Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The USS Iowa's Last Trip



Battleship Iowa On Its Way To New Calif. Home -- Navy Times/AP

SAN FRANCISCO — The USS Iowa — the iconic World War II-era battleship that once served as transport to President Franklin D. Roosevelt — left San Francisco Bay on Saturday on its way to its new home in Southern California.

Surrounded by pleasure boats and other vessels, the 887-foot long, 58,000-ton battlewagon was towed through the bay and passed under the Golden Gate Bridge at about 2:30 p.m.

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My Comment: My brother lives in San Mateo, and he had the good fortune of seeing it leave the Bay (lucky bastard).

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