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Ships bell - USS Idaho
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julian_...@yahoo.com
Sep 26, 2012, 2:31:10 PM9/26/12
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Many years ago (sometime in the 1980s), a local San Diego news station ran a program about some local guy who had amassed a huge collection of junk. Yeah, I guess it was news worthy as it was in the days before 'pickers' became a big deal.
I recall the guy had in his back yard a ships bell with USS Idaho engraved on it. I don't remember if it was the first or second battleship Idaho but I believe it was BB-42.
Does anybody have any info on this? How did it get? And what happened to it? Melted down or sent to a museum? Or maybe it is still there?
I recall the guy had in his back yard a ships bell with USS Idaho engraved on it. I don't remember if it was the first or second battleship Idaho but I believe it was BB-42.
Does anybody have any info on this? How did it get? And what happened to it? Melted down or sent to a museum? Or maybe it is still there?
willshak
Sep 26, 2012, 4:22:40 PM9/26/12
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I did.
Seems it is in Boise Idaho.
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Richard Casady
Sep 26, 2012, 6:30:27 PM9/26/12
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:22:40 -0400, willshak <will...@00hvc.rr.com>
wrote:
>julian_...@yahoo.com wrote the following on 9/26/2012 2:31 PM (ET):
>> Many years ago (sometime in the 1980s), a local San Diego news station ran a program about some local guy who had amassed a huge collection of junk. Yeah, I guess it was news worthy as it was in the days before 'pickers' became a big deal.
>>
>> I recall the guy had in his back yard a ships bell with USS Idaho engraved on it. I don't remember if it was the first or second battleship Idaho but I believe it was BB-42.
>>
>> Does anybody have any info on this? How did it get? And what happened to it? Melted down or sent to a museum? Or maybe it is still there?
On a related note, the bell from USS Colorado is in the lobby of the
Memorial Union at Colorado U in Boulder. It was cast from 875 poounds
of pennies donated by school children. Proper bell metal is quite
brittle, but the 95%Cu/5%Tin alloy used is not. I don't know what
happened to the bell from the Des Moines, but we could use it for the
City Hall.
Casady
wrote:
>julian_...@yahoo.com wrote the following on 9/26/2012 2:31 PM (ET):
>> Many years ago (sometime in the 1980s), a local San Diego news station ran a program about some local guy who had amassed a huge collection of junk. Yeah, I guess it was news worthy as it was in the days before 'pickers' became a big deal.
>>
>> I recall the guy had in his back yard a ships bell with USS Idaho engraved on it. I don't remember if it was the first or second battleship Idaho but I believe it was BB-42.
>>
>> Does anybody have any info on this? How did it get? And what happened to it? Melted down or sent to a museum? Or maybe it is still there?
Memorial Union at Colorado U in Boulder. It was cast from 875 poounds
of pennies donated by school children. Proper bell metal is quite
brittle, but the 95%Cu/5%Tin alloy used is not. I don't know what
happened to the bell from the Des Moines, but we could use it for the
City Hall.
Casady
julian_...@yahoo.com
Sep 26, 2012, 7:51:59 PM9/26/12
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There can be more than one ship's bell. For example, there are two bells for USS Arizona - one on Arizona State University campus and the other at Pearl Harbor: http://www.union.arizona.edu/traditions/scrapbook/history27-2002.php
If it is the same bell, I couldn't find anything about the Idaho's bell being moved from San Diego to Boise.
J
Sep 26, 2012, 10:07:43 PM9/26/12
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USS Pennsylvania's (BB-38) bell is located at Penn State University's
main campus. It sits outside the building that hosts the nation's
largest
ROTC program (all services combined).
Cheers . . . J
main campus. It sits outside the building that hosts the nation's
largest
ROTC program (all services combined).
Cheers . . . J
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