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RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:27 pm
by crsutton
ORIGINAL: JJB647
There's an Essex class CV in San Fran. Bay (Don't remember which, possibly Hornet) & USS Intrepid in NYC.
USS Midway is at San Diego,CA Not WW2 but commissioned in 1945.
Huge mothball fleets at Bermerton,WA and Oakland,CA.
I was in Valparaiso (SP?) Chille on a merchant ship in the early 80s and they had a beautiful brooklyn class light cruiser there-part of thier navy.
The Argintines lost another former WWII CL in the Falklands war to a British sub with a massive loss of sailors. Belgrano? She was the former USS Phoneix-a pearl harbor survivor.
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:30 pm
by crsutton
ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: JJB647
There's an Essex class CV in San Fran. Bay (Don't remember which, possibly Hornet) & USS Intrepid in NYC.
USS Midway is at San Diego,CA Not WW2 but commissioned in 1945.
Huge mothball fleets at Bermerton,WA and Oakland,CA.
I was in Valparaiso (SP?) Chille on a merchant ship in the early 80s and they had a beautiful brooklyn class light cruiser there-part of thier navy.
The Argintines lost another former WWII CL in the Falklands war to a British sub with a massive loss of sailors. Belgrano? She was the former USS Phoneix-a pearl harbor survivor.
I checked the Chilean Navy website and the WWII vintage CL is not longer on active duty. Wonder what happend to her?
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:35 pm
by crsutton
I remember sailing into Philly in the late 70s and early 80s and they had a number of old BBs and other vintage warships moored there as part of the mothball fleet. Wish I had taken more pictures back then.
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:31 am
by Chijohnaok2
Its the HMS Belfast in London ..
Here's a picture I snapped of HMS Belfast when I was in London this past September...
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:06 am
by Ron Saueracker
Alot of folks were hoping the St Louis would make it back but was scrapped...think she served for Peru post war.
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:02 pm
by Oldsweat
BTW, there is a group in Portland that is rebuilding a US WW2 PT boat. It isn't ready yet for display, but I can't wait until it is...
They had it out on display during the Rose Festival in Portland this year.
As far as I know the Olympia (Dewey's flagship) is still at Philiadelphia.
I remember seeing the Goeben/Yavuz in Istanbul years ago, don't know if it's still there or not. I'm prety sure the Mikasa from Tsushima is still Yokosuka.
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:12 pm
by mdiehl
There is a Fletcher class DD next to USS Constitution NM in Boston.
Here is a comprehensive list of ships in various naval parks in the US.
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/preserve.htm
RE: Loacation of any WW2 ships today
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:55 am
by ctangus
ORIGINAL: mdiehl
There is a Fletcher class DD next to USS Constitution NM in Boston.
It's the Cassin Young. There's a little plaque on the starboard side which shows where a Kamikaze hit. Sticks in my memory from my visit there - it was definitely spooky. It was reportedly the last Kamikaze hit during the battle for Okinawa.