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PICTURE OF THE WEEK
Rob Arndt wrote in
: 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, " wrote: On Jan 18, 5:23 pm, Rob Arndt wrote: On Jan 18, 12:58�pm, (Harry Andreas) wrote: In article 7926405c-5309-4b31-a4c1-837d1d5ec... @h11g2000prf.googlegroup s.co m, beausabre wrote: 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 battleship never existed.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. Dean- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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. zzzzzzzz- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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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