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05-12-16, 10:54 AM | #31 |
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I was given my call by the xo when I got my crow and became a glorified SN. I made the lanyard too, thanks to Mr. Ashley and a little imagination. We welcomed many dignataries, admirals and called all hands to chow.
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05-12-16, 11:21 AM | #32 |
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I made mine.
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05-12-16, 11:49 AM | #33 |
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a Rose by any other name
^ Now that's (both) KEWL! I wear my little yellow whistle on a less stellar lanyard to summon the crew to lunch aboard the Wooly Bully...alright i'm lyin': it's for when fallen overboard; got to swim for it and the radio (antenna seen sticking out of the vest CH-16=C.G.!) fails....a-la Kate Winslet as Rose in Titanic. It's not that I don't trust the captain....
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05-12-16, 12:25 PM | #34 |
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Be honest, Kate W. could have rescued DiCaprio, there was enough space on that plank.
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05-12-16, 01:51 PM | #35 | ||
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05-12-16, 02:02 PM | #36 |
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Something that has always intrigued me about the Titanics sinking is why nobody used the 2.5 hours to build some rafts. There was plenty of wood aboard. Me I'd be ripping off some door frames and lashing them to deck chairs. No shortage of either yet they seem to have been ignored.
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05-31-16, 11:00 AM | #38 | ||
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A little required reading
A search for German U boat Valve names lead to this: http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTGER_WWII.php The Type Zaukong T-11 designed to subvert the allied 'Foxer' was actually deployed on the U-534, currently on display in England. Some sources say it was not deployed. Of the 16 torpedoes salvaged from the wreck in 1993, five were TXI's-three in the aft section. Four of those were picked for parts and blown up, while the remaining torpedo was restored and is currently on display alongside the U-boat in the United Kingdom.
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07-17-16, 02:25 AM | #39 | |
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BB: 61,64,63,62
https://www.flickr.com/photos/konabish/6497548649/ <to enlarge) All four Iowa-class battleships steaming together (1954). Ship closest to the camera is USS Iowa (BB-61). The others are (from near to far): USS Wisconsin (BB-64), USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS New Jersey (BB-62). This was the only occasion that all four Iowa Class BB's were steaming in formation. Arguably; two years later...the most powerful surface armada the world ever saw.
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08-05-16, 11:04 AM | #40 |
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ODDS and ends of interest; Some exceedingly Kool stuff
http://amp.rokket.biz/docs/vii_modifications.pdf @ ivanov.ruslan: thanks for this site; this is the really good stuff 'diehards' gotta have at ! Likewise Catfish: magnificent post: http://www.tvre.org/en/aiming-with-the-periscope http://militaryhistory.x10.mx/shippictures/warshippictures/articles/Type%20VII%20cutaway.jpg http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-570/U-570GeneralPlanDavidTaylorHR.htm @ Mr Baker THANKS: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2431601#post2431601
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08-07-16, 02:30 PM | #41 |
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Too much history to let Slide:
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/mare-island-transition-stirs-memories-for-napa-man/article_3d2f9c44-11e6-5eca-8d8d-5fcfb2b7abd1.html Where I sail frequently: The Napa River's a little calmer than the Bay! Five of the top scoring seven submarines of WWII were built at Mare Island <USS Wahoo SS 238-launched & off off Mare Island Where I've the privilege of sailing (key to enlarge to show bridges and Mare Island to my port side>-not the same Carquinez Bridge span (the one to the left of Wahoo is the 1927 span) replaced by the 1958 cantilever and then the 2003 Zampa's suspension bridge: I-80's horrific transit to the south Bay area. The bridge is named for Al Zampa, an iron worker who worked on the 1927 span and the Golden Gate Bridge He is most notable for being one of the first people to survive falling off the Golden Gate Bridge. He was a charter member of the Half Way to Hell Club, whose members are the men who fell from the Golden Gate Bridge and were saved by the nets. What a way to get a bridge named after U!
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08-30-18, 06:28 PM | #42 |
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SAILS AIN'T CHEAP BBY!
> THINGS TO PONDER WHEN 'ASEA' < I SHOULD FLY THE 'J' FLAG ALL THE TIME WITH 150% JIB SEEN FULLY UNFURLED IN FOTO-USUALLY IT'S TOO WINDY AND IS USUALLY ONLY AT 100%...ie not past the STEEL WIRE MAST-STAYS TO PREVENT WEAR FROM TACKING IN 15 MPH+ WINDS...
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08-30-18, 06:37 PM | #43 |
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plot synopsis: Rich girl lets poor boy drown.
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08-30-18, 06:42 PM | #44 |
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KIA SUSHI
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