USS Iowa not coming to SF say the Board of Dupes

This is really tragic, the historically significant if not monumental, battleship USS Iowa is not going to be permanently docked in San Francisco because 8 supervisors decided the ship was not welcome in SF.  Apparently, depriving the Bay Area of a  floating museum and historical center is necessary because of the military's policies on homosexuals and OIF. Yeah, that'll really send a message to the Pentagon.

Nicknamed "The Big Stick", the 45,000 ton battleship fought in Saipan, Tinian, Rota and Guam, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Philippine Sea, among countless other engagements. The Iowa also served at Admiral Halsey's flagship for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, and later was the flagship for the entire Fifth Fleet. Of course, the ship also served in other wars and was decommissioned in 1990, 50 years after her keel was first laid. Think about it for just a minute... this ship served at the forefront of American military power for 50 years, or put another way, 1/4 of the entire history of the U.S.

Whatever, I'm quite positive that the residents of Stockton will give this ship a fitting home and I'll just go and see it there. It's a good thing the USS Hornet is in Alameda.

Link: BREITBART.COM - Just The News.

The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later, suffered one of the nation's most deadly military accidents.

Veterans groups and history buffs had hoped that tourists in San Francisco could walk the same teak decks where sailors dodged Japanese machine-gun fire and fired 16-inch guns that helped win battles across the South Pacific.

Instead, it appears that the retired battleship is headed about 80 miles inland, to Stockton, a gritty agricultural port town on the San Joaquin River and home of California's annual asparagus festival.