If you click the BB63 image above, it will take you to a HUGE version with a ton of detail.

Just a place for some ship photos.

 

 

 

 

In this series of images, we see the Iowa, in a floating dry dock out at Ulithi, they were checking her out for damage taking during the second major Typhoon the Navy sailed through in 1945. She had shaft damage and had to return to the US for major overhaul if I recall right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantis Shrimp are cool.