I like Ships too

[bluesky496]

That was East Germany's embarrassment. Here's the US Navy's:

it looks like the architect was looking at pictures of the Monitor and Merrimac for inspiration for this one.

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[pensivepoet]

it looks like the architect was looking at pictures of the Monitor and Merrimac for inspiration for this one.

Wasn't the first submarine, way back in the civil war, pretty much a can with a bomb on a stick?
The original one and done.

 

[Kitschshaman]

Wasn't the first submarine, way back in the civil war, pretty much a can with a bomb on a stick?
The original one and done.

The first submarine used in war was Bushnell's Turtle, used during the revolution, I think ... with Sgt Ezra Lee at the controls ..

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[thør]

There are two types of sailors, those who have been aground and those that will be aground.

 

[trysail]

There are two types of sailors, those who have been aground and those that will be aground.

There are two types of sailors: those who survive groundings and those who don't.



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[JohnnySavage]

Keep your hands inside the ride at all times

 

[thør]

Tropical liberty.

 

[thør]

 

[JohnnySavage]

These targets always look too tippy-overy to me

 

[Kitschshaman]

These targets always look too tippy-overy to me

they may look it in photos like these, but they're capable of full stop to stop turns at top flank speed ... they're pretty incredible ships .. .

 

[thør]

Feeling frosty?

 

[lemonbread]

My favorite ships!

The OTP!

.... Hey, wait a minute....

 

[JohnnySavage]

 

[trysail]

One presumes that you have very mistakenly referred to CVN-72 as a "target."

Be careful.

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These targets always look too tippy-overy to me

 

[JohnnySavage]

Too many years looking at them through a periscope with a firing solution locked.

 

[trysail]

These targets always look too tippy-overy to me

Does this make you feel better ?

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[trysail]

Too many years looking at them through a periscope with a firing solution locked.

They knew you were a friendly. Otherwise you wouldn't be here.


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[JohnnySavage]

They knew you were a friendly. Otherwise you wouldn't be here.


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My knowledge is 30 years out of date; but, that wasn't my experience.

In the early 80s, we launched flares so the skimmers and planes could find us. Maybe the tech has caught up and evened the playing field in the hunt for subs.

 

[thør]

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[Super-Surprise]