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From: rlevasse@boston.Prime.COM (Roger Levasseur)
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Subject: Re: battleships
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Date: 1 Mar 91 05:17:34 GMT
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From: rlevasse@boston.Prime.COM (Roger Levasseur)


[Discussion of extra 16" 50 calibre gun barrels]

Please do not forget that there were 2 additional Iowa class
battleships that were canceled during their construction (by
which time WWII had ended).  It would not surprise me if
many of these barrels were procured for those 2 battleships.


I would like to pose one question: during this most recent
reactivations of all 4 Iowa's, did all 4 of them ever link up
and steam together?  I have seen a picture from the early 80's
when reactivations were being discussed that showed the last
time they all steamed together back in the early 50's (if I
remember the date correctly).  

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 Roger M. Levasseur 
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