This video was from two days ago......Ben
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This video was from two days ago...
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Cool.
"Texas was also a technological testbed: the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US warship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first US battleship to launch an aircraft, and one of the first US Navy warships to receive production radar."
- Wikipedia
It's fitting she's being rehabbed in Galveston.
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I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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Yes, the initial plan was to tow it to Alabama for the work...I'm not even sure it could have made a trip like that afloat...Originally Posted by UTAH
...Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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Wow....dem some bad bones
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As you drive I-95 through Philadelphia one passes the USS Olympia.. (I believe) the last surviving ship of “The Great White Fleet”.. they were worried about the same issues as Texas and the discovered that the ship is sitting on the bottom and not floating..
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Olympia (C-6) has a long, storied history, Joe, but I don't believe it participated with either squadron of The Great White Fleet...It is however the oldest surviving steel US warship...As tensions increased and war with Spain became more probable, Olympia remained at Hong Kong and was prepared for action. When war was declared on 25 April 1898, Dewey moved his ships to Mirs Bay, China. Two days later, the Navy Department ordered the squadron to Manila in the Philippines, where a significant Spanish naval force protected the harbor. Dewey was ordered to sink or capture the Spanish warships, opening the way for a subsequent conquest by U.S. forces....Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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