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Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2018 5:47 pm**

I have to say a must see they did lose 47 men in the center gun room killed I have pictures of some of the damage parts.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2018 10:01 pm**

Outstanding photos. Thanks for posting.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2018 7:54 pm**

My brother served on the Iowa. His GQ station was loading one of the 16-inch guns.

PS... I served on the USS Independence.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:09 pm**

Thanks for sharing the pics. It amazes me at how these things are assembled with so many different parts. The size of those ships are also amazing.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:18 pm**

I wore my USS Iowa shirt to the polls last week and at least three people asked me if I had served aboard it. (the shirt was a gift from a friend who went there). It really is an amazing piece of history, I have some of the plank wood as well. Hope to see it myself someday.

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:44 pm**

Skoll wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 8:18 pm I wore my USS Iowa shirt to the polls last week and at least three people asked me if I had served aboard it. (the shirt was a gift from a friend who went there). It really is an amazing piece of history, I have some of the plank wood as well. Hope to see it myself someday.

Mobile Bay isn't all that far. You can tour the USS Alabama there and also a WWII sub at battleship park. I have been there twice and it is a real treat. Those gun turrets are freaking awesome.

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:19 pm**

My Uncle served on the North Carolina from the time she entered WW 2 until the end of the war and then he got called back for Korea.

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Battleship USS Iowa (Heavy Pictures)

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