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Post by hairy apple on Jul 21, 2010 17:36:24 GMT -5
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Post by zzs8mm on Jul 23, 2010 20:23:32 GMT -5
I didn't notice until the last two pictures, the ship is out of the water... I guess to help with maintenence costs. A nicely restored ship.
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Post by hairy apple on Jul 23, 2010 21:11:10 GMT -5
It's actually in a cradle. The river tide moves up and down a lot, and during low tide, the ship sit in the cradle, high tide it's floating.
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guitarmaster
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Post by guitarmaster on Jul 24, 2010 13:56:31 GMT -5
I have yet to go out and see the ship, but I need to. My unit commander used to volunteer at the ship with its living history corps but they kind of disbanded that.
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Post by hairy apple on Jul 24, 2010 21:15:10 GMT -5
I have yet to go out and see the ship, but I need to. My unit commander used to volunteer at the ship with its living history corps but they kind of disbanded that. Oh man, you have to make the trip, it's close enough to you. It's really awesome. |
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Post by Feodor on Jul 25, 2010 8:44:21 GMT -5
I remember this old ship, my grandfather used to be a tourguide on it. he served in vietnam on a similar vessel. when i was 10 it was awesome to see all this stuff up close. we also loved to shoot down japs with the aa guns  wish i could go back. theres a great museum there too. |
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wish i could go back. theres a great museum there too.