Friday, March 6

The story of a ship

Some amazing photographs of the Arizona, one of the famous battleships of WW2. Here are some of the ones which I liked, but you can go to the link and see much more…

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under construction 1913

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FDR visiting the ship

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Launched

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Commissioned

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After modernisation in 1931, see the towers..

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after the Pearl Harbour attack.

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what was left after the cleanup of the wreck

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and how it looks now.

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