Battleship Iowa / USS Iowa

Prehistory: I live and work in Los Angeles, or rather the work directly in the South Central , well, as usual live nearby. So, the other day I got a coupon code, to visit the battleship (now a museum), he decided to go. Soobstvenno small photo.

PySy. At the expense of South Central is not a joke. If anyone is interested I will make a separate topic.

Will be 40 photos



To start. 16 inch main guns guns



They



and here is a shell for them



Possible types of shells:
1. training to practice loading \ unloading
2. Training for shooting
3. piercing training
4. The standard shell
5. After the shot is divided into 400 anti-personnel mines. covering 9 hectares
6. piercing. punches up to 8 meters of concrete
7. training for the accuracy of the shot
8. nuclear stuffing to 20 killotonn



here thus charged



gunpowder units are delivered to the gun at the elevator



Defensive gun



just counted 6



Gun for protection against aircraft



say shoot at distances up to 10 miles (16 km)



And this is for a missile defense



Well, just do a rocket launcher or rather



that's safe-deposit missiles



small general view



now about life.
dining room for officers



restroom. poker and telly



uncredited, but they also play in the sea battle



cabins for officers of lower rank. double



who abruptly, lives alone. although the conditions are not the best



as the ship is often taken by the President, there has prizedentskaya cabin



Cot



Work hard at the president, so that even a phone in the toilet



but live like ordinary seamen



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corridor



place "of the beholder»



cutting



...



the ship is old but updated apparently only weapons



helm



and that all and thought - Compass



Sailors love handles



And lastly. Again gun



and the view from the upper deck

I have everything, you can break



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