*** The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) had two beam submerged torpedo tubes. I didn't know battleships had torpedoes.
*** The USS South Dakota name resurfaces on a Virginia Class attack submarine. The USS South Dakota was the most decorated battleship in World War II with 13 Battle Stars. (April 14, 2012)
*** April 13, 2012. The gun barrel from the USS Arizona was in East St. Louis, Illinois where it will be placed on the BNSF Railway.
Arizona is paying $100,000 to have it transported from Virginia to Phoenix.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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