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In lugnet.build.military, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > PS: I almost forgot--there's a WWII US sub sitting on the Michigan
> > side of Lake Michigan, near Holland MI--USS Silversides. Also worth
> > a visit, and you can see a lot more of it than you can most "tourist"
> > subs. I happened by late one evening when they were hosting a private
> > group, so the OIC let us on too to look around at our leisure. :D
>
> Tell me you've gotten a chance to visit Battleship Row in Fall River, MA,
> Lindsay? If not, *when* you get permission to hang out with LEGO-types (not
> *if*, you may note), we'll have to take a day trip down there. Two PT boats, a
> battleship, two destroyers, and a sub, all WWII vintage (I believe ...).
I'd hope they weren't "Pibbers." The last thing you need is
flashbacks on the tour.
But no, I haven't visited Fall River--I really should. I'm not
Sure Susan would be willing to humor me running hog wild over a
South Dakota-class ship--I mean, granted, they were scrunched
little midget 9x16s, but compared to the _Constitution_ they are,
of course, gi-normous. I'd especially like to see _Massachusetts_
because it was actually engaged in a BB duel during WWII--in the
*Atlantic*, no less. That its target was French, anchored, and
not yet fully commissioned doesn't matter. It shot back, so it
counts. :D
> They were fantastic to see ... unlike most self-guided tours, there really wasn't
> that much that was off limits. I'm sure I breached a couple of etiquette rules
> as I crawled around the engine decks getting greasy and happy. I was sliding
> between various shafts and conduits and pipes to check out clearances and such.
> Sadly, my visit was limited to a mere 4 hours, at which time my then-fiance
> started to completely and utterly lose it.
c/fiance/fiancee? (I'm making a gender assumption here)
I hope this isn't the reason for the "then-" thing, tho, and
that the status has been upgraded rather than downgraded.
> The most entertaining
> part was that some poor saps had their beds strung above the racked torpedos
> since there wasn't space anywhere else to put them.
Best place to be, IMHO. If one of those fish goes off, it's
over quickly--because unless you're running on the surface,
everyone's screwed.
best
LFB
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| (...) Oops, fiancee. I suppose one might argue that that extra "e" is important in some cases ... (...) LOL - no, no, nothing so scandalously entertaining! Upgraded it was, last June (2000), and everything is still wonderful :) Though she has stated (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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| (...) Tell me you've gotten a chance to visit Battleship Row in Fall River, MA, Lindsay? If not, *when* you get permission to hang out with LEGO-types (not *if*, you may note), we'll have to take a day trip down there. Two PT boats, a battleship, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.boats)
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