U.S.S. Iowa "The Big Stick"

[rufrdr]

My wife and one of my daughters took me to see the battleship U.S.S. Iowa which is moored at San Pedro and is now a museum ship. A few photos of our grand day out!



Forward turret main battery



View of the bow from the bridge



The helm inside the conning tower



This gives you the idea of how thick the armor is for the conning tower



The CIWS (see-wiz) also known as the R2-D2 close in weapons system



One of the 5"38 gun turrets, this one crewed by the Marine section



Harpoon anti-ship missle launchers



One of the harbor fire boats



Rough Rider and the Missus

[Christel]

sign92

An observation, weird to think that all that weight can stay afloat on the water.

Is the U.S.S Iowa moored in San Pedro permanently?

[meles meles]

It's full of air, ooman...

[rufrdr]

sign92

An observation, weird to think that all that weight can stay afloat on the water.

Is the U.S.S Iowa moored in San Pedro permanently?

The Navy considers the ship and the other three Iowa class battleships to still be their property and the ships are supposed to be able to be mobilized within 6 months but for practical purposes they aren't going anywhere ever again.

[Burner]

An observation, weird to think that all that weight can stay afloat on the water.

It is not a matter of buoyancy, but of displacement. Because it weighs so much it pushes so much water out of the way just to set there.
It doesn't float, the ocean refuses to let it sink.