
Jon E. Wennerberg
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(that's way up north)
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Dean Los Angeles

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February 16, 2013, 09:03:33 AM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:29:22 PM by SPARKY
The armor picture is from the U.S. Naval Museum. This is from the upper front right corner of a WWII Japanese Yamato Class battleship's main 18" turret. Not from the Yamato itself. The Yamato and Musashi were the largest battleships ever built. The section in the picture may be from the Shinano. It was scheduled to be the third battleship in the class, but after losing 4 aircraft carriers at Midway, it was converted to an aircraft carrier.  They had 18" main guns, larger than the 16" Iowa main guns. This 26" thick section of armor plate for the Yamato class battleships was found at the Kure Naval Base in Japan after the end of WWII and brought back to the US for testing. The damage is the result of a 16" US armor piercing naval shell during ballistic testing at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgreen, VA.

USS Missouri, but still a cool picture of horsepower.


The USS Iowa launched in August 1942 at a cost of $100 million and decommissioned in 1958 and mothballed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. As part of Reagan's 600 ship navy, the Iowa was recommissioned for $500 million in 1984 and served until 1990 when the collapse of the soviet union made the defense budget smaller. Oh, and the explosion in the Number 2 turret.
Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now.
Just remember . . . It isn't life or death.
It's bigger than life or death! It's RACING.

55chevr

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February 16, 2013, 04:00:39 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2013, 08:28:46 PM by SPARKY
I thought that the Iowa had the turret explosion,.
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