by battleshipdev1 | Jan 19, 2023 | Sea Stories
“July 7 and 8, 1945 – We join the fleet! Up early this morning-go topside on deck to view a breathtaking panorama; around us, as far as the naked eye can see are some 50 warships….Word is flying about that we’re heading up to Japan for a mess of air strikes and...
by battleshipdev1 | Jan 19, 2023 | Sea Stories
“I was below deck when Captain Hanlon announced the war was over and I can still to this day remember him saying ‘Now here this, this is the captain,’ and then he went into telling us. Boy, you talk about a roar that went up! I think the whole ship jumped about two...
