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| 2013-01-15 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 In 1944 they let 'em go as fast as they could without falling apart - even if some fell apart in the process. After VE Day his ship was diverted to the Pacific and he ended the war on the Atlantic (West - look at a map) side of the Panama Canal, because the ship wasn't considered seaworthy for the canal. Probably reasonable - that ship was a diesel, and some part of the engine was fractured and literally held together with baling wire, or at least some kind of wire and tensioner. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-01-15 21:29 |
| #8 Does anybody know what I need to do to make my Nym stick? It won't. I dodn't say it wasn't faster, I said they wouldn't LET it go faster, Completely "On Schedule, I DID get to see Genoa Italy, But otherwise a total waste of time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 21:13 |
| #7 The most fascinating picture is near the bottom, of an undocumented crash site they found an f-4 engine. The whole thing is just magnificent and even to a youngling like me, emotional. Too many we left behind. Too many. On a side note, Military Collectors and Restorers should be hitching a ride over there for recovery of that stuff. Could probably buy dirt cheap. |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-01-15 20:29 |
| #6 Redneck Jim, My dad was engine room officer on Liberty & Victory ships crossing the Atlantic in WWII, and they were faster than yours. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-01-15 19:41 |
| #5 I crossed the Atlantic multiple times at 10Kts in the mid 90's. Blew my mind that we took as long or longer than sailing ships of yore. I couldn't stand 'BoxOps' - staying in a 10nmx10nm box for several weeks while doing workups and training. We used to have contests on the bridge to see who could hold the ship steady for a whole watch in one spot by pointing into the current and wind. The Quartermasters loved it - only had to plot one dot! |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2013-01-15 14:26 |
| #4 On further thought, I;m alive, got two children and two Grand Children, so, I guess it WAS a good idea to be as far from that place as possible. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 13:57 |
| #3 Fascinating. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-01-15 13:53 |
| #2 Excellent, thanks! My next road trip. |
| Posted by: Injun Stalin7884 2013-01-15 13:50 |
| #1 DAMN, the sheer ammount of Wreckage, Artillery, and Bombs LEFT makes me glad thar I wasn't there. (I was Navy in the Atlantic at the time, a Bitter and unrewarding place, on a Old WW2 frighter (Amphion, Arcturus) going From Norfolk to re-supply the med Fleet, at 6 mph both ways, talk about Crawling, and they Damn sure made sure you didn't go faster. I remember watches in the Engine Room, Staring at a guage for RPM's and "Dont you dare let it go slower, or faster", 4 hours at a time, My Dad wondered "Why Don't you go Carreer", Never was so glad to see the end of Norfolk. And good Riddance.) And all the time being reminded "Beats Vietnam." |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-15 13:37 |