Battleship Boys

by Paul Lally

WW2-era, Montana Class battleship, USS New Hampshire, BB-70 is a paint-chipped, rusted-out, down at her heels, 68,000-ton “Museum Ship” that lost her lease in Portsmouth, NH, and is heading for the breakers......until high-tech billionaire Jack Riley makes her seaworthy, so that his ailing father can sail one last time on the very first ship he served on in Vietnam as a “butter bar” navy ensign. Jack also invites 250 grizzled navy battleship vets to join them on the high seas for a voyage to Cancún, Mexico for one last hell-raising, hard-drinking, unforgettable liberty call. Halfway there, smooth waters, red skies at night, and nostalgia for the “good old days” run smack into a modern day crisis when a DEA raid goes horribly wrong and SOCOM (Special Operations Command) calls upon the USS New Hampshire and the Battleship Boys to perform one last mission in service to their country.

409 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2021

About the author

Paul M. Lally a television producer, writer, director, and host/narrator who has worked for PBS and Walt Disney Productions. He has directed over 100 episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.