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From: ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn)
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Subject: Re: Battleships: where are they now?
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Date: 29 Sep 90 15:49:58 GMT
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From: ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn)

Yes, the battleship Texas was recently refurbished at considerable cost. It
was said that it was "sitting in mud" a few years ago. Tours are available,
and they take you all through the ship, including the engine room (nothing
like the sight of a piston 2 feet across to get the old heart throbbing).

This is also the ship with the famous "accountant's room," where a crew
member worked in a tiny room about 8 feet square keeping books at a small
table. A 12-inch enemy shell crashed through the wall and came to rest
right there next to the poor fellow's feet, and didn't explode. Lord only
knows what went through his mind at that moment...(-8  The hole and the
shell are still there.

Ron Morgan
osmigo@emx.utexas.edu