Iowa class battleship - Dreadnought...
An end of an era...
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The Iowa Class Battleship's Guns were composed of nine 16-inch guns in three turrets, two on the bow and one on the stern. These main guns were capable of projecting a shell aand creating a crater the size of a Volkswagen Beetle more than 20 miles away from the target... Yes! Nothing like reaching out and touching someone.
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It is too bad that all the battleships have been retired. We could use them now to show the flag around the world. The sixteen-inch guns bring plenty of respect. You can see them and even hear them. And they can stand over the horizon and lob them in at will. That sure would take care of those bad guy terrorists. Teddy Roosevelt had the right idea with the Great White Fleet. Project your presence, show you care, but carry a big cudgel shillelagh!
The Iowa Class battlewagons had 16 inch guns, which the New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin are of this class.
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The Iowa class battleship
Four battleships of the Iowa-class battleships (BB-61 through BB-64) were built in the early 1940s in the United States.
The Iowa class was constructed at two Navy Yards:
Iowa (BB-61), built at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York;
New Jersey (BB-62), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard;
Missouri (BB-63), built at the New York Navy Yard;
and Wisconsin (BB-64), built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
All four ships were recommissioned in the 1980s, only to be decommissioned after a few short years of service.
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Iowa class battleship (Dreadnought)
In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. In the mid-20th century they were surpassed by the aircraft carrier. In a Battle Group the battleship assumed the role of shore bombardment and as a missile platforms. The last battleships were decommissioned in the late 1990s.
The Iowa-class battleships (BB-61 through BB-64) were built in the early 1940s in the United States. Two other Iowa-class ships, Illinois and Kentucky, were scrapped prior to their completion.
Above we see the USS Missouri BB-63 locking through the Panama Canal at Miraflores Locks during WWII.
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USS Missouri BB-63 providing gun fire support...
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The Badges of the Dreadnoughts...
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A cutway view of the Iowa Class Battleship
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Just astern of the USS Wisconsin BB-64
A positive mental attitude combined with definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.--- Napoleon Hill
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Escape To Panama, the land of enchantment...
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The USS Nevada BB-36 makes an intermediate stop in Cuban waters before going on to Panama....
where the living was easy.
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The US Navy has been part of the Canal Zone since the beginning...
Here is the battleship Ohio going
through the cut in the Panama Canal in 1915.
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To believe.....to reach.....to strive
is to keep a dream alive.
If you use each today as a chance to reach out, to learn something more of what life's all about.......
If you follow your dreams, strive to make them come true.....
Then life's sure to bring
all the best things to you. ----Unknown
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Here are a few final thoughts:
Make the best use of what is in your power
and take the rest as it happens...---- Epictetus
You are beaten to earth...
Well, well, what is that?
It is nothing against you to fall down flat,
But to lie there...
now that is a disgrace.
--- Mike Ditka
"... And the sea will grant each man new hope,
as sleep brings dreams of home."
--- Admiral of the Seas, Christopher Columbus
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It has been a real pleasure sharing some of my love of the Old Navy
as I remember it. Feel free to check out other pages.....you'll be glad you did! So take care and drop by again. We will all be here, God willing. Hasta la Vista....
See you on the flip side.
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Photo Credits: Author,Bill Fall, Montana, CZ & PCC Archives and US Navy Archives
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Sing and rejoice, tra-la-la, for fortune is smiling upon you!
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