Battleship Cove

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We boarded the Orient Point Ferry to New London and took a Laidlaw school bus up to the museum.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="51eef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="520ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="524ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="526ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts was commissioned in early 1942 and served throughout World War II without losing a single life.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="52845f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="52a45f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="52c45f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Some of the enormous features of the Battleship included one of the ship's 4 propellers, massive 16 inch guns and 5 inch gun turrets.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="532ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="534ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The museum also included two completely restored PT Boats, each made of wood.</div> <div> .<IMG SRC="5368b280.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="5388b280.jpg" border=0 width="395" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Then, we headed over to the Marine Museum and saw a slide show about the Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank in 1912.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="53a2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="53c2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="53ea9e10.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Then we toured the rest of the musuem before returning to the Battleship for the afternoon Fire Drill.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="54145f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="54345f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="54545f40.jpg" border=0 width="325" height="244" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="54798b20.jpg" border=0 width="920" height="690" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="549ef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="54bef730.jpg" border=0 width="495" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Title 94"><U>More Battleship Cove ...</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>