I like Ships too

[JohnnySavage]

 

[trysail]

The definition of ugly.
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Ro-Ro
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[ryan8558]

 

[trysail]

Wow ! Amazing images. Watertight compartments and bulkheading works.


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[thør]

The definition of ugly.


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Oops!

Of course, all the cars aboard were trash.....

 

[JohnnySavage]

A funny looking Brit ship

 

[JohnnySavage]

Biggest submarine

 

[JohnnySavage]

Fastest submarine

 

[trysail]

The United States Navy's West Indies Anti-Piracy Campaign (1817-1825)



U.S.S. Alligator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_9_November_1822


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[trysail]

This is a 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun barrel that was removed from the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) during her 1949 overhaul.

When seen installed in its turret aboard ship, its size can't be appreciated. There's nothing to give it scale. It's only when observed in isolation that one understands how truly ginormous it is. The damn thing is 67 feet long and weighs 120 tons (240,000 pounds) with the ability to shoot a 2,700 pound projectile up to 24 miles. It's hard to believe three were mounted in single turrets.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16"/50_caliber_Mark_7_gun




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[oggbashan]

These two 15 inch guns are mounted outside the Imperial War Museum in London:

I saw a 15 inch gunnery drill in one of the turrets of HMS Vanguard, the UK's last battleship.

It was impressive but slow and outdated.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Never zig when everyone else zags

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[albertaboy]

This one looks downright sinister

 

[trysail]

H.M.S. Visby

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[thør]

Sunken Soviet Submarines Threaten Nuclear Catastrophe in Russia's Arctic

 

[JohnnySavage]

Report on USS Miami

 

[thør]

Big guns of the Swedish Navy.

 

[thør]

Korean fishing vessel goes down.

1 dead, 50 missing.

Poor reporting, but it's a story in progress. Water temperatures of -10°C (14°F)?? Bullshit.

I hope they find some lifeboats full of live bodies. It's not a good time of year to be in the Bering sea..

 

[thør]

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[Unattached77]

Enjoy. I shot these in SF during the America's cup.

This should give you an idea of how high they fly.

168 years of America's cup in one frame. The replica of the Schooner America with Luna Rosa Prada

USS Iowa, the last battleship to venture out on the open ocean. I shot these while she was going restoration in Richmond Ca in 2012 before being towed to San Pedro where she is now.

I have a better version of this shot, but I can't find it.

Through the Golden Gate one last time.

 

[trysail]

A Full Broadside
U.S.S. Iowa
(Vieques, 1984)
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