Anna Lee decided that she had seen enough of the water (she decided that when we owned a boat) so Jerry went by himself to see Battleship Cove in Fall River. This park is a collection of six decommissioned ships including two PT boats, a destroyer, a submarine, and their crowning glory, the battleship Massachusetts. They also have a Russian missile corvette. The area is laid out so that you see the PT boats first, go to the destroyer, sub and corvette and then end up in the battleship which gives an extensive tour.
Most of the ships saw action in WWII, then varying conflicts including Korea, Viet Nam, and the first Persian Gulf war. Most impressive was the display of arms that were on the battleship where you visit a room where the 16 inch shells are stored. These things were BIG. And they could be shot over ten miles. Each barrel could be used for up to three hundred shots then it had to be replaced. They had the equipment to accomplish this on board. That had to be expensive.
The tour of the submarine was also impressive. The fact that a bunch of guys went out on a patrol in such confining quarters also told of the determination of the crew. The fact that they did not, at the end of the tour, want to kill each other showed their determination to achieve a good result.
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