OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:56 pm
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RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:37 pm
I read this article last night. Nevada should of been a museum ship.[:(]....GP
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:39 pm
ORIGINAL: btd64
I read this article last night. Nevada should of been a museum ship.[:(]....GP
From what I've read, Pennsylvania and New York were both interested in acquiring their namesake battleships for museums/war memorials, but they were needed for nuclear testing.
It would have been nice to have any of the 3. Hopefully the USS Texas can be repaired: I'd hate to see her junked to turned into a reef
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 11:44 pm
Fascinating video. Unfortunately it's only "old geezers" like us who appreciate the significance of these ships.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 4:46 am
Should have put it in the lake at The Bellagio in Vegas!ORIGINAL: btd64
I read this article last night. Nevada should of been a museum ship.[:(]....GP
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 9:33 am
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 9:54 am
she was found? How could she be considered "lost?" Couldn't the Navy remember where they sank her?
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 10:00 am
Nope, they just had general bearing from the ships during gunnery practice but they did not have a GPS system on the Nevada.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 12:00 pm
Texas is in desperate need of major repairs from what I understand.
It really needs to be drydocked permanently. Very expensive! Olympia too.
I have seen neither ship yet. [:(]
It really needs to be drydocked permanently. Very expensive! Olympia too.
I have seen neither ship yet. [:(]
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 2:41 pm
I stopped by Fall River back in Feb. It was a miserable weather day. The volunteers doing upkeep outnumbered the paying customers. That said, the Big Mamie seemed to in decent shape. The exGDR missile ship they have.....not so good. They have done a pretty good job of facilities to host Boy Scout sleepovers on the USS Massachusetts. But if they do not get more traffic we may lose some of these ships. Not sure whatever happened to that CVL down south.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 2:44 pm
So 16 inch shells could not sink her but a plane dropped torp did? I claim cover-up!ORIGINAL: Mark VII
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwiipac ... 447513868/
A little detail about the Nevada's sinking.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 2:58 pm
And I am still annoyed the WW2 Enterprise got scrapped.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 3:55 pm
ORIGINAL: fcooke
I stopped by Fall River back in Feb. It was a miserable weather day. The volunteers doing upkeep outnumbered the paying customers. That said, the Big Mamie seemed to in decent shape. The exGDR missile ship they have.....not so good. They have done a pretty good job of facilities to host Boy Scout sleepovers on the USS Massachusetts. But if they do not get more traffic we may lose some of these ships. Not sure whatever happened to that CVL down south.
Maybe some US Veterans groups could help out. Some of them have money that they can only use for charitable purposes, not for their organizations.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 3:56 pm
ORIGINAL: fcooke
And I am still annoyed the WW2 Enterprise got scrapped.
Of all of the ships, that one should have been saved.
RE: OT: USS Nevada Found
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 10:53 pm
ORIGINAL: LeeChard
Texas is in desperate need of major repairs from what I understand.
It really needs to be drydocked permanently. Very expensive! Olympia too.
I have seen neither ship yet. [:(]
Gentleman and Ladies. I give you the USS Texas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlb3MyjcIGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpxXtTNg3Ko
