Originally Posted by CB HI
You are right, I did mean USS Utah. Must have been thinking of ILTB and N C in Iowa while typing. I normally try and visit the USS Utah on Memorial Day, and reread the lost heros names. The hull is still there with a fair amount above surface. All my visits to the USS Arizona have either been for re-enlistments and a VIP tour.
Ford Island is really changing from the days you and I had offices there. New bridge and building lots of new housing. The new housing at all the bases is really nice.
Yep, I went back a few years ago and DROVE to Ford Island on the bridge. That felt strange. We (3rd FLT intel weenies) had a small bunk room for our 24 hour watches (before we moved afloat) just about 100 yards from the Arizona. Just outside the door was a small brass plaque indicating the point where the first bomb fell on Ford Island on Dec 7 1941. Walking by that (and going by the Arizona Memorial every day) was quite sobering.