Battleships are amazing! Just inconceivable that much steel could float!
I've been on the "hard hat tour" of the Battleship Texas. They showed us the process of loading and firing the 14" guns. Quite a process! Countless ways you could be injured, killed, or destroy the entire ship! Not only could you not be on deck, but you could not be in contact with any exterior sheet metal. The concussion would send you flying!
Those ships were not for the weak! You had better know what you were doing and do it right, or else! One of the men on our tour had actually served on the ship. He was in his late 80's, had to be helped through some of the hatches, but he still held vivid memories of the ship. One place we saw was a wall of DC power disconnects, the open Frankenstein style switches. There was a varnished board across the front to somewhat keep someone from falling into the live power. He began to complain the somebody added that board, wasn't there when the ship was in service.
We were also informed that most of the crew were 16 to 20 years old, only the staff and officers were experienced sailors.
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