Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 299

Jimbuna · 06-01-23, 01:07 PM

Sea water.

Aktungbby · 06-01-23, 09:45 PM

was it armed?

Ostfriese · 06-01-23, 11:04 PM

A Fletcher class destroyer?

Jimbuna · 06-02-23, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

was it armed?

Yes but as far as I can ascertain the largest calibre weapon was 40mm

Her two owners after US use may have changed her armament but I'm not sure.

Jimbuna · 06-02-23, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

A Fletcher class destroyer?

Nothing as speedy or dashing.

BIG CLUE: Today you'll find her at sea but that doesn't necessarily mean she should be considered as being seaworthy.

Catfish · 06-02-23, 02:10 PM

so basically a freighter?

Rockstar · 06-02-23, 05:12 PM

John W. Brown?

Aktungbby · 06-02-23, 10:37 PM

/\ can't be; the John W. Brown like the other Liberty ship, Jeremiah O'brian at Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is a "museum ship' which Jimbuna has heretofore said the OP is not. Moreover, Liberties pack 6" cannons, considerably heavier than the 40mm already discussed...

Aktungbby · 06-02-23, 11:08 PM

gets me: USAS American Mariner: also nicknamed Hannibal after an old target vessel...currently scuttled but visible in Cheasapeake Bay..? Used as target practice. Originally laid down as the Liberty SS George Calvert, it has retained its present name under both subsequent 'owners', the US ARMY and Marine Transportation Service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAS_American_Mariner

Quote:

The hull was used for target practice by naval aviators flying out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, until at least 1971. Her hull is still visible in the Chesapeake Bay, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W, roughly midway between Point Lookout and Smith Island. She appears to have been the only ship to have served in the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy after being built for service with the United States Merchant Marine.

Ostfriese · 06-03-23, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Moreover, Liberties pack 6" cannons, considerably heavier than the 40mm already discussed...

Never new they had such a heavy armament (a cruiser gun, after all). I've always thought they had something like 76mm or 100mm (3" / 4"), which were sufficient against submarines as well.

Jimbuna · 06-03-23, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

so basically a freighter?

Not really, she is a specific type/class.

CLUE: No other ship in the US Navy has been given this name.

Jimbuna · 06-03-23, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar

John W. Brown?

Afraid not.

CLUE: Roughly half the displacement of the above.

Jimbuna · 06-03-23, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

gets me: USAS American Mariner: also nicknamed Hannibal after an old target vessel...currently scuttled but visible in Cheasapeake Bay..? Used as target practice. Originally laid down as the Liberty SS George Calvert, it has retained its present name under both subsequent 'owners', the US ARMY and Marine Transportation Service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAS_American_Mariner

Easily the closest yet.

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06-01-23, 09:45 PM	#4472
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: where I'm at presently Posts: 25,775 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	was it armed? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human stupidity; And I'm not too sure about the Universe"

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,134 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	so basically a freighter? __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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06-02-23, 10:37 PM	#4478
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: where I'm at presently Posts: 25,775 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	/\ can't be; the John W. Brown like the other Liberty ship, Jeremiah O'brian at Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is a "museum ship' which Jimbuna has heretofore said the OP is not. Moreover, Liberties pack 6" cannons, considerably heavier than the 40mm already discussed... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human stupidity; And I'm not too sure about the Universe"

06-01-23, 11:04 PM	#4473
Ostfriese Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 829 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A Fletcher class destroyer?

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