This is going to be so cool. Im sad that I have to work out at my 'burb office and not in town today or Id go take in the show!
http://post-gazette.com/pg/10244/1084084-100.stm
Two World War II relics will salute each other this morning on the North Shore.
LST 325, a massive transport that saw action off Sicily in 1943 and at Normandy in 1944, is scheduled to arrive at about 8 a.m. and pull alongside the USS Requin, the Navy sub moored outside the Carnegie Science Center. The landing ship, longer than a football field, will salute the city by firing off its 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.
When the LST 325 pulls parallel with the sub, the two ships will salute each other by "dipping their colors" -- lowering their flags to half-staff and then raising them again. The Requin, which was built during the war but never saw combat, will also return a salute with its own deck cannon.
The LST -- short for Landing Ship, Tank -- is the last of its kind in the world and is normally a floating museum in Evansville, Ind. It was one of 1,051 built during the war for amphibious assaults in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific. The ship left its base earlier this month and will stay in Pittsburgh for tours from Sept. 2-7 before heading off to Ohio. The ship will dock near Heinz Field and be open for tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
http://post-gazette.com/pg/10244/1084084-100.stm
Two World War II relics will salute each other this morning on the North Shore.
LST 325, a massive transport that saw action off Sicily in 1943 and at Normandy in 1944, is scheduled to arrive at about 8 a.m. and pull alongside the USS Requin, the Navy sub moored outside the Carnegie Science Center. The landing ship, longer than a football field, will salute the city by firing off its 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.
When the LST 325 pulls parallel with the sub, the two ships will salute each other by "dipping their colors" -- lowering their flags to half-staff and then raising them again. The Requin, which was built during the war but never saw combat, will also return a salute with its own deck cannon.
The LST -- short for Landing Ship, Tank -- is the last of its kind in the world and is normally a floating museum in Evansville, Ind. It was one of 1,051 built during the war for amphibious assaults in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific. The ship left its base earlier this month and will stay in Pittsburgh for tours from Sept. 2-7 before heading off to Ohio. The ship will dock near Heinz Field and be open for tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
