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Cool 1918 photo of U.S.S. Arizona in New York harbor
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:41 pm
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A 1918 photo of the USS Arizona sailing through the New York harbor with the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York City skyline in the background. The USS Arizona was launched in 1915 and commissioned in 1916. The USS Arizona measured 608 feet long and was a cutting edge battleship of the time. She was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Of her crew, 1,177 were killed during the attack. Most of the sailors were under 25 years of age.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:44 pm to Revelator
I've always thought this image was interesting. Something you would definitely not see today. The Hindenburg cruising over Manhattan.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:45 pm to Revelator
Happier times
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:45 pm to Revelator
Post the picture?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:48 pm to Parmen
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I've always thought this image was interesting. Something you would definitely not see today. The Hindenburg cruising over Manhattan.
I drove by Lakehurst airbase in the past multiple times, but I never visited.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:48 pm to Gings5
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Post the picture?
I did post it?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:49 pm to Revelator
I was in Phoenix a few months ago and strolled around the Capitol. They have a gun from the Arizona and the Missouri there on display.
I had NO idea those guns were that fricking big. I guess I never really looked them next to humans and have only really been around the USS Kidd up close.
I had NO idea those guns were that fricking big. I guess I never really looked them next to humans and have only really been around the USS Kidd up close.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:50 pm to Revelator
I never understood why it took so long for the US to move away from the cage lattice masts to the tripod ones. But it still looked bad arse. Too bad the Montana Class Battleships were never built. Imagine the badassery those would have been.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:51 pm to Revelator
USS Massachusetts (BB-2) scuttled off Pensacola for target practice 6 January 1921.
The lower part of the wreck is still there, only awash at low tide.
Good fishing there at times.
The lower part of the wreck is still there, only awash at low tide.
Good fishing there at times.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:52 pm to mikelbr
Also, my good friend's Grandpappy was on the Arizona. They hail from the Coushatta area(they show him enlisting in Tangipahoa).
John Quitman Davis
John Quitman Davis
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:55 pm to mikelbr
quote:I have a second cousin twice-removed who still is aboard.
Also, my good friend of mine's Grandpappy was on the Arizona.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:00 pm to Cump11b
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I never understood why it took so long for the US to move away from the cage lattice masts to the tripod ones
I will guess (and it is only a guess) that it had to do with the greatly reduced military spending between the wars. A cage mast would still do okay, so it wasn't truly urgent given a limited budget.
Back then Great Britain still ruled the waves, so military spending for the US Navy was shockingly low. Most people have no idea how little the US spent on the military back then.
Just looked it up, according to LINK the Navy budget in 1943 (the peak year for WW2) was just over $30 billion. In 1935 it was less than $350 million. That's a nearly 100 to 1 difference.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:15 pm to foshizzle
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the greatly reduced military spending between the wars
I know this is part of it, but they kept installing them on new ships after learning these to be a major contributing factor to inaccurate gunnery in WWI and also found them to be prone to failure in rough seas. But, looking at the defense budget now compared to pre-WWII, it is mind boggling.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:18 pm to soccerfüt
Yep, I have a cousin still onboard the USS Arizona. Gonna visit it someday.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:19 pm to Parmen
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The Hindenburg cruising over Manhattan.
It used to dock at the top of the Empire State Building.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:25 pm to mikelbr
If you tour the USS Alabama, you can climb inside the main turrets. What people forget is that a large number of men were inside those turrets during combat. The guy in charge of the turret sits on a small old-style tractor seat right next to the gun recoil space. If he isn't sitting perfectly still while the gun is shot, he's likely to get his leg amputated.
It's amazing what a man will put up with if he is motivated to serve on a team.
It's amazing what a man will put up with if he is motivated to serve on a team.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:30 pm to foshizzle
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Just looked it up, according to LINK the Navy budget in 1943 (the peak year for WW2) the Navy budget was just over $30 billion. In 1935 it was less than $350 million. That's a nearly 100 to 1 difference.
If you ever get a chance read the Patton papers By Martin Blumenson. Very good 3 volume set by the way. Patton gives a very good description about how woefully inadequate the US Military was between WW1, and WW2. Patton kept a diary from when he was like 12 years old until he died.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:We might be kinfolk.
Yep, I have a cousin still onboard the USS Arizona. Gonna visit it someday.
My pop was UK Class of '52.
Go Big Blue!
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:04 pm to Parmen
Am I going crazy or is that a fricking helicopter above the Hindenburg???? 
Posted on 1/3/19 at 4:08 pm to LSUfanNkaty
It's an Owlie aircraft (aka a "biplane").
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