is supposed to run to them uh you've got a seven and a half inch or seven and a quarter inch armored roof that they're not going to drill a hole in for a cable run so they just deleted that position entirely plus the three-inch gun sits a little bit higher it might have blocked the view of the bridge uh so some of the iowa's even started to lose their NUMBER_TOKEN millimeter mounts preparatory to having them replaced with three-inch guns but from NUMBER_TOKEN to NUMBER_TOKEN the iowa's are taken out of service and none of them ever get this and of course the south dakotas like uss alabama that we're on has also already been taken out of service the three-inch gun and her associated mark NUMBER_TOKEN directors would have added a significant amount of anti-aircraft firepower during the early jet age uh and it's a huge disappointment to me that for budgetary reasons that was never done i think that would have been a very interesting modification to the ships battleship new jersey receives operating support from the new jersey department of state and also from a number of other businesses and private institutions we really appreciate your support but instead of supporting us for this video there's a link in the description to battleship alabama if you would like to support the ongoing restoration of this vessel she has a number of features that the iowa class battleships do not and that are worthy of saving so consider donating to the battleship alabama memorial park and consider subscribing to their youtube channel they're making very similar videos to what battleship new jersey is making thanks for watching
START_SELFPROMO_TOKEN battleship new jersey receives operating support from the new jersey department of state and also from a number of other businesses and private institutions we really appreciate your support but instead of supporting us for this video there's a link in the description to battleship alabama if you would like to support the ongoing restoration of this vessel she has a number of features that the iowa class battleships do not and that are worthy of saving so consider donating to the battleship alabama memorial park and consider subscribing to their youtube channel they're making very similar videos to what battleship new jersey is making thanks for watching END_SELFPROMO_TOKEN