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Boom to Bust by Nathan Latsha, on Flickr Technically yesterday. ---- We don't need no stinkin' badges. | |||
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Beautiful. That would be neat - I have never seen one out of the water before. Kind of interested in seeing the screws/rudders. That's a great museum; only one of her kind in existence. I did have the chance go climb up inside both midships 5" directors the one time I visited her (the towers with the radar antenna on either side of the foremost funnel). They had the hatches open for some reason, and there weren't any "do not enter" signs there ( ), nor any volunteer workers nearby. It was really dirty and dusty in there, and a place that was clearly never intended for tourist travel, but that will likely be the only chance I would ever have to check out the inside of one of the directors. . . That was 2010; seems she has a different paint scheme in your photo. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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My little angel at church Christmas Eve. "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen... | |||
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Prepared for the Worst, Providing the Best |
Somehow, regardless of actual capabilities, the modern variety is just nowhere near as awesome as they used to be. We had a blast today going through the USS Alabama and the USS Drum. My clothes still have that fuel-oil smell that seems to permeate everything on old ships. Just an awesome experience! | |||
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Wow, that boat has a lot of guns on it. I expect being earlier than the Iowas they may be 14" for the big ones. I can't believe a old school prop fighter could get within a mile of that thing. Thanks for the pic of North Carolina. I have only seen that boat on Google Earth. You can zoom in on its deck pretty close. | |||
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The main guns of both the South Dakota Class (of which the Alabama was one) and the North Carolina class were the 16"/45 caliber mark 6 ("45 caliber" indicating that the barrel was 45 times as long as the bore diameter). The Iowas used the 16"/50 caliber mark 7 Gun. So all three classes had 16" main guns, but the Iowas had longer barrels. I took a pic of a document detailing the cleaning of the 16" Gun bores...it was really interesting. When I get on my computer I'll post it up. ETA: Here is the document, and a pic of the shells stores inside Alabama's #2 turret. According to Wikipedia, the mark 6 gun had to be relined or replaced after only 395 armor piercing rounds (although it could handle 2860 practice rounds)...and according to this document, there was quite a maintenance process before it reached that point. One thing's for sure, I will never complain about having to trim rifle brass again! | |||
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It was the first clear day we've had in ages and I took the opportunity to catch some rays in the yards. My wife applied the Norwegian Sun Screen on with a shovel to cover the sensitive parts... Wouldn't want to get a sunburn!! It was chilly. ********************** 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Read Quod Apostolici Muneris (1878) LEO XIII. This Pope warned us about the Socialists before most folks knew what a Socialist was... | |||
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They're after my Lucky Charms! |
Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite! | |||
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________________________ Sic transit gloria mundi Canadian Coast Guard - Retired | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
Not today, but this week... What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand??? | |||
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I took this a while ago, but processed it far differently than back then now that I'm trying to learn to use photoshop rather than just lightroom. I'm not sure I like this result but I think I like it better than the originally processed one. Experimenting with photoshop by Tim, on Flickr ------------- $ | |||
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Pretty blue truck 911Boss. Something so right about that back window. | |||
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Awesome shot. Do you mind if I use it as my desktop? ------------------------- Land Rights for Gay Whales | |||
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Hell yeah! This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Plato | |||
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What's that white stuff? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Stuff I have no desire to see at home but I'll tolerate for a weekend trip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Live today as if it may be your last and learn today as if you will live forever | |||
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