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Old 08-18-2019, 11:51 AM   #1
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USS Iowa

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Originally Posted by rgano View Post
As a career weaponeer, I shudder at this idea thinking of the strain on the gearing, and I certainly refused to consider my 16-inch guns on USS Iowa for use as a crane to haul heavy glass panels of President Reagan's bullet-proof reviewing cage to the top of one of the turrets for his fleet review during the Statue of Liberty in NYC harbor in 1986.
Now you’ve done it! You mentioned the Iowa—my favorite warship of all time—and forced me into thread drift.
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