To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
Nice presentation, SAM, Snippy.
Back in '56 or 57, as a paperboy, I won a trip to Seattle. We took the ferry to Bremerton and went aboard the Mighty Mo. I have vivid memories of standing on the deck reading the surrender plaque.
During my years in the Navy, I served aboard the USS PIEDMONT (AD-17), a Destroyer Tender. The PIEDMONT was one of the ships present in Tokyo Bay during the surrender.
Glad that the Mighty Mo didn't fall prey to the scrap metal heap.
To: Diver Dave; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
I also went aboard Missouri when she was in Bremerton as a kid . Although I was stationed in Long Beach when she was homeported ther after her recommissioning in the '80s, I never went aboard there. I did get a stem to stern tour of New Jersey from a buddy. Pretty damn impressive.
Missouri kamikaze hit
To: Diver Dave
Morning Diver Dave.
I was able to visit the MISSOURI when it stopped at Astoria on the way to Pearl Harbor. I know what you mean about standing on her deck and reading the Surrender Plaque. Sent a chill down my spine.
26 posted on
05/05/2004 6:44:53 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy)
To: Diver Dave
Glad that the Mighty Mo didn't fall prey to the scrap metal heap.Amen for that. Too many of our ships saw that fate.
Good to see you Dave.
47 posted on
05/05/2004 8:04:38 AM PDT by
snippy_about_it
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