you are more than welcomed, just come by and i will take you to the San Jacinto park and we will see the Texas :smok:
Japan has MIKASA, which was Admiral Togo's flagship at the Battle of Tsushima Strait. There is also the sailing frigate USS CONSTITUTION moored in Boston and the Spanish-American War cruiser USS OLYMPIA, Admiral Dewey's flagship at the Battle of Manila Bay. I don't remember where she's moored, however. The Russians have the 1905-built cruiser AURORA moored at St. Petersburg.
Great photos ME!!!-the Olympia by the way is moored at Camden (New Jersey)-will try to borrow some pics from an USMC buddy...If any of you guys come up this way,l'll be glad to take you to see the New JErsey and the Olympia (as well as the ships at the South Street Museum, in NYC-and afterwards, a toiur of the best local gin mills....
me; Thanks for the invite. Might just do that. When were you at the Alabama? Quite a bit has changed since then.
check this photo: and compare to the ones in the I dare you secction :smok: http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1109
a few!!! 12 to be exact!!!! :roll: I still remember when we got there real early and saw the hugh ship!!!
The biggest changes are the new aircraft pavillion for the smaller aircraft, some new tanks, and the submarine Drum is on land. Hope you can make it back one day.
Of course, you'll bring some Moonshine with you? hahaha! back in 1975- a classmate in college (at the time an officer in the USAF) was stationed at Keesler AFB (Biloxi, Missisipi) I managed to hitch a ride from Panama (long ride to California via the Pacific from Nam!) to spend part of the humongous amount of time l managed to accumulate...
\ Better make a couple of gallons-the boys up here can drink hahahha! lOn a more serious note, could not find my photos of teh New Jersey-and a buddy will me e-mailing me some of his after the holidays.Oh yes! in Hackensack, (Northern New Jersey there's a sub either of the "Balao" or "Gato" class moored at a museum, , complete with its four-inch gun