The USS Oklahoma SSN 802

[Profreedomokie]

I was a welding inspector back in the early '70s at the shipyard in New Port News, Va. The Nimitz was by a pier, the new class of frigates were being built, the Los Angles class subs were being started, and the Eisenhower was just a few sheets of steel in the bottom of a drydock. 32,000 people worked there then.

 

[okiebertt]

Didn't mean to derail this thread from SSN to a BB but here it is. My Dad served in turret one thru WW2 and he was on deck on the USS Iowa in Tokyo bay on 9/2/1945. He told me that they had the guns loaded because they didn't trust the Japs.

 

[Dangerousways]

I remember when the Los Angeles class subs were the big dogs and there are still 24 in commis SSN751sion.

I served onboard the USS San Juan SSN751, the first 688i class, designed for under ice operations, Got my Bluenose in 1991.

 

[okiebertt]

^^^^^^ That is really cool and something to be proud of Dangerousways. ^^^^^^
Are you also a Shellback?

 

[Hooper]

Didn't mean to derail this thread from SSN to a BB but here it is. My Dad served in turret one thru WW2 and he was on deck on the USS Iowa in Tokyo bay on 9/2/1945. He told me that they had the guns loaded because they didn't trust the Japs.

Been looking at some history of the USS Iowa, She was a beast.

 

[okiebertt]

Hooper, don't know what books you have but I have had this one for years, think it came from the military book club. It's 160 pages, has a lot of pictures and info and history of this mighty class. You can get it fairly cheap on ebay.

 

[Hooper]

Hooper, don't know what books you have but I have had this one for years, think it came from the military book club. It's 160 pages, has a lot of pictures and info and history of this mighty class. You can get it fairly cheap on ebay.

Looks awesome.

I used to have a Picture Annual from the USS ENTERPRISE, which was the Largest Aircraft Carrier at the time,
the annual was from the Late 1960's or early 70's.
A kid from Oney, Oklahoma gave it to me who had been in the Navy and deployed on the ship during Nam.
His brother used to date my Sister during that time, for some reason He liked me, and I thought He was the coolest dude on Earth. It had a ton of pictures of the flight deck, crashes on deck, all the different areas of the ship. I spent hours upon hours looking at it, I was about 14, when He gave it to me.
My Mom and Dad moved in the 80's and it got lost in the shuffle.
I have dearly missed that book, over the years.