| Thu, 17 May 2012 Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed to its final port ca... | Storied battleship making final port call in Los Angeles | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The USS Iowa, which ferried the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the perilous Atlantic waters to a historic meeting with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in the dark days of World War Two, will have to be towed to its final port ca... | How 'Battleship' Enlisted the Navy | When "Battleship" docks in theaters Thursday evening, it does so with the endorsement and cooperation of the U.S. Navy. The aliens in the Universal Pictures blockbuster may be CGI creations, but the massive battle cruisers that lend the film its name are the rea... |
The Last Ride of a Famous Battleship
| In the shipyards of Richmond, a chain thick with rust slowly ascended into the tip of the U.S.S. Iowa Battleship. As the chain pulled taut, the ship’s massive anchor followed, pulling into place as it’s done countless times over the last seven decades. | The scene... | On TV this weekend, May 18-20 | In Print: Friday, May 18, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT | ADVERTISEMENT | Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters | On TV this weekend | FRIDAY | SEASON FINALE Shark Tank, 8 p.m., ABC This week we see a home gym, some cosmetics and a s... | 'Battleship' sinks under the weight of its action movie cliches | Steve PersallTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, May 18, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT | ADVERTISEMENT | Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters | "What's the difference between a battleship and a destroyer?" asks a starstruck boy upon m... | Battleship | It's funny - somehow, in all the time we've been getting our classic-games fix playing Battleship, we missed the part where you'll call out, say, B-5, and suddenly find a giant, techno-morphing alien spacecraft on the grid. But hey, if you're Hasbro and Universal, and... | Gary Thompson   email print font size comments 0 options Posted: Thu, May. 17, 2012, 2:17 PM 'Battleship' is silly, but it doesn't sink | Gary Thompson, Daily News Film Critic | Philadelphia Daily News Email Gary Thompson ASSOCIATED PRESS Rihanna, a cast member in "Battleships," greets... | 'Battleship' is silly, but it doesn't sink | Gary Thompson, Daily News Film Critic | Philadelphia Daily News Email Gary Thompson ASSOCIATED PRESS Rihanna, a cast member in "Battleships," greets fans at the premiere of the film, Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. The film is released in theaters on May 18. (... | | |
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