Old Man River News - A WWII Ship is Seen Again on the Mississippi River in St. Louis
From lakes to rivers to oceans to streams - we love and are intirgued by all waterways. We found this find interesting on Old Man River. The USS Inaugural, an admirable class minesweeper ship that was in the Pacific front end of World War II has surfaced. The Inaugural was a part of the Battle of Okinawa. It searched the ocean for underwater mines and occasionally fired at enemy ships. It cleared 82 mines and won 2 battles. After the war was over, the ship sat for nearly two