At the store, a pilot of one of these old planes was walking into the store. He was pretty frail. I had to help him up the steps. And then I also had, I’ll hold the door for him, because he looked like he just wasn’t very strong. He was a marine corp, aviator flying a navy plane is what he told me.
i love talking to anybody that was on a ship. I was on the uss anchorage for 4 years.
here are some pictures, some of them are really old.Some of them are newer after 1990. I was assigned to the ship around 1990 and around around exactly that time, they installed the ciws weapons, installed in long Beach naval base? I believe but I could be wrong and it could have been san diego, but I believe it was long beach where the ciws was installed. Around that time, I think shortly after they removed the three inch guns, which I think was a big mistake.I love the three inch guns.
why do you need three inch guns? It’s called, carry a big stick and walk tall. The three inch guns were very visually impressive.If you saw the three inch gun shooting and you were anywhere near it.You would be worried. The kinetic power of the three inch projectile is no joke. I saw them fire many times I never saw them fire at night.But I can guarantee you.The fireball is this big.Here’s a picture of the fireball at night from the three inch gun. The navy’s shirking away from guns is ridiculous. They are the most cost, effective way of delivering destructive power over the ocean or over land that’s why the army still uses artillery. Do you see the army getting rid of artillery?No, so why did the navy get rid of artillery?I have no idea.
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