The Nineteenth Reunion of the USS Cabildo (LSD-16) Crewmembers' Association
     
 
San Diego, CA - September 11 - 15, 2014
  
     
 

Our Day in Long Beach

  
 
 
 
 
 

The USS Iowa BB-61 in San Pedro

  
   
 
 
     
   
     
 

Audrey and Bill Griffith with the 16" guns

  
     
     
   
     
  One 16" round consists of a shell (blue) and six 110lb. white canvas bags of powder.  
     
     
     
   
     
  The key control rooms of the Iowa were heavily armored as is the pilot house door.  
 
 
     
   
     
  President Roosevelt traveled to Europe aboard the USS Iowa, staying in the Captain's Cabin.  
     
 
 
 
The former Long Beach Naval Base is now a huge container port
  
     
     
 
 
 
The Queen Mary with a 1972 Russian Foxtrot Class Submarine in the foreground.
  
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
The new "look" of Long Beach
  
     
   
 
 
 

An informal Cabildo gathering aboard the Queen Mary

  
     
     
     
     
 
 
 
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