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Ah, Camping... Fresh Air, Sunshine, 16" Guns... Waitaminute...
My brother, who knows more about battleships than most people know about their kids, will be pleased to hear USS New Jersey is open for overnight stays:
Since opening to the public three years ago, the New Jersey has served as a sort of portal to some of the so-called Greatest Generation's greatest challenges. For most visitors, the standard daytime tour transports them momentarily to the hardships and glories of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Marianas and Okinawa invasions. But the more intrepid can chow down in the New Jersey's galley, prowl its decks by night and bunk in its crew quarters.
Of course, he'll have to figure out how to con a 7 year old into going with him. It'll be four years before his is old enough, and I don't know if Jeff can wait that long.
Most if not all of the Battleships do that.
Posted by: Jeff on January 15, 2004 10:07 AMTrue, but this is the only Missouri-class battleship that's within 3 hours of your house that's doing it. :)
Posted by: Scott on January 15, 2004 10:10 AM*Sigh* Iowa class.... Iowa class...
Think I can get you to volunteer to go along???
Posted by: Jeff on January 15, 2004 10:13 AMDOH!!!
Well, you know the damned things were made obsolete by aircraft carriers anyway. All we really need is a big barge chuck full o' missles.
Right???
Hee-hee...
Posted by: scott on January 15, 2004 10:20 AMGee, why haven't I heard about this yet?
Guess I'll be able to get ol' Jeff to vacuum whenever I want now until he gets to go (hehe).
And, don't you get him started on those battleship stories, comparisons, statistics, arguments and campaigns again. I get to hear about the # and sizes of the guns, # of turrets, battles of each, length and so forth.
I have pictures of The Iowa when she was in Newport before they shipped her off (well, towed her, actually), to SF. I am also a big Battleship freak... err... afficianado.
The USS Massachussets has been doing this for years... I've actually slept on her deck, when I was a Boy Scout. She's not an Iowa Class, though...
I'd love to camp on the NJ....
Posted by: Jim S on January 16, 2004 12:39 PM... thinking about it ....
I have a 9 year-old daughter.... hmmmmmm.
Posted by: Jim S on January 16, 2004 12:41 PMJim
YOU MUST TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER. Indoctrinate her into the CULT OF THE DREADNOUGHT. My brother has never been inodoctrinated and look what has happend to him??
:-P
Posted by: Jeff on January 16, 2004 03:13 PM