Battleship sailors

standerson · 10-18-2007, 23:25

I am starting an AR build in conjunction with the 20th anniversary (2009) of the explosion on board the USS IOWA. We lost 47 brave souls that day and I want to do this in their memory.

I am going to get it the lower engraved but I'm looking for ideas.

Help me out. Give me some ideas.

FastJuice · 10-19-2007, 17:17

Ships seal, or better known as crest, with the date.

SCmasterblaster · 10-20-2007, 14:26

I was shipmates with GMGCS Reginald Ziegler when he was a GMG1 on the USS Vogelgesang DD-862 in Newport, RI.

May I suggest the gunner's mate crossed cannons?

standerson · 10-21-2007, 19:56

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Originally Posted by FastJuice

Ships seal, or better known as crest, with the date.

The crest is too "busy" We are thinking about breaking it down and using part of it.

standerson · 10-22-2007, 00:30

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Originally Posted by SCmasterblaster

I was shipmates with GMGCS Reginald Ziegler when he was a GMG1 on the USS Vogelgesang DD-862 in Newport, RI.

May I suggest the gunner's mate crossed cannons?

Thanks for the idea.

quaviet · 10-22-2007, 03:57

I respect your post but there are other sailors that suffered a turret explosion, namely the Newport News. We were next to her with our tiny destroyer when a simular tragedy occured. I was only trying to suggest that there are other ships besides Battleships. IMHO

standerson · 10-23-2007, 02:49

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Originally Posted by quaviet

I respect your post but there are other sailors that suffered a turret explosion, namely the Newport News. We were next to her with our tiny destroyer when a simular tragedy occured. I was only trying to suggest that there are other ships besides Battleships. IMHO

I understand that there are other sailors who went through a turret explosion.

I didn't serve on those ships, I served on the IOWA.

SCmasterblaster · 10-23-2007, 17:45

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Originally Posted by quaviet

I respect your post but there are other sailors that suffered a turret explosion, namely the Newport News. We were next to her with our tiny destroyer when a simular tragedy occured. I was only trying to suggest that there are other ships besides Battleships. IMHO

I remember the 'News. I think that it lost its center barrel, turret two.

Didn't the Iowa have its explosion in the center gun turret two, also?

What can were you on?

I was on DD-782 and DD-862.

Navy Gunner · 10-31-2007, 20:50

#2 for crossed cannon.

GMCS(SW)

spober · 11-07-2007, 14:14

LPH 12 Inchon"never more brightly"now that was a big old spam can!