I remember going down to see the USS Massachusetts at Fall River when my dad was stationed at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod. It was a great experience and I've been on about a number of Naval ships from the past since that time. I've got several ships I'd still like to see including the British ships at Portsmouth UK, the German U boat U-995 in Germany, an ironclad in the Netherlands, and even some American ironclads from the Civil War (I've been to the Naval museum at Hampton Roads and discovered one of my newly arrived Irish ancestors was drafted and served on the USS Monitor (Coal Stoker)). Old ships are neat.
I remember going down to see the USS Massachusetts at Fall River when my dad was stationed at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod. It was a great experience and I've been on about a number of Naval ships from the past since that time. I've got several ships I'd still like to see including the British ships at Portsmouth UK, the German U boat U-995 in Germany, an ironclad in the Netherlands, and even some American ironclads from the Civil War (I've been to the Naval museum at Hampton Roads and discovered one of my newly arrived Irish ancestors was drafted and served on the USS Monitor (Coal Stoker)). Old ships are neat.
@@marks1638 Such a great experience to have.
I hope you get the chance to visit all those amazing places.
幾ら退役、除籍されて居るのが確定して居るから、と言って、
これ程沢山の重武装艦船（空母は最新鋭のモデルが現役なので別としても）
を解体せずに名目上では博物館、として居るのは何故？
実際、最強で有るアイオワ級でも対日戦勝記念艦のミズーリ以外は廃艦・スクラップ予定だったのに。
博物館としてなら最低限1隻、修復不能な場合を考えても2隻だと思うのだが。
もちろん、アメリカの戦艦には州名が付けられて居るので「ミズーリ」は残るのに「アイオワやウィスコンシン、ニュージャージーは残さないのか！」
と怒り狂うアメリカ国民の事は容易に想像出来るが。
ただ、博物館として運営するにしても最早80年前の軍艦に訪れる人々の入館料だけで、
是等の老齢艦を本当に維持出来るのか甚だ疑問では有るが。