Battleship Iowa launches ambitious deck replacement project in Port of LA
The Battleship Iowa, a tourist attraction in the Port of Los Angeles since 2012, is among the more recent additions to the ...
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Battleship Iowa launches ambitious deck replacement project in Port of LA
So the Iowa crew landed on a new sustainable product ... but is a somewhat new approach. The USS New Jersey recently replaced its deck with teak, he said, which cost about $5 million and involved ...
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Dozens of miniature ships moored inside Philadelphia’s Seaport Museum for its new exhibition
You cannot visit the USS Indianapolis — it’s at the bottom of the Philippine Sea — but you can visit a 13-foot scale model at ...
He died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. After 84 years, he’s coming home to NC
Neil Frye was a 20-year-old mess attendant from Vass, N.C., aboard the USS West Virginia when a Japanese torpedo sank it in ...
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Francis "Hank" Galasso
New Jersey. I graduated from Franklin High School in June of 1957 and entered the US Navy boot camp in July. I served in several stations but was most proud to be a crew member on the USS Gyatt ...
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He died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. After 84 years, he’s coming home to NC
He had joined up at 19, signing on as a mess attendant in a segregated branch of the Navy, serving aboard the USS West Virginia ... their first positive ID: New Jersey sailor Angelo Gabriele ...
World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday
William Feldman says peace is found in simple rituals, like a good cigar, a glass of scotch and the wisdom of a well-lived ...