[geeks] Re: [rescue] Boats?

[Andrew Weiss]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:

> I remember that they repaired the turret on the Iowa after the
> explosion, but did ISTR that the one gun that was damaged was
> left inoperative.  Did they ever repair the gun?
> --
I think they did, but I'm not sure.  They have plenty of spare barrels and
ammunition as well.  I think there is just something extremely cool about
being able to fire a VW Bug sized shell(weight-wise) 25 miles inland and
then having the secondary high explosive charge blow up whatever it meets.

Andrew

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