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From: cti1!rlister@uunet.UU.NET (Lister)
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Subject: Re: USS IOWA
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Date: 4 Jun 90 19:44:36 GMT
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From: cti1!rlister@uunet.UU.NET (Lister)

In article <16213@cbnews.ATT.COM> roth@smoot.enet.dec.com (Lee Roth) writes:
>When the number two turret on USS Iowa (BB61) suffered damage last year,
>I wondered if the US Navy still had the ability to repair the 16" guns.
>The four Iowa's were the only US ships to mount 50 cal. guns, so spare
>parts are unlikely to be found on the surviving South Dakota class units
>as they mounted 45 cal. guns. 

    I saw a television news report marking the anniversary of the
explosion.  It said that the Iowa would be decommissioned without repairing
turrent number two.

Russ Lister
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