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| Author: | Colombamike [ June 20th, 2017, 8:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | A heavy-cruiser 8"in guns turret lies......in the Nevada desert... |
  "The heavy-cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28 ) was hit & one of these 8" guns turret damaged by a japanese kamikaze attack on January 05, 1945. The damaged turret was removed and taken to the Nevada Test Site & converted into a "rotating radiation detector", to collect data on nuclear tests. No more info about this turret "atomic-use"  ![[ img ]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/NTS_-_Gun_Turret_1.jpg) ![[ img ]](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4lc0.png) a other link ![[ img ]](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/independentnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/c7/0c77efc6-fc73-11e5-8e05-6751cc83a2a1/5705d7b706304.image.jpg?resize=1027%2C630) The last remain of US prewar heavy-cruiser ? |
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| Author: | shipsinker [ June 22nd, 2017, 1:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A heavy-cruiser 8"in guns turret lies......in the Nevada desert... |
do you nave the exact location on the map in nevada |
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| Author: | Colombamike [ June 22nd, 2017, 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A heavy-cruiser 8"in guns turret lies......in the Nevada desert... |
Calibration Gun Turret located on 2-04 road behind bunker 2-300 in area 2, Nevada Test Site ![[ img ]](http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_lear/04images/Area_51/Wfm_area51_map_en.png) ![[ img ]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f7/1a/63/f71a632443282ff30d70afa0a10fbef9.jpg) More about tour in NTS http://www.nnss.gov/pages/PublicAffairs ... tours.html ??? http://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/ exact location data from here (page 59/88) https://nnsa.energy.gov/sites/default/f ... 02001e.pdf |
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