Thanks, Brian. In the USA, a number of mothballed vessels were turned
over to the individual states to be used as memorials, and tourist
attractions. You are correct. The kids loved them.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 10/16/2014 8:15 AM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Jim wrote
On a rainy day, I turned to my archives. This image was made in color
during a vacation trip in 1971, while my 10-yr old son was manning a
gunnery station on the battleship USS North Carolina. Gear is
unrecorded.
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gunnery+Station+in+BW-1.jpg.html
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That is a great shot.
Any son of that era would have loved to be there.
I was quite amazed at the amount of complicated metal structures and
marvelled at the amount of maintenance there must have been to protect
against the salt-water corrosion. Bristling with guns.
I've never seen, let alone been on, such a vessel.
Brian
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