Crawl around inside an Iowa Class Turrett

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May 08, 2018, 05:27 PM

David Lee

Crawl around inside an Iowa Class Turrett

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Originally posted by sig sailor:
My Dad was on the Iowa in WWII, now he is 94years old and still going strong. I got to tour the New Jersey (same type ship) a few years ago. We were able to get inside the gun turret on that ship. Very interesting, and not much room to move.
Rod

My good friend Walter helped to build BB61, then served on her throughout the war. He was a boatswain. Surely miss the man.

May 08, 2018, 05:45 PM

Tommydogg

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
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Originally posted by arfmel:
I’m just glad I don’t have to keep that ship painted.

That's why there were so many people aboard!

(not really, they crew numbers were such that if the crew took significant fatalities and injuries the ship could keep fighting. WWII Crew: 134 officers and 2,400 enlisted)

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I want to say our crew size at recomissioning was just over 1500 total. I think we trimmed down to about 1400 in a year or so.