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Sitting in the middle of downtown....



The battleship Wisconsin sitting at Nauticus in Norfolk, Virginia (This is one I took)....

I was serious about it being literally in downtown Norfolk-


From the Nauticus website.

That is one big canoe

That is one big canoe

I couldn't get over how odd it looked straight on-


I'm glad that I never had to serve as one of the slaves rowing this boat, ramming speed must have been a real ball buster....lmao

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)
Displacement: 45,000 tons
Length: 887.2 ft (270 m)
Beam: 108.2 ft (33 m)
Draft: 28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 1,921 officers and men

Armament: 1943:
9 x 16 in (406 mm)
20

Great pics again Romulus, as have been all of your pics today, I've enjoyed them all.

I agree with you though, that ship looks bizarre from the bow, looks like it should fall over quite often.  :o

Cheers,

TSC.

I'm glad I'm not paddling a sampan around that bugger

I'm glad I'm not paddling a sampan around that bugger

Heck, I got tired just walking around it on the docks....

They just don't make 'em like that anymore. I've always thought the RN needed a nice battleship again. Frigates and Destroyers just aren't as fun. And submarines spend too long being anti-social!

I agree, nothing looks more menacing on the waters than one of those big old battleships with her main guns pointing your direction  :o

She's sitting abit high in the water isnt she?  :-/

[quote]She's sitting abit high in the water isnt she?

[quote]She's sitting abit high in the water isnt she?

[quote][quote]She's sitting abit high in the water isnt she?

Great shots in all the posts, I really like the second one here, when you can compare the builds to the ship, it really shows how big those things are.  Mark