Yet another reason why they won’t reactivate the battleships
03 Jan 2007
Strategy Page:
In the course of looking into the prospects of refurbishing older warships, including World War II era battle ships, U.S. Navy analysts discovered something that no one noticed before. These older ships were designed when the average serviceman was 5′8
January 3rd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I got scar tissue on my head from Enterprise for the same reason. So what. If you have half a brain, you duck.
January 3rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
That is one great pic, though I wonder what she could be shooting at.
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:26 pm
It was a demonstration shoot, there was another BB behind her and a CVN in front of her
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
I once joked that she was in the Yellow Sea, firing on North Koreans to port and Chinese to starboard…and she was winning. RE: The demonstration shoot…I hope it was on our side of the ocean. If it was in the eastern Atlantic, the French probably surrendered five minutes after this picture was taken.
January 4th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
That’s why God gave us Minicel foam, isn’t it? Oops, there I go thinking again. I’ve been told more than once it is a career limiting activity.
January 1st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I feel great pride when I see one of our finest naval vessels come into port, It’s sad that there aren’t going to be anymore battleships coming back to port.