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USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 4:00:24 PM   
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cutlass_(SS-478)

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 4:33:04 PM   
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I hope it never prompts comparisons to Polish cavalry versus German tanks.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 5:31:48 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 5:34:25 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 6:09:10 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 6:24:28 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 7:15:26 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 7:20:35 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 8:21:20 PM   
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!



Wait...there is a car?

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 8:35:40 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 8:38:50 PM   
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!



Wait...there is a car?

You have to look really close. I had my magnifying glass out to check out the wonderful tail end and beautiful lines and I aimed it wrong and was wondering what all the chrome was about. I pulled the glass back and saw a chrome wheel marring a wonderful picture.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 9:45:06 PM   
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There's probably quite a few ww2 ships still floating around in active foreign service - Adm Belgrano (ex Phoenix) comes to mind though it was sunk during Falklands


Which was only 35 years or so ago

I believe almost all WWII ships have been retired by now.

Mexico had ARM Manuel Azueta, ex Edsall class DE-250 USS Hurst in commission until last year.

ARM Netzahualcóyotl, ex Gearing class DD-863 USS Steinaker has been decommissioned in 2014.

ARM Manzanillo ex LST-602 has been decommissioned in 2011.

The Philippine Navy probably still has some ex PCE and minesweepers in active service, as well as BRP Rajah Humabon ex Cannon class DE-169 USS Atherton.

Maybe some auxiliaries remain as well.

Oldest ship still in service seems to be the Russian submarine salvage vessel Kommuna - commissioned in 1915.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 9:56:19 PM   
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http://navalanalyses.blogspot.ca/2015/06/almirante-grau-cruiser-of-peruvian-navy.html

the last gun cruiser and last ship with armor

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 10:34:45 PM   
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-510

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 10:45:35 PM   
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Not exactly WW2, but laid down in 1939

http://navalanalyses.blogspot.ca/2015/06/almirante-grau-cruiser-of-peruvian-navy.html

the last gun cruiser and last ship with armor


I know she's just a cruiser, but she's kinda cute. Do you have her phone number?

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/25/2017 11:11:54 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 12:13:16 AM   
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This Cutlass also appears to still be in service.





Classic strategy. Put extra weight in the rear to make faster cornering and traction. Helps the driver maintain his momentum and direction.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 1:39:44 AM   
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The Wikipedia article said the tubes were sealed before being sold to Taiwan. Without functional torpedo tubes, what is her combat capacity?

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 1:53:50 AM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 2:18:45 AM   
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!


Clearly YOU have let YOUR subscription to "Low Rider" magazine lapse if this is a surprising layout for you.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 2:23:35 AM   
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The Wikipedia article said the tubes were sealed before being sold to Taiwan. Without functional torpedo tubes, what is her combat capacity?

Bill


It says that they were sealed, but the article clearly states she's on a near-warfare footing. My guess is-after the sale to 'look right'-the tubes were unsealed and made functional again.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/26/2017 3:02:46 AM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/27/2017 6:14:09 PM   
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The Wikipedia article said the tubes were sealed before being sold to Taiwan.

Bill


She's had her tubes tied? Let me at 'er.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/27/2017 8:48:06 PM   
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The Wikipedia article said the tubes were sealed before being sold to Taiwan.

Bill


She's had her tubes tied? Let me at 'er.


I knew there'd be someone who couldn't resist.


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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/28/2017 2:00:58 AM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/28/2017 2:13:49 AM   
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USS Constitution, launched in 1797 is listed as active duty.


Correct. She's a great ship. I've been aboard her 4 or 5 times. If you visit, take the tour. It's worth every penny....GP

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/28/2017 5:08:01 AM   
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USS Constitution, launched in 1797 is listed as active duty.


Correct. She's a great ship. I've been aboard her 4 or 5 times. If you visit, take the tour. It's worth every penny....GP

A few years back she was going to sail {towed probably} through the harbor. I won a place on her and was so stoked. But life happened and China told us to come get a little girl that needed a family. I couldn't leave my little girl on her first 4th of July.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/28/2017 7:12:23 AM   
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If weather permits they sail her around Boston Harbor as part of graduation.

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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/28/2017 3:08:54 PM   
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service! - 1/31/2017 9:04:12 PM   
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