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05-08-12, 12:24 AM | #1 |
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USS William D. Porter
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05-08-12, 01:57 AM | #2 |
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Any other ships that have had as bad a run (in terms of names) as the Porter?
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05-08-12, 02:25 AM | #3 |
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sounds like a ship full of Bernards
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05-08-12, 02:28 AM | #4 |
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In the article it says the whole crew was arrested. What happened to them? Were they court martialled?
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05-08-12, 03:26 AM | #6 |
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05-08-12, 11:42 AM | #7 |
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"The IOWA began evasive maneuvers, yet trained all guns on the William D. Porter. There was now some thought that the W.D. Porter was part of an assassination plot."
That's a lot of guns.
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05-08-12, 11:48 AM | #8 |
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And came close to running over a third. I was there.
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05-08-12, 12:59 PM | #9 | |
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05-08-12, 01:27 PM | #10 |
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Aren`t nine of them all you`ll ever need?
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05-10-12, 03:54 AM | #11 |
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Best laughs for this year so far!
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05-10-12, 11:32 AM | #12 |
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Seems to me that HMAS Melbourne wasn't unlucky - the destroyers assigned to guard her were! In each of those cases it looks like the escorts were clearly at fault based on the rules of manuevering at sea.
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07-06-14, 11:12 AM | #13 |
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Worse ship in US Navy WW2
Just read this.....Captain and entire crew placed under arrest for being the stupidest ship in history. This should be a movie....
Make sure to check the 2nd page, so funny. Ship was exiled to Alaska and a drunk sailor decided to shoot the guns and blew up the flower garden in the front yard of....wait for it.....the base commanders house..lmao. http://www.cracked.com/article_19637...same-ship.html
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07-06-14, 11:23 AM | #14 |
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I know it's been a couple of years, but...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=195021
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07-06-14, 12:11 PM | #15 |
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HAHAHA good read!
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