Naval Ships of the World - Post Yours

[greatgrandma]

Charing Cross station and HMS Belfast from the London Eye

 

[greatgrandma]

From the ramparts of Fort Bodkin you can see the mothball fleet up the James River.

Mothball fleet

 

[greatgrandma]

When we got back to the tender dock on San Andres Island, there were Colombian police and a Colombian Navy destroyer next to the ship.

Military at the tender dock

Colombian Navy ship

Colombian Navy ship

 

[Ltdave]

In San Pedro (port for Los Angeles) is the USS IowaView attachment 6219View attachment 6220View attachment 6221View attachment 6222

USS Iowa

The first three photos from a harbor tour boat and the last photo from a cruise ship in 2017

sister ship to the New Jersey and namesake of the class.

4 Iowa Class battleships. Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin. 2 were canceled and broken up on the ways. Kentucky and Indiana.

the Wisconsin's newest nickname (from 1956) when it struck the USS Eaton and got the bow of the canceled USS Kentucky. hence the combination of Wis and Ky for Wisky (or Whiskey)

 

[greatgrandma]

In 2000 crossing the Savannah River....
There is a lot of talking on channel 13 from pilots bringing boats in and out of the Savannah River, which we are about to cross. We have the side curtains down because it is cold. Bob eats his other two donuts and I steer while he goes up and puts up the staysail. We hear that a German warship is coming into the harbor - sounds funny to hear the very southern accent of the pilot making the security calls.

I mention to Bob that I keep thinking that some trees which I can see blurred through the plastic curtain (which has gotten dirty) look like the superstructure of a ship. He opens the curtain and looks. It IS a ship. We are going to be crossing the river right in front of the German warship. I make Bob take the wheel, and tell the pilot on the radio that we will stay out of his way. We do get to the other side before they pass.

German warship

I have a distant photo of the USS Alabama in Mobile, but I have seen the battleship Texas in the Houston area

We drove over and paid our $1 @ to get in to the Battleship Texas area, and walked around and took pictures of it.

Battleship from a distance

Battleship Texas

Detail Battleship Texas

BB 35 Texas information sign


There was a self-guided tour which includes the flying bridge, the engine room the restored sleeping quarters and medical facilities, engine room,

The BIG GUNS

Guns on Battleship Texas


guns, and anchors. But the price of admission ($12.00 each) we thought was too much, especially since Bob was in the Navy and has been on many Navy ships. So it wasn't going to be that enlightening for him and Bob said he didn't think I wanted to go climbing around a ship (and he was right) So I just took photos of the informational signs

 

[greatgrandma]

On our way down to Norfolk in 2006 - We turned down 17 before 9:30 and were through Tappahannock before 1000. I had wanted to drive through Gloucester Courthouse, but before we got there, we saw a sign which said that the Coleman Bridge was going to open at 11:00. The last time we were on 17, the Coleman Bridge (which Bob correctly ID as being in Yorktown - I had forgotten the name of it) got stuck, and we had to go around through West Point.. So I didn't think we'd have time to take any side trips. What with traffic lights and all,

We got to the Coleman Bridge at 1054, and just as we were on the approach a school bus yellow crew cab truck blocked the bridge by parking across it. We were about the fourth car in line. They opened early. There was a destroyer waiting on the other side.

Destroyer waiting

Destroyer after it went through the bridge


The bridge managed to get itself shut by about 1115.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

some of my teak collection and oak from the HMS Victory and USS Constitution

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

USS Massachusetts - Shaft alley not open to the public

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

USS Massachusetts Flag bridge under rehab

 

[JohnPD]

USS Massachusetts Flag bridge under rehab

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Looks like a complete mess.