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The 3″/50 and the 8″/55

 

 

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  1. John in Philly

    Pretty cool.
    Philadelphia hosted part of the mothball fleet for a number of years, and driving in through the main gate to work at the shipyard brought you past cruiser row.
    I am pretty sure the Newport News was there but I do not remember the others.

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  2. SFC Dunlap 173d RVN

    Watching that wonderful film strip made me again wonder…now how is that female cannon cocker thing going to work?

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  3. Quartermaster

    Newport News didn’t last long in the mothball fleet. Turret 2 was messed up on the Vietnam gun line and no longer functioned (a friend was originally assigned to turret 2 but was moved the day before the explosion). Last I saw of the mothball fleet roll in the 80s, Salem was the only one left in the mothball fleet. I saw another list about 12 years ago and even Salem was gone.
    I think we are going to regret the big Navy going away.

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