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Reply #135 on: September 30, 2018, 08:51:43 PM

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Reply #136 on: September 30, 2018, 10:10:28 PM
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U-858 anchored in Cape Henlopen, Del. in May 1945. Officer w/ megaphone on her conning tower is LCDR. Willard D. Michael.




With a Sikorsky R4 Hoverfly and K-class Blimp in the picture no less.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #137 on: October 01, 2018, 06:17:40 AM
What a great picture - and thanks for the additional info, Stagger  :bigthumb:

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Reply #138 on: October 01, 2018, 06:40:58 AM
Notice the shadow the blimp casts on the breakwater or shoreline in the background. Those K-class were pretty darn big.

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Reply #139 on: October 01, 2018, 07:04:07 AM
Yep - I wouldn't have noticed that, so thanks for pointing it out.

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Reply #140 on: October 01, 2018, 09:27:35 AM
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USS Portland (CA-33) in a drydock at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, circa in late December 1942.



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Reply #141 on: October 01, 2018, 09:28:19 AM
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USS Pensacola (CA-24) alongside the repair ship USS Vestal (AR-4), undergoing repair of torpedo damage received during the Battle of Tassafaronga, off Guadalcanal. Note the hole in her side below the mainmast. Dec 17, 1942



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Reply #142 on: October 01, 2018, 09:37:59 AM

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Reply #143 on: October 01, 2018, 01:07:39 PM
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British Town Class destroyer Stanley I73 (former Clemson Class destroyer McCalla DD-253)



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Reply #144 on: October 01, 2018, 01:40:14 PM
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Balao-class submarine USS Razorback (SS-394) next to River-class frigate HMCS Antigonish (K661)



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Reply #145 on: October 03, 2018, 12:46:15 PM
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Survivors from the Imperial German Navy SMS Gneisenau in the sea awaiting rescue by the HMS Inflexible. Battle of the Falklands, WW1, Dec, 1914


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Reply #146 on: October 03, 2018, 12:49:28 PM
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Kentucky BB-6 after modernization



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Reply #147 on: October 03, 2018, 12:50:42 PM
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The pre-dreadnoughts USS Alabama (BB-8), Illinois (BB-7), and Maine (BB-10) in the Canal Zone, 1915



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Reply #148 on: October 03, 2018, 12:54:23 PM
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Kentucky BB-6 after modernization




"modernization"

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Reply #149 on: October 03, 2018, 07:26:13 PM
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Kentucky BB-6 after modernization




"modernization"

Dontcha love it? It's yesteryear's wickerworks version of Aegis.

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