WEB du bois,
cool pics dude , thanks,
I used to be a captain on merchant marine but lately working
as a superintendent.
once visited USS ESSEX in San diego Ca. and it was great
we were served bbq on board and given a cool tour around.
the most amazing was that these vessels can switch the propeller
from Ahead to astern and stop in a very short distance ...
unlike ordinary ships . we are talking about from 35 kts full ahead
to full astern and in minutes the speed is zero kts.
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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois
Cool stuff. Iowa class battleships are the coolest. I did get a picture of myself in front of the USS New Jersey when I was passing through Virginia once.  Unfortunately, it was not a digital camera.

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