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| Registered: December 16, 2007 |  Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Swordfish (SSN-579) port side view, underway circa 1970-1980's. |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | |  It seems in Germany we have a norm for just about anything. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  USS George A. Johnson (DE 583): Beached after breaking tow enroute to San Diego, just prior to being broken up. (50s) |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  History: Charles J. Kimmel (DE 584) Building and Operational Data: 1 December 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass. 15 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. C. J. Kimmel 20 April 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr F. G. Storey, Jr., USNR, in command 15 January 1947: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. 30 June 1968: Stricken from the NVR 13 November 1969: Sunk as target off California, |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Artist's conception of Daniel A. Joy by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett, with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Daniel A. Joy (DE 585) Building and Operational Data: 1 December 1943: Keel laid by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards, Hingham, Mass. 15 January 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Joy 28 April 1944: Commissioned at Boston, Lt. F. E. Lawton, USNR, in command 12 August 1946: Assigned to NRT, 12th Naval District at San Francisco, Cal. 7 February 1949: Decommissioned 11 December 1949: Recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. 5 May 1950: Placed "In Commission, In Reserve" and assigned to NRT, 9th Naval District at Chicago, Ill (Flagship of the 6 patrol vessel "Corn Belt Fleet") 1 May 1965: Decommissioned :1 May 1965 Stricken from the NVR 1 March 1966: Sold for scrapping to the North American Smelting Corp., Wilmington, Del. | | | | Last edited: by railroaded |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Motor Yacht: Built in 1911 by the Narragansett Bay Yacht Yard, Riverside, RI; Acquired by the Navy 19 May 1917 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned in 1919; Struck from the Navy list 17 May 1919; Sold 28 August 1919 to Mr. Arthur Palmer, Quincy, MA. Fate unknown. Specifications: Displacement 10 t.; Length 56'; Beam 9' 6"; Draft 3' 6"; Speed 11.3 mph; Complement seven; Armament one 1-pounder and one machine guns. |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  Motorboat: Built in 1916 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Acquired by the Navy 25 April 1917; Commissioned 8 May 1917; Decommissioned in March 1919; Returned to her owner 10 April 1919. Fate unknown. Specifications: Displacement 46 t.; Length 74'; Beam 14'; Draft 4' 6"; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament two 1-pounders. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,506 |
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| Registered: December 16, 2007 | | Posts: 926 |
| | Posted: | | | |  After Typhoon Louise. October 1945. PC-461 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, 14 April 1942 by the Leathem D. Smith Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI; Launched, 4 July 1942; Commissioned 5 October 1942. Broke in half and sank during Typhoon Louise 9 October 1945 at Buckners Bay, Okinawa; Hulk destroyed 23 February 1946; Struck from the Navy Register in July 1948. Specifications: Displacement 450 t.(fl); Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed; 20.2 kts.; Complement 65; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one single 40mm gun mount; three 20mm guns, two rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 2,880bhp General Motors 16-258S diesel engines (Serial No. 7207 and 7208), Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts. | | | | Last edited: by railroaded |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,506 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,506 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,506 |
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