Posted by Texasmark1 on February 06, 2014 at 04:15:30 from (172.242.14.143):
In Reply to: Re: USS Forrestal posted by Ultradog MN on February 06, 2014 at 03:16:50:
Having grown up down there I liked the USS Alabama in Mobile much better. No offense to the old girl. Just that the later BBs were just a lot more ship. There is an interesting memorial on her however. They have a "round" somewhere around 14" that hit her but didn't explode. So they resleeved it and put it on display. Interesting.
But if you go be sure to check out the museum in the base of the San Jacinto (pronounced hacento) monument. Check out Wikipedia on the subject.
Thing that really got my eye as a youngster were the displays in the rotunda. They were hand made of balsa wood and cloth and replicated living conditions in the early republic.
I don't know if you can still go up to the observation deck just under the star.....Lone Star Republic of Texas (pronounced tehas). You can see for miles and miles.
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