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From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
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Subject: Re: Battleships: where are they now?
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Date: 29 Sep 90 15:50:16 GMT
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From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
In article <1990Sep27.031313.6610@cbnews.att.com> jm21@prism.gatech.edu (Jim Marks) writes:
>In article <1990Sep24.001114.22188@cbnews.att.com> jimcat@rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak) writes:
>
>> I'm curious about the locations of battleships in the United States
>>and elsewhere (if there are any elsewhere). ...                   Are
>>there any other similar museum-exhibit battleships around the country?
>
>The USS Alabama is on display at Mobile, AL.  I believe that the 
>USS North Carolina is in Wilmington, NC.  


And, finally the pre-Dreadnoughht battleship Mikasa of the IJN is on
display embedded in concrete at Yokosuka.  The ship was built in
England and has, among other Brit-style fittings, a walkway around the
stern for the admiral.

Since sailing ships-of-the-line are considered by some to be battleships,
a complete list might include HMS Victory, in concrete at Portsmouth,
the fragments of HMS Mary Rose, and the Swedish liner Vasa, being
restored indoors at Stockholm.

The last vessel is in astounding shape considering that she capsized on
her maiden voyage in 1628.

No other battleships are listed in Brouwer's _International_Register_
of_Historic_Ships_, which seems pretty exhaustive -- I'm sure he
missed some museum and reserve ships, but battleships are hard to
ignore. Friedman lists the BU dates for all the U.S. battleships
not mentioned so far.

So the world roster of battleships includes one pre-dreadnought,
one dreadnought, and seven U. S. fast battleships.

The three U.S. museum ships, like the two Essex-class carriers on
exhibit, were donated to their states with the proviso that they
be available as last-ditch reserves.  Parts were cannibalized from
them to help rebuild the Iowas.

_Texas_ was recently drydocked and last I heard was undergoing major
restoration.

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