U.S.S. Iowa BB-61, her last voyage to become a museum ***Pic Heavy***

[BPTactical]

Great story, sad to see such a mighty ship take her last cruise. May she rest well and retire with dignity.

My neighbor a couple houses down was on the South Carolina in WWII. He said it was a bit unnerving to see a 1" thick bulkhead flex like paper when the 16 inchers were firing. He was ships stores but his battle station was as a loader on a 40mm. His mount was credited with 2 kills.
He has shared some pretty awesome photos with us.
Anchors Aweigh!

[SideShow Bob]

Too bad that her last cruise wasn't under her own power, but the mighty battleship is headed to a dignified retirement as a museum stead of being sunk as an Eco friendly artificial reef or sent to the scrap yards to be melted down and made into Priuses.