Tuesday, January 30, 2007>
i don't know how many people had been reading this blog of mine, i don't think there is many out there, but i should update it anyway...
There isn't much happening to me these days (good or bad thing?).... and so had been sleeping, eating and playing the whole time....can't help feeling guilty whenever i went out, seeing others in school uniforms, studying hard (although
I've saw many at shopping centers after school hours..does that counted as studying?) while i'm playing and enjoying life........ -.-"
it seem that most will not understand what i previously wrote here so i think i'll just remove almost every and put in a photo gallery instead.....
The list of ships of the class:(BB- is the US navy prefix for Battleships)
(USS= United States Ship)
(Its a tradition in the US Navy to name battleships after US states)
BB61- USS IOWA
BB62- USS NEW JERSEY
BB63- USS MISSOURI
BB64- USS WISCONISN
BB65- USS ILLINOIS--(canceled)
BB66- USS KENTUCKY--(scraped)
Comission date (the date they enter service of the United States Navy)
USS IOWA - 22 feb 1943 (64 years old in 2007)
USS NEW JERSEY - 23 MAY 1943 (64 years old in 2007)
USS MISSOURI - 11 JUN 1944 (63 years old in 2007)
USS WISCONISN - 16 APR 1944 (63 years old in 2007)
despite such age, these ship is still the few of the world most powerfull ship standing only in slight second place while the first is taken by the even larger US aircarft carriers, and US nuclear submarines.
Note the size of the ship and if u look closer, u can spot a car on the left and compare it with the ship...
the following pictures and from: http://www.battleship.org/index.htm
The USS Iowa fires a 15-gun broadside (nine 16 inchers and six 5 inchers)
USS Iowa off Costa Rica, 1986
USS New Jersey enters Pearl Harbor in 1986
USS New Jersey fires her big guns in the Atlantic Ocean in 1968 (This is a rare color photograph of all nine big guns going off at the same instant. After the 1980s refits, the big guns fired three at a time at one-second intervals)
USS Missouri at sea showing her fine handling qualities
A view of the main battery firing from the bow(front)
USS MISSOURI (top) *compare it with USS ALASKA (middle) Lager Cruiser and a world war 2 Escort carrier (bottom left), and wrold war 2 size destroyer (bottom)
USS IOWA firing a full broadside, 1984
USS MISSOURI firing 16" guns of two forward turret at night, 1944
USS WISCONISN (BB-64)
The following pictures are from : http://en.wikipedia.org
USS MISSOURI refueling at sea
A low-flying kamikaze plane (top left) which penetrated the curtain of MISSOURI's anti-air shells and fire and crashed on the starboard side (right side) just below her main deck level, but yet the battleship suffered only superficial damage.
Of all things that happened onboard USS MISSOURI, the most important is the signing of the instrument of surrender of the empire of Japan, thus offically ending wrold war 2 (above is the japanese delegation on aboard, 2 spet 1945)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ussmissouriplaque.jpg
USS NEW JERSEY at sea in the Pacific during the Vietnam War.
some interesting parts...
http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=okKQeQZeJts&l=96&t=OEgsToPDskLO849CJKrEP5Sm5llm3nir&fs=1&title=USS Wisconsin 16" guns
http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=b_l9LrN1C84&l=331&t=OEgsToPDskJIp39fISiUKFxy9AL1IHgV&fs=1&title=BB - U.S.S. Iowa Class - Battleship
hopefully you'll get the idea...
At the age of more than 60 years, these ships had seen and fought through major conflicts and wars, like World War 2, Korean war, Vietnam war, and the the first Gulf war. these is the only few ships left in the US navy that had high overall armor protection that even till today cannot be matched by any ships afloat. They could survive almost any damage, from any weapons used at them from high caliber shells, to heavy anit-ship cruise missiles, these ship can take the damage and still fight back hard.
However powerful these ship are the US navy no longer believes in them and since the change of policies these ships were regarded as no longer need. 2 were decomissioned for that last time after the first gulf war and the other 2 were placed in inactive status and finally decomissioned on march 17, 2006.
For more information on these ship and if u don't mind doing some heavy reading do vist these sides:
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2:30 PM
i scribble (:
tug assisting USS MISSOURI into the channel, 1944