GRAF SPEE and her sisters had two triple 11 inch turrets and eight 5.9 in
single mounts. It was amazing that they picked SALEM (CA-139) to portray
GRAF SPEE.
-----Original Message-----
From: EdLortz@aol.com [mailto:EdLortz@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 1:54 PM
To: mil-veh@skylee.com
Subject: Re: [MV] Pearl Harbor movie
Sorry to fill the airwaves with slightly off topic stuff again, but to a
naval buff, watching the Lex try to look like a Japanese carrier brings back
memories of the cruiser USS Salem (with three 8" turrets) trying to look
like
the German pocket battleship Graf Spee (with two 10" turrets and a
superstructure nothing like the Salem). I think that movie was in the 60's
jbuckley@falcon.tamucc.edu writes:
<< The Lexington #16 is on display at Corpus Christi, Texas. It will
play a role as both a Japanese and a US carrier in the Disney film
about Pearl Harbor that starts filming here next month. >>
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