December 01, 2008

Thanks Mighty Mo

Took Lily and Jake to see the Battleship Missouri with the Brooks'



Uncle Jim tries out the fiddy-cal




Places!



Portrait with 16" guns.



Teak deck!



Looking for likely AA targets. No Zeros today fortunately.



From keel to the top of the tower = 206 ft.
Length: 890 ft.
Crew: 1900



"Galley? This is the Bridge. Two Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches please...."



2 foot thick walls around the bridge.



Insert Cher joke here

1 comments:

Ben said...

Did your tour guide point out where a kamikaze (AKA Divine Wind) crashed into the gunwale ... and bounced off. Left a small dent.

Cloth planes. Pfff.