> Russky PT boats to visit as well

No such thing. The PT boats are US boats including Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II. PT-617 is a PT-103-class Elco motor torpedo boat of the same type as the famous PT-109 commanded by future President, John F. Kennedy.

Motor torpedo boat PT-796, was laid down on 3 May 1945, launched on 23 June, and completed after the end of the war on 26 October as a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans, LA. The last of her type to be constructed, she was nicknamed Tail Ender.

I'm not dumping on the scouts, I think you're whooshing here.

In a different environment, a quasi militaristic group for children like that, with ranks and camaraderie and such, would absolutely be a utilized and weaponized by bad actors.

I had a good experience in the scouts. Would do again. But if you can't recognize what we're talking about here I'd read a couple of history books. No hate on the scouts.

Loved bringing my kids there! Went a bunch of times and always learn and see new things.

"Permanently" moored with rope and chain. She's still free to move with the tides and is floating.

You guys took some really, really - REALLY weird shit away from Boyscouts, or were in a really, really - REALLY shitty troop.

Also has the distinction of never losing a man. Despite coming under fire from submarines, destroyers, another battleship, shore installations, kamikaze attacks, and sailing through the heart of a typhoon.

Anyone who hasn't visited this ship - do so, and plan a whole day for it. There's a submarine and some Russky PT boats to visit as well. EAT A BIG BREAKFAST - food on the ship isn't great, and you don't want to explore the local area.

I spent roughly 1 dozen nights sleeping on this ship with Boyscouts, and good god did I get into trouble. My favorite memory was bringing in a screwdriver, removing the plexi glass behind the shells in the barbett, and leading my buddies inside the main guns.

Inside is a substantial coat of creosote, and it instantly smells of history. There's not too much to see until you climb all the ladders to the bottom of the ship - and you have to be careful and time it right because you climb through a 'fish tank' area where other patrons can see you inside climbing past a plexi-wall. At the bottom, heavy oil all over, ancient lightbulbs with filaments the size of a noodle and putting out a surprisingly dim but warm glow, and a danker, mustier smell that just... warms you, somehow. Down here is the breach of the main gun, but it's huge and not dummy proofed. There was an ancient news paper laying there half rotted away - an antique, but of no consequential date.

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I honestly hope they've secured those panels better these days, I recognize it wasn't ideal I went down there, but I was a mischievous kid. I'm glad I did, and I did so with the utmost respect for the history of that ship. I've recently visited the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier in San Diego - and I can say unequivocally - the Battleship Massachusetts is a far less advanced, and far superior experience. No shade to the Midway, but damn the Massachusetts has moxy.

I was not very intelligent back then and didn’t even know what the place was called

It was a pump action BB gun. And she threatened to shoot the cops and kill herself. This was suicide by cop.

Oh ok gotcha

Just an aside, that bit about the Alewife accident being intentional was from a police brief and therefore should be taken with a giant grain of salt.

South Shore - Cody Rohland. She was amazing for us. She moved from Texas like 30 years ago, so you got the southern connection too.

I've found it at McKinnons in Davis

She had a really impressive career for a WWII battleship.

Ah yes I forgot about that bit! Pretty wild to think about.

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It happens when ships like this sink in deep water. They tumble on the way down and the turrets slip out. Thats why the wreck of the Bismarck has no guns.

I'm trying to wrap my head around how you managed that?

If I'm not mistaken, your turntable analogy is more apt than you may have meant. I believe that they're not even technically "secured" to the ship. As in, if a Titan were to pick up the ship and turn it upside down, the guns would just fall out of their mounts.

Obviously they're not going to go anywhere in the real world, I can't imagine how much they weigh, but I always thought that was cool.

Somebody with more knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong!

You caught at least one downvote for this (not from me) but there's absolutely truth to what you said. I really enjoyed my Boy Scout days but in a slightly alternate timeline they would definitely have been some kind of youth corps.

Same!

I could tell by your complaining you were a little confused. Always happy to help.

There is so little real support even if someone has a plan especially it seems when ADHD is mentioned. Most professors do not help in a way that works for the student. I know someone who could run circles around other students in knowledge but her ADHD+ prevented her from writing papers or even verbally transcribing them. If the professor sat down to discuss the subject matter, they were always impressed with the in-depth understanding. That was the exception not the rule in spite of the plan. The students profession was never going to include documentation. She never graduated and often considered suicide for not being “normal”.

I don’t think colleges have improved anything exception talking points and publicity.

Looking back on my boy scout days, I realize that in a different place and time, I would have been a stand-out in Hitler Youth. Since then I've outgrown my fascist tendencies, but the appeal of fascism is a clear developmental phase for many boys. Fascism spoke to my pubescent derangement.

call them. they are very helpful and helped me recover funds from a deceased relative