Battleship IOWA Museum's first chairman of the board and former Iowa state senator Jeff Lamberti joins the gang to reminisce about the adventure of saving the ship from the mothball fleet.

Prepare for some laughs as we share previously untold stories from Suisun Bay and Richmond, and the days when the budget was so tight, we had to ration generator hours.

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Former Iowa state senator and the first chairman of Battleship IOWA's Board, Jeff Lamberti was there for the pins-and-needles moments back in 2011 when saving the ship was still a huge question mark.

He jumped into a Scuttlebutt recording earlier this year to reminisce about those crazy times and how it's really a miracle we're here!

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Here's Part 2 of our conversation with Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS.

In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship.

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• Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
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We've been trying to get this guy on the podcast for a while. He's Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS and he's had an interesting few years.

In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship.

Part 2 coming soon.

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• Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit
• Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
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We're excited to introduce the latest restored and working space aboard Battleship IOWA. It's the new home for our podcast: IOWA's 1980s TV studio. Welcome to NEPM Studio 61A!

In this episode we sit down with IOWA's Innovation Engineering & Technology (IE&T) Team manager Gary Lopes for a chat about what it was like to restore the ship's 1980s television studio to its full glory (working Betamax camera included)... only to see our podcast team move in and get goofy.

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• Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
• National Museum of the Surface Navy: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate
• Become a Plank Owner: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/plank_owner
• Donate: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate
• Find out about our veterans' programs: https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veterans/

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Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts:

- First woman to be navigator on a carrier
- First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets)
- First woman to command the forward-deployed Singapore-based Task Force 73
- First woman to command a battle fleet
- First woman to serve as Commander, 3rd Fleet

Admiral Tyson retired from the Navy in 2017 after 38 years of service and in this fascinating conversation, this remarkable sailor shares her journey from enlisting in the Navy in 1979 to high level command.

You can check out Part 1 of our conversation with her here:
https://youtu.be/SqX3_0o4798?si=1bqu01hs_cpzlc1N

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• Find out about our veterans' programs: https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veterans/

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Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts:

• First woman to be navigator on a carrier (USS Lexington)
• First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets)
• First woman to command the forward-deployed Singapore-based Task Force 73
• First woman to command a battle fleet
• First woman to serve as Commander, 3rd Fleet

She retired from the Navy in 2017 after 38 years of service and in this fascinating conversation, this remarkable sailor shares her journey from enlisting in the Navy in 1979 to high level command.

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• Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit
• Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
• National Museum of the Surface Navy: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate
• Become a Plank Owner: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/plank_owner
• Donate: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate
• Find out about our veterans' programs: https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veterans/

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