Colorado 2006 Geocoin

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Released:
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Origin:
Mississippi, United States
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To travel from cache to cache.

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    Tracking History (5047mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 9/28/2008 Emaxxe placed it in The BugEyed, CrossTied, Bugtel, Hostel ! Louisiana - 122.07 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 9/14/2008 L&Lcupids discovered it   Visit Log

    viewed it with Emaxxe
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/13/2008 Emaxxe retrieved it from USS ALABAMA Alabama   Visit Log

    SWAP AND MOVE
    Write note 9/5/2008 ModelCitizen posted a note for it   Visit Log

    Pictures of the military memorials at the USS Alabama battleship park...

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    • Memorial to the Alabama Vietnam veterans. Similar to "The Wall" in Washington, DC.
    • Another memorial to the armed forces at the park.
    • There used to be a helicopter here. Hurricane Katrina broke the struts on this helicopter display and trashed the helicopter. She also did a lot of damage to many of the airplanes inside the aviation display building. The torn remains of planes were outside on the grounds. Hopefully they will be able to repair them and get them back on display.
    • Bracelet sculpture for Alabama POWs/MIAs.
    • The plaque at the POW-MIA bracelet sculpture. I remember when these bracelets were first sold. They came to my elementary school, explaining about the Vietnam POWs and MIAs and selling the bracelets. Each bracelet bore the name of an American Prisoner Of War or Missing In Action serviceman. The bracelets were to be worn until the prisoner was released or the serviceman was found.
    Write note 9/5/2008 ModelCitizen posted a note for it   Visit Log

    More pictures from the Colorado geocoin's visit to the USS Alabama Battleship Park.

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    • The view from the upper decks. Here you get a good look at six of the nine big guns on the battleship. Each gun fired shells that were 16 inches in diameter (45 caliber) and were accurate to 21 miles.
    • The ship's bell. The USS Alabama was commissioned on 16 August, 1942. She earned nine battle stars during her service in World War II.
    • An SR-71 Blackbird in the aviation display. An amazing aircraft, it carries the records for speed (2,242 mph or over 3 times the speed of sound) and highest altitude (85,069 feet). Its engines delivered 65,000 pounds of thrust.
    • The view of the ship on the way to the geocache. The ship has armor as thick as 18 inches in places.
    Dropped Off 9/5/2008 ModelCitizen placed it in USS ALABAMA Alabama - 1.7 miles  Visit Log

    I visited the USS Alabama and the USS Drum submarine here at the park today and took the Colorado geocoin along on the tour. We spent a while walking through the battleship and submarine and touring the aviation display. The geocache here seems to get visited often so it should be a good jumping-off point for the Colorado geocoin's continuing adventures. I had a lot of fun with this geocoin and hope you enjoyed reading about it and seeing the pictures.

    Blue skies and happy caching!
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    • Colorado GC at one of USS Alabama's propellers. The battleship had four propellers like this one, each weighing over 18 tons, to deliver the power from the ship's engines that had a total output of 130,000 horsepower.
    • The USS Alabama in Mobile Bay. This battleship is 680 feet in length, over 108 feet wide and 194 feet tall, weighing 45,000 tons (90 million pounds) when battle-ready, and carried a crew of 2,500 men.
    • The view from the bow. The ship is 680 feet long. That's over two football fields long!
    • USS Alabama, looking very intimidating. Ship's armament: Nine 16"/45 caliber (not .45 caliber!) guns in three turrets (accurate to 21 miles), 20 5"/38 cal guns, 48 40mm guns, and 52 20mm guns.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/5/2008 ModelCitizen retrieved it from Admiral Semmes Alabama   Visit Log

    I was in Mobile today on business and finished up too late in the day to make it back to work before quitting time so I hung around Mobile and hunted a few caches.

    We started off with a tour of Fort Conde in downtown Mobile, a Revolutionary War-era fort that has been partially reconstructed on its original site. After the fort, it was a short walk to the Admiral Semmes cache and statue where I dipped this traveler. Next stop - the USS Alabama battleship.

    I'll be posting pictures.

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    • Outside Fort Conde in Mobile, Alabama.
    • The Colorado geocoin inside Fort Conde.
    • Fort Conde cannons.
    • The Colorado geocoin with Admiral Semmes.
    Dropped Off 9/5/2008 ModelCitizen placed it in Admiral Semmes Alabama - 174.54 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 8/30/2008 ModelCitizen retrieved it from Laurel Veterans' Memorial Museum Mississippi   Visit Log

    Dipping this traveler in a cache close to home/work for miles before taking it on a trip.

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    Dropped Off 8/30/2008 ModelCitizen placed it in Laurel Veterans' Memorial Museum Mississippi - 126.25 miles  Visit Log
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