That was its reporting name at a time when Soviet ship designations weren't known. Most of us here still think in terms of reporting names.

Yes, fighting the Soviets was as fighting aliens, because the very unknown factors of the enemy (sometimes the Soviets were ignorant of his own forces because his own secretist occult his forces to his own combatants).

Casually I've finded this book some few minutes ago about the last times of the Soviet Naval Forces

http://eugeneleeslover.com/US-NAVY-BOOKS/1...VELOPMENTS.html

in the very interesting web site

http://eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html

in the very interesting web site

http://eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html

 

That site is a gold mine, Enrique. Lots of interesting stuff, including info about the Iowa battleships (always popular in these parts).

in the very interesting web site

http://eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html

 

That site is a gold mine, Enrique. Lots of interesting stuff, including info about the Iowa battleships (always popular in these parts).

 

I saw Iowa and battleships and had to check out the 5" popcorn shooter! Handy old-school website there, thanks Enrique!

 

BB proverb, it may say battleship, it may say Iowa, but if it doesn't say Battleship Iowa it is probably just endless boring corn fields.

I've almost not peroused the site (lots of ordinary work these days and other change of assignement) ... and I almost forget it ...