Ok Janne I don't want you to be upset with me, but
that man looks just like the legendary Olaf Blood-Ore
famous Canadian Viking warrior from a thousand years
ago....



:):)

Or even Doc Brown in a Viking outfit.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

How about a sea breacher.

Ex-Oriskany Sinking..

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Ok Janne I don't want you to be upset with me, but
that man looks just like the legendary Olaf Blood-Ore
famous Canadian Viking warrior from a thousand years
ago....

He He He He He
You had to look that way when you are crossing the Atlantic from Iceland to Newfoundland.
Newfoundland..... hmmm should it not be Oldfoundland?

Most men would say that death is a thing to be feared; none of those men would be Olaf. The Berserker lives only for the roar of a battle cry and the clash of steel. Spurred on by his hunger for glory and the looming curse of a forgettable death, Olaf throws himself into every fight with reckless abandon. Surrendering to the bloodlust deep within his being, Olaf is only truly alive when grappling with the jaws of death.

Most men would say that death is a thing to be feared; none of those men would be Olaf. The Berserker lives only for the roar of a battle cry and the clash of steel. Spurred on by his hunger for glory and the looming curse of a forgettable death, Olaf throws himself into every fight with reckless abandon. Surrendering to the bloodlust deep within his being, Olaf is only truly alive when grappling with the jaws of death.

Sounds like Canadian hockey players.
he he

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Olaf had a few more brain cells :-)))

Oh yeah?
Ok for you fella, I shall be
watching some Foot Ball in
the morning. I'll be sure to
tell every one about it....


:):)

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Olaf had a few more brain cells :-)))

Oh yeah?
Ok for you fella, I shall be
watching some Foot Ball in
the morning. I'll be sure to
tell every one about it....
:):)

You mean like Thor when he was fishing:)

The USS Johnston DD-557 a Fletcher Class Destroyer sunk in the Battle Off Samar on October 25, 1944. The 2,100 ton, 5 inch gunned Destroyer and it's task group 'Taffy III' faced down the largest battleship ever built, the Yammato, in what has been called the "Bravest US Naval engagement since John Paul Jones." Her Skipper Cmdr Ernest Evans was 1/2 Cherokee Indian.

My uncle Wm Wootton served on the Essex Class Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington during the same battle, and the aircraft from the 'Lady Lex' were instrumental in the sinking of the Yamato's sister ship the Musashi. The wreck of the Musashi was just discovered 2 weeks ago by Bob Ballard.

The Story: http://www.bosamar.com/pages/dd557

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

Ahoy:)
Her is Another Beauty.

Guess who was on board that beauty only 3 months old?

The Battleship IJN Yamato, all 64,000 tons of Her, She had 16" of armor plate and Nine 18.1" Guns and what looks like a couple of Destroyers as an escort..

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Nice:)

The battleship era was obsolete even Before WWII:)

Nice:)

The battleship era was obsolete even Before WWII:)

As long as something has a use, nothing is obsolete, new shell technology that uses a discarding sabot round, boosted the Iowa class battleships main guns 25 mile range, up to maybe 100 miles, also the Iowas were equipped with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles with a range of up to 2500 miles, plus I'm not sure the vaunted Exocet Missile would be a threat to a Battleship, the Iowa class was built with 14 inch shells in mind, with armor plate at least 13 inches thick, I doubt the Exocet was designed with more than 1 or 2 inches of steel plate in mind.

And it was only a picture, sheesh.

Some said at one point that Armies and Navies were Obsolete, yet countries still have them..

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They were de-commissioned in 1992. 100 miles? I don't think so.

US Navy to deploy railgun system in 2016.

Story at:http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80055


The final operational system will be capable of launching guided, multi-mission projectiles to a range of 110 nautical miles against a wide range of threats. The series of tests are designed to capture lessons for incorporation into a future tactical design and will allow the Navy to best understand needed ship modifications before fully integrating the technology.

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>

APDS was around in 1944 as anti tank missiles.

The primary guns used on these Iowa class battleships were the nine 16-inch (406 mm) / 50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns, a compromise design developed to fit inside the barbettes. These guns fired explosive– and armor-piercing shells, and could fire a 16-inch (406 mm) shell approximately 23.4 nautical miles (40 km).

They were de-commissioned in 1992. 100 miles? I don't think so.

Discarding sabot shells, the outer part was 16 inches in diameter, the inner part was 11 inches.

Armour-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot w/Rocket Assist?

HE-ER Mark 148 (Planned)
13 in (33 cm) extended-range (ER), sub-caliber projectile with sabot. ET-fuzed with a payload of submunitions. Experiments with this projectile were conducted during the 1980s, but development was cancelled in FY91 when the battleships were decommissioned. Projectile weight without the sabot was about 1,100 lbs. (500 kg) and range was to be in excess of 70,000 yards (64,000 m) at a muzzle velocity of 3,600 fps (1,097 mps).

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

They were de-commissioned in 1992. 100 miles? I don't think so.

US Navy to deploy railgun system in 2016.

Story at:http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80055


The final operational system will be capable of launching guided, multi-mission projectiles to a range of 110 nautical miles against a wide range of threats. The series of tests are designed to capture lessons for incorporation into a future tactical design and will allow the Navy to best understand needed ship modifications before fully integrating the technology.

A Laser armed US Navy ship has been deployed. 1 mile range with the current model, a newer version is being developed with a longer range and more power.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

And it was only a picture, sheesh.
Some said at one point that Armies and Navies were Obsolete, yet countries still have them..

Yamatos (大和) destiny.

30 miles, 80 miles...
I would not want to be
on the upper deck when
those guns were fired!

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And it was only a picture, sheesh.
Some said at one point that Armies and Navies were Obsolete, yet countries still have them..

Yamatos (大和) destiny.

The flaw in this design, was not enough room for gas expansion, of course it still took 20 bombs(dumb, from dive bombers) and 20 torpedoes to sink Her, all dropped by aircraft, today no aircraft uses torpedoes and dumb bombs, well they don't make dive bombers anymore..

Then there is this, though never built is a possible Super Yamato class battleship, most that is online is from Japanese officers after WWII, as the Japanese Government destroyed most of the written records and photographs.

Design A-150

Design A-150, also known as the Super Yamato class,[A 1] was an Imperial Japanese plan for a class of battleships. Begun in 1938–39, the design was mostly complete by 1941. However, so that a demand for other types of warships could be met, all work on Design A-150 was halted and no keels were laid. Authors William H. Garzke and Robert O. Dulin have argued that Design A-150 would have been the "most powerful battleships in history" because of the massive size of their main battery of six 510 mm (20 in) guns as well as numerous smaller caliber weapons.

Then there is the US Navy's reply to the Yamato Class, known as the Montana Class, keels were laid, but not completed. Armor was to be thicker, speed 28knots vs 33knots for the Iowas and too wide for the panama canal.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Old Swedish saying.
"Dont put your eggs in the same basket"
I Think Russia do the same!

Now here are some ships in a really big sea..

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's