USS Nevada Discovered
May 27, 2020 12:23:43 #
May 27, 2020 12:31:35 #
BobHartung wrote:
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That is what I said and will not subscribe to this rag either.
May 27, 2020 13:14:52 #
Architect1776 wrote:
That is what I said and will not subscribe to this rag either.
I guess they want to collect addresses. I'm not sure whether you would get advertising from them or they would sell it to someone else.
May 27, 2020 13:58:26 #
Ikonta531
Loc: Minneapolis
Interesting read. I first heard about the Nevada's run for the sea in 1967 when my fleet tug's new engineering chief came aboard. He was near retirement and the oldest man on the ship at the time. Our chief was one of the engineers ("snipes") that got those boilers on line and steam up for the attempt at escape that day. He was also one helping retrofit her and get her back on line for the D-Day invasion. I now have the Nevada's cruise book. BTW, our captain had been an ensign on the Tennessee during that time, and all three ships I served aboard were active in WWII. It was during Vietnam, only about 23 years after the war; 1997 until now for our present time line. I've got neckties older than that.
May 27, 2020 14:28:49 #
May 27, 2020 15:03:33 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
I can't help but think that that is an awful lot of steel now lying at the bottom of the ocean. Why not cut up these ships and use the steel for other purposes?
Today a battleship of that vintage might become a tourist attraction, but I'm not sure that anything between the "Olympia" {1895} and the "Iowa" class {World War II} was saved.
May 27, 2020 16:19:05 #
Clyde 13
Loc: Valpariso, Indiana
Studs Turkhill had written about the Atomic Explosion on ship in his Good War book.
I thought it happened further north when I read the book.
I thought it happened further north when I read the book.
May 27, 2020 16:22:31 #
Clyde 13 wrote:
Studs Turkhill had written about the Atomic Explosion on ship in his Good War book.
I thought it happened further north when I read the book.
I thought it happened further north when I read the book.
The Nevada did survive its atomic experience. Various targets were used because scientists were still learning about the power they had unleashed. The ship was sunk by 'conventional" means {guns, torpedoes, bombs} later.
May 27, 2020 17:23:01 #
rehess wrote:
Today a battleship of that vintage might become a tourist attraction, but I'm not sure that anything between the "Olympia" {1895} and the "Iowa" class {World War II} was saved.
Here's a short list of BBs that I've toured over the years
USS Texss
USS Norrh Carolina
USS Alabama
May 27, 2020 17:45:09 #
twowindsbear wrote:
Here's a short list of BBs that I've toured over the years
USS Texss
USS Norrh Carolina
USS Alabama
USS Texss
USS Norrh Carolina
USS Alabama
OK, saving the “Texas” was equivalent to saving the “Nevada”.
May 27, 2020 17:53:14 #
rehess wrote:
The Nevada did survive its atomic experience. Various targets were used because scientists were still learning about the power they had unleashed. The ship was sunk by 'conventional" means {guns, torpedoes, bombs} later.
One reason, perhaps the main reason, why the Nevada survived the atom bomb was because the air force bombadier dropped that bomb on another ship several hundred yards away. Leave it to the Air Foce to misidentify a battleship!
May 27, 2020 18:09:14 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
I can't help but think that that is an awful lot of steel now lying at the bottom of the ocean. Why not cut up these ships and use the steel for other purposes? After World War I all of the capital ships of the German navy were sunk. Britain sure could have used that steel in 1940.
Actually many of these ships are being salvaged for their steel to make precision instruments. Steel made after the atomic bomb test has a lot of background radiation. I watched a special about it on the discovery channel
May 28, 2020 02:01:09 #
Fantastic story Jerry. Thanks for providing the link. I love anything to do with WWII. Hence my icon.
May 28, 2020 05:15:59 #
Mahalo for posting. The Nevada was definitely a great battleship and served our country well. Mahalo for sharing.
May 28, 2020 10:54:22 #
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