Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 by Martin Cox
USS IOWA from SS LANE VICTORY. Photo © Gordon Ghareeb May 30, 2012
Seaman Gordon Ghareeb just sent these images of USS IOWA just off Los Angeles, as his ship SS LANE VICTORY circles the arriving IOWA now anchored for a hull cleaning some 3 miles from the breakwater.
USS IOWA from SS LANE VICTORY. Photo © Gordon Ghareeb May 30, 2012
USS IOWA from SS LANE VICTORY. Photo © Gordon Ghareeb May 30, 2012
USS IOWA from SS LANE VICTORY. Photo © Gordon Ghareeb May 30, 2012
Mark Mathews (USN) Retired
May 30, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Beautiful!
matt arruda
May 30, 2012 at 3:59 pm
nothing will ever be as majestic and imposing at the same time as a battleship!
Tom in long beach
May 30, 2012 at 8:25 pm
As always great time on the Lane Victory!
captgeo
June 2, 2012 at 4:09 am
Interesting: bottom cleaning now done without dry-docking.
captgeo
Steve
June 4, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Can anyone tell me is this ship still to be maintained in a semi ready state or has that law been changed?
Bill
June 8, 2012 at 12:04 am
Other than the Nimitz Class Carriers, nothing in the fleet of gray pointy things is more majestic than the Iowa Class BBs. Once the last one was complete, they broke the mold for that magnificent bow.
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