USS Iowa firing a broadside in 1984

Thought you marine guys want to see this...was browsing over the net and I found this wonderful pic

Sam =]

Awesome picture! I'm going to have to make this one into a wallpaper. I wish we still had a couple of this class in service, they were a much better and more powerful ship in the smaller missile class that they basically replaced, much cheaper to refurbish the new class would have cost as well. Here's a couple videos of them firing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7R_k_xAefc&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-15O-BTDw&feature=fvwrel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7H3cfZXoZE&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ATYPrZnSQ&feature=related

Really cool stuff! Nothing exudes power like a battleship! I always wanted to build a model of the Iowa class from the modern time period.

Then of course, some of these big guns were used on land to devastating effect!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2_eX6q7pg&feature=related

What terrific firepower, the photos is amazing but when you see the videos, wow they literally blow you away!