|
|
Article: USS Iowa: Fascinating and Fearsome
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 29, 1988
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
I had no idea when I boarded the battleship USS Iowa tied up on a
Hudson River pier over the weekend that before we had steamed down
the Atlantic to Norfolk, I would see the Navy's newest air force go
into action off the fantail of one of its oldest ships.
Nor was I prepared for the outpouring of affection New Yorkers
showered on the gray behemoth and her 1,500 sailors and officers.
More than 14,000 visitors climbed aboard the Iowa on Sunday in
response to Mayor Edward I. Koch's invitation to get to know the
battlewagon and smaller ships that are scheduled to make Staten
Island their new home port next year.
A gnarled man in glasses stepped out from the crowd, rubbed his
hand over some of ...