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Jan C. Nielsen
| | Posted on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 6:36 pm: | 
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The famous World War II battleship, the U.S.S. Iowa arrives in the San Francisco Bay area tomorrow, between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. |
Erik Wood
| | Posted on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 7:00 pm: |
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If the Iowa is to become a musem ship you are in for a real treat. I have been on the Missouri a sister to the Iowa both when she was in active service and since she has been in Pearl Harbor. Although the Iowa has a somewhat tainted record (the gun explosian a few years back) she will make a good musem piece I am sure.
Erik |
Jan C. Nielsen
| | Posted on Friday, April 20, 2001 - 8:17 pm: |
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Thanks, Eric. I should have explained that the Iowa will be mothballed here in the Carquinez Straights. Though not official yet, the plan is to make her part of a museum in San Francisco (alongside a WWII submarine), or to have her join the WWII aircraft carrier Hornet, in Alameda. It's really exciting news. San Francisco lost the Missouri, of course, to Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. |
Michael H. Standart
| | Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2001 - 2:55 am: |
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Now this is some good news, and even better if it leads to a museum. The Iowas were the best of their kind, and certainly desrve better then to be turned into razor blades.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart |
Mark Baber
| | Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2001 - 6:45 pm: |
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The New Jersey is also in the process of being converted into a museum. The ship is in Camden, New Jersey, and is scheduled to open to the public in the fall.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?j0110_BC_NJ--CamdenRedevelopme&&news&newsflash-newjersey
MAB |
Jan C. Nielsen
| | Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2001 - 8:37 pm: |
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Here's photographs of the U.S.S. Iowa entering the Carquinez Straights on April 21, 2001. [Moderator's Note: The link that was once here no longer works as of 2005 and has been removed. MAB]
There was quite a large crowd there to see her come in. |
James Smith
Member
Username: jds88
Post Number: 176
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2005 - 3:45 pm: |
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It looks like San Francisco has decided they don't want the Iowa after all--according to the article below, "city supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military's stance on gays, among other things."
But never fear--the city of Stockton is more than willing to take the ship.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050820/ap_on_re_us/shunned_warship
--Jim |
James Smith
Member
Username: jds88
Post Number: 275
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 4:28 pm: |
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San Francisco, apparently, is willing to reconsider its rejection of the Iowa--with one or two conditions.
--Jim |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 9323
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 4:49 pm: |
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Looks to me from the article that the group trying to find a home for the ship just isn't interested. Not hard to see why when San Francisco is hell bent on politicizing it.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 26723
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 - 3:06 am: |
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From WTOP:
Norfolk memorial to remember deadly Navy explosion
quote:NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Hundreds are expected at Naval Station Norfolk to mark the 20th anniversary of the explosion onboard the USS Iowa that killed 47 crewmen.
More at http://www.wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=1653823
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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