PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Rob Arndt wrote in
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On Jan 19, 9:36Â*am, FledgeIII wrote:
On Jan 19, 12:14 pm, Rob Arndt wrote:
On Jan 19, 5:44 am, "Dean A. Markley"
wrote:
Rob Arndt wrote:
On Jan 18, 2:28 pm, "
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On Jan 18, 5:23 pm, Rob Arndt wrote:
On Jan 18, 12:58�pm, (Harry Andreas)
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PICTURE OF THE WEEK
A Continuing Series of Military, Naval & Aviation Subjects
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...EN237/cutter1-
1.jpg
The Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WPG 49) shows the
effectivenes
s of
the dull white and pale blue of her Measure 16 "Thayer
System" A
rctic
camouflage while operating in the ice off Greenland in a
picture
that,
judging by her radar (SO or SL on foremast and SK-2 on
main) dat
es to
1944. Note the prominent life rafts on the bridge face. ï¿
½
Very interesting, and dare I say it....cool.
Those big square things on the bridge face are life rafts?
They don't look like any I've seen.
There is a life raft visible on the side of the bridge
(just to
the right
of the hanging lifeboat), which is �the type I'm used to
seeing on these
period photos.
If the big square things are not life rafts, then what?
Inquiring minds
--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur
Wow... yawn... and now for something completley different.
Here's what the German Superbattleship H44 "Goetz von
Berlichingen
" or
possibly "Ulrich von Hutten" would have looked like next to
Tirpit
z:http://forum.axishistory.com/files/h-44-design.jpg
Part of the Z--Plan projections from H39-H44 (1939-1946).
Rob 
Â* Â*What's funny is that the little Coast Guard cutter cou
ld kick the
big bad battleship's butt......because....wait for it..... the
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Ah, c'mon... he's posting PICTURE OF THE WEEK and so far we got
an artillery piece and a ship.
I'm only slightly mocking the TOPIC, not the poster.
Gotta admit that the Kriegsmarine fake pic is impressive, no
matter what the reality was. H39 "Hindenburg" was actually laid
down in 193
9
but scrapped. H44 is the 1946 projection of the greatest
battleship ever planned- a 70,000 ton beast. Would have made
Bismarck look weak
by comparison.
Rob
Bismarck was nothing but a rehash of the WWI Baden class. Â*It
was
not a
particularly good design. Â*Yes it did indeed take quite a
wallopi
ng but
it was mission-killed by one rather small torpedo fired by
another WWI
design derivative, the Swordfish (note, now qualifies as aviation
related). Â*The H-39 and H-44 classes were enlarged Bismarcks and
would
have been a complete waste of resources.
As an aside, my golden retriever is named Bismarck....when he was
a pu
p,
Â* it was noted that he had huge paws and was likely to be
destruc
tive,
hence the name.
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That's nothing compared to Bismarck's secret weapon- Oscar the cat!
http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/war/02oscar.jpg
Â*Bismarck, the German battleship, was sunk on 27 May 1941. Of more
than 2200 men on board, only 116 survived — together with Oscar,
the
ship's cat (left). He was picked up by the British destroyer HMS
Cossack, but that too was torpedoed a few months later, on 24
October, with the loss of 159 lives. Attempts to rescue the ship
failed, and it was abandoned and sank two days later. Oscar
survived again, was taken to Gibraltar, and then was taken on by
HMS Ark Royal. His stay there was even shorter, as the aircraft
carrier was torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November, eventually capsizing
and sinking only 30 miles (50 km) from Gibraltar. Yet again Oscar
was lucky — but there were no more sh
ips
for him, as it was decided that his presence was certainly not
lucky! By now known as 'Unsinkable Sam', this great survivor among
cats stayed as mouse-catcher in the Governor General of Gibraltar's
office buildings until he was taken by a brave ship to Belfast, in
Northern Ireland (although some reports say Plymouth). There he
lived until his death in 1955, at the 'Home for Sailors'. A
portrait of him has a place of honour in the National Maritime
Museum in Greenwich, on the River Thames near London.
A battleship (HMS Hood), a destroyer (HMS Cossack), and an aircraft
carrier (HMS Ark Royal)... DAMN, that cat was good
Rob
p.s. First feline POW was Tiger from a Ju-88:
During WW2 a German bomber was shot down near Newport, in South
Wales, and was found to have a cat on board! He became the first
feline prisoner of war when he was taken to an animal shelter in
the area, run by Our Dumb Friends' League (later part of the PDSA).
He was named Tiger, and initially was said to 'show several German
characteristics' (not enlarged upon). After living in the League's
care for a while, he apparently became 'a docile, well-mannered and
well-behaved cat'.
Unknown German ship's cat U-boat:
The story is told of a cat called U-Boat, from a ship of unknown
name, who loved to take shore leave — sometimes for days — as
soon as his
ship reached port, but with a cat's uncanny instinct would always
return just before sailing time. One day he misjudged his timing
and missed roll call — so the ship had to get under way. As the
crew
looked back, they saw U-Boat running helter-skelter along the dock
before making a death-defying leap onto the deck. He promptly sat
down to wash himself and regain his composure, to the delight of
the crew who were so pleased to have their 'good luck mascot'
safely back.
Which is the same lame "Bismark's Mascot" trash you posted two weeks
ago:
Bismarck, the German battleship, was sunk on 27 May 1941. Of more
than 2200
men on board, only 116 survived -- together with Oscar, the ship's
cat (left).
He was picked up by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, but that too
was torpedoed
a few months later, on 24 October, with the loss of 159 lives. ...
Dec 31 2007 by Rob Arndt - 2 messages - 2 authors
Wow... yawn... and now for something completley different.
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Fine, match these for vessels.
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/VS%205.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us...ot%20Linse.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/TR.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Manta.htm
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us...0SEETEUFEL.htm
As a matter of fact, post ANYTHING that relates to the topic... if you
are capable. OP is on vessels now...
Hello, remember me/
Bertie
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