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“The Ship that Would Not Die:” USS Laffey Gun Mount 53 Video
Friday, February 7, 2014 17:15
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Via Adam
Here the new video exhibit now in GUN MOUNT 53. This is also accompanied by lights blinking off and on and the floor has vibrators hooked up. When the gun fires or planes crash onboard or alongside, the floor vibrates. It is quite loud and very well done. Lee Hunt, who was in the handling room below the mount during the Kamikaze Battle, April 16, 1945, said that it was a SUPER VIDEO and WAS AS CLOSEST TO REAL AS YOU CAN GET !
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The USS Laffey was in reality two great vessels with the same name–the first, DD-459, fought to the death in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. The second, DD-724, was at the center of World War II's most intensely brutal kamikaze attack, where it earned the nickname “The Ship that Would Not Die.” The crew casualties, however, were high: Over 30 perished and another 70 were wounded.
Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-ship-that-would-not-die-uss-laffey.html
