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Grfin Zeppelin -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 2:52:46 PM)

Dunno but German and U.S. WW2 ships(exept Saratoga/Lexington) look all boring and all the same to me. British and Japanese ships on the other side look way more unique to me.



Shark7 -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 4:09:58 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

Dunno but German and U.S. WW2 ships(exept Saratoga/Lexington) look all boring and all the same to me. British and Japanese ships on the other side look way more unique to me.


Italian ships tended to look sleek and pretty, and French ships...fast..and very fragile.



dr.hal -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 8:16:35 PM)

Great catch! You are right!



dr.hal -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 8:18:08 PM)

His "cover"... we don't have hats in the navy!!!! [:D]



freeboy -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 8:29:38 PM)

cover is for squibs.. normal people where hats [:-][&o][X(][:D]



dr.hal -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 8:59:24 PM)

I think you mean "squid" as that is the slang for a sailor. And who in God's name would ever think that sailors are "normal people" to begin with????



USSAmerica -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 9:20:53 PM)


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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

I think you mean "squid" as that is the slang for a sailor. And who in God's name would ever think that sailors are "normal people" to begin with????


Not any sailors I know! [:D]



MateDow -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 9:25:45 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin

Dunno but German and U.S. WW2 ships(exept Saratoga/Lexington) look all boring and all the same to me. British and Japanese ships on the other side look way more unique to me.


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ORIGINAL: Shark7

Italian ships tended to look sleek and pretty, and French ships...fast..and very fragile.


I agree with both of these sentiments. The ships designed to operate in the Med tended to be fast, sleek looking vessels.



freeboy -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 9:31:18 PM)

nope, I like Squib better.. lol
no offense . I honor all who serve



bradfordkay -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 9:40:03 PM)

Now that (USS Alaska) was a beautiful ship. IMO, the most visually appealing class in the USN (though it would have been prettier without that AAA mount on the bow).



invernomuto -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/30/2012 9:52:50 PM)


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ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

Here's another beauty, the USS Alaska (CB-1), taken on 30 July 1944 in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, barely a month after she had been commissioned. She was built in Camden, NJ by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation.



A true beauty!




Justus2 -> RE: Picture of a ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1/31/2012 12:30:50 AM)


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ORIGINAL: MateDow

The picture appears pre-completion, although she is commissioned. She doesn't have her directors fitted. There should be a rangefinder mounted on top of the bridge and the director on a pedestal just forward of the mast. Her top masts weren't fitted either.

I know that the US sometimes commissioned ships without all of its equipment. Some ships even ran trials without some of their guns.

It is definitely the Atlanta based on the two-tone paint scheme and the shape of the hull where it meets the main deck.

Here is a picture of Atlanta around the same time period, but with all of her top masts and directors fitted...

[image]http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/051/0405111.jpg[/image]

You can see the paint scheme and that "knuckle" at the main deck in that picture.


I thought you were talking about the hat... It looks like she does have directors coming out of each side, and that COULD be a rangefinder mounted on the top. A two-tone paint scheme might break up the overwhelming pinkness....



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