the USS New Jersey battle ship.

I spent 2 days on the USS Iowa battleship roughly 2 months before the deadly 16" gun explosion. Awesome ship and firepower. I went down in one of the gun turrets and watched them open the breach of that gun. It was scary freaky down there. Skull and crossbones painted on the bulkhead next to the gun. I also was probably in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnessed the 16" guns fire from the deck. Once I recovered from the blast, I could see the projectile going down range briefly as a black dot in the sky. That ship was the finest example of Naval gunnery firepower I saw in my entire career. I do hope it is preserved until they are brought back again. : )