Posted on Nov 2, 2015
How many naval vessels as museums have you visited?
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I enjoy military museums but think naval vessels offer an experience that is incomparable to other museums/displays. While I've managed to visit several there are many more I would like to visit. My inquiry is aimed at military vessels.
So far I have visited the:
IJN Mikasa
USS Texas
USS Missouri
USS North Carolina (pictured)
USS Alabama
USS Lexington
USS Midway
USS Razorback
USS Drum
USS Dolphin
USS Bowfin
B-39 (Russian submarine)
B-427 (Russian submarine)
Which vessels have you visited?
So far I have visited the:
IJN Mikasa
USS Texas
USS Missouri
USS North Carolina (pictured)
USS Alabama
USS Lexington
USS Midway
USS Razorback
USS Drum
USS Dolphin
USS Bowfin
B-39 (Russian submarine)
B-427 (Russian submarine)
Which vessels have you visited?
Museums
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Posted 9 y ago
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MSgt Daniel Attilio
Very impressive vessel, she is on my "to see" list. They opened the USS Iowa Museum just as I was leaving California and didn't make the trip before getting on the road for OK.
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TSgt Kenneth Ellis
MSgt Daniel Attilio - Yes, I became a member. The Iowa is in San Pedro and I'm still trying to get out there.
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MSgt Daniel Attilio
TSgt Kenneth Ellis - They moved her in and opened up the museum just as I was leaving California. I'll have to make a return trip for that one, and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco. I can't imagine the effort and finances expended/required to keep that thing operational.
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MSgt Daniel Attilio, I live close to the USS Texas and have been and taken kids. My parents took me as a child. I've also been on the USS Lexington in Corpus Christy. In fact, when I was working, I was on a rescue/fire team and we trained way down in the belly of the Lexington, below the water line. It was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. It was eerie down there too. All kinds of creaks and cracking noises.
USS Lexington. USS Texas
USS Lexington. USS Texas
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MSgt Daniel Attilio
I think I still have the newspaper articles from the Houston Post from when they dry docked the USS Texas. Did you attend the Centennial Celebration? I watched from afar through their broadcast.
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SGT (Join to see)
No, I didn't attend that. Are you aware it has been moved twice to Galveston for a makeover? It took like six months and then it was moved back to San Jacinto park. I remember we trained on it one time. Then we started going to Chorpus Christi.
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SGT (Join to see)
SCPO David Lockwood, That's awesome. She's a beautiful ship. I enjoyed being there six times for rescue training. We got to see places off limits to visitors. I could swear I heard voices down there in the belly, where we trained.
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