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horsa
09-02-05, 06:35 AM
Anyone had a go with the free google.earth software ? (http://earth.google.com/ )
I was absolutely fascinated by it. I spent the best part of a day hunting down existing ship museum sites around the world.

Anyway, first stop was the location of USS Texas , which was one of the locations for the second annual International Subclub meeting in October 2004.( Look closely on the bow and you can see us all lined up and being photographed by Onkel Neal )

Second stop was Pearl Harbor …. as you’d expect looking very much like those aerial photos from films like Tora Tora Tora and Pearl Harbor . …… and yep , moored alongside Ford island was USS Missouri.
More poignantly , (and I wasn’t really expecting this) you can clearly see the sunken USS Arizona … preserved as a war grave and memorial

Full post and more pics at :-
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=42524

USS Texas

http://www.amberphotography.co.uk/navalsite/images/Satellite800/Texas2.jpg


USS Missouri

http://www.amberphotography.co.uk/navalsite/images/Satellite800/Missouri2.jpg


USS Arizona

http://www.amberphotography.co.uk/navalsite/images/Satellite800/Arizona.jpg
CBDR
09-04-05, 09:42 AM
Horsa,

Thanks for sharing those pictures with us. The last time I was aboard the Arizona memorial was in August 1995, and of course Missouri wasn't there at the time.

Notice that fuel oil is still leaking from Arizona.
horsa
09-04-05, 06:04 PM
Notice that fuel oil is still leaking from Arizona.

Yes , this is amazing after 60+ years. I hadn't actually noticed it on the image at first.
Etienne
10-13-05, 10:02 PM
It doesn't take a lot of oil to make a huge slick... And since oil has a lower density than water, it sips out very slowly from the bottom of a tank.

It's strange that nobody's bothered to patch it up, in our environmentally conscious day.
nikimcbee
11-03-07, 11:36 AM
cool bump
nikimcbee
12-08-07, 12:25 AM
cool bump
Remember Pearl Harbor bump
nikimcbee
12-21-07, 01:17 PM
Notice that fuel oil is still leaking from Arizona.

Yes , this is amazing after 60+ years. I hadn't actually noticed it on the image at first.

@ Horsa
Can you find the Cavalla?
Bremerton is pretty interesting The last time I looked at Seattle, they still had a photo of the Russian sub there.
horsa
12-21-07, 02:32 PM
Cavalla in Galveston. This wasn't in hires in the original google pictures but has since been upgraded

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/36879/2004923296982340754_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004923296982340754)
nikimcbee
02-02-08, 09:02 AM
I found 5 kilos, I need to post the pix.:hmm: