![]() ![]() naval muscle to sea in the mid-1980s," according to Navy Secretary John F. Taking old battleships out of mothballs and pressing them back into service is "the quickest and most cost-effective way to get more. ![]() Late last month the Senate Armed Services Committee approved reactivation of two of the battlewagons - the New Jersey and the Iowa. It is equally hard to picture crewmen scurrying through its labyrinthine interior, or a creamy wake fanning out behind it across the trackless wastes of ocean.īut the World War II battleship may once again put to sea if Congress approves a Navy plan to reactivate it, along with three sister ships, the USS New Jersey, USS Wisconsin, and the USS Missouri. It is difficult to imagine the nine 16-inch guns belching black smoke and incandescent gas as they hurl a broadside at enemy shore targets. With its gun muzzles shrouded and its bridge windows masked with gray paint, the USS Iowa - for all its massiveness - looks like a lifeless wooden toy in the gentle May sunshine. ![]()
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