USS North Carolina tour photos

Started by snip, May 20, 2018, 02:26:20 PM

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snip

A guy I play WoWS with was lucky enough to get to go on a couple extensive tours of the North Carolina and was kind enough to share the pictures with me. The albums are his, first and second.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

Kaiser Kirk

That's a great batch of pics.
I've been in the Alabama but I didn't get to see as much and I don't recall the placards being as informative.
North Carolina looks good !
Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest

snip

One of these days I will have to get over to the USS Blueback and drive someone nuts taking pictures of everything. I've got a copy of some construction prints on the wall of my office.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when solider lads march by
Sneak home and pray that you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
-Siegfried Sassoon

Kaiser Kirk

There's a number of vessels tied up down in San Francisco, including a sub, a liberty ship, and a clipper.
..but I've never wandered around those.
I did overnight on the Essex class USS Hornet across the bay, and the USS Intrepid in NYC harbor is pretty nifty too.
Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they play the fife lowly,
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest