I have been fortunate to witness some amazing things in my life. I was camping in northern Idaho when Mt Saint Helens erupted. The mystery of the huge totally opaque cloud completely enveloping the western sky cause a light refraction that gave the would around me a surreal almost neon glow. Observing a total eclipse of the sun on a mountain top in -60f. But the single most beautiful sight was off the coast of Costa Rica. It was moonless, moonless night and I had the 12-5 watch. No wind to speak of so we were motoring on a nearly glass like sea. I glanced back at the line made by the bioluminescent algae disturbed by our passing. Then I noticed several other lines of light converging on us! It did not take long for the lines to become tubes of light. Image tubes of green and blue light surrounding the boat. They created a spiral web of light. As they got to our bow wake, they erupted into light covered dolphin. They played in our bow wake for a good 20 minutes and I just had to wake everyone else. Surprisingly no one complained.
As Said I am shopping for a boat again. It’s been too long since I had my last one.

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This movie is on our TV set right now.
Dead calm.
While on a yachting expedition on the open seas, a married couple encounters a wrecked vessel and rescues the sole survivor. The couple soon discovers that the seemingly harmless survivor is actually a vicious murderer, and a tense showdown on the open seas follows in this tense thriller. Rae Ingraham (Kidman), is involved in a car crash which resulted in the death of her son. Her husband, an Australian Royal Navy officer John Ingram (Neill) suggests that they help deal with their grief by heading out for a vacation alone on their yacht. In the middle of the Pacific, they encounter a drifting boat that seems to be taking on water. A man, Hughie Warriner (Zane), rows over to the Ingrams' boat for help. He claims that the boat is sinking and that his companions have all died of food poisoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6UmoEg9SI

Hindi dubbed:)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hdfet

This movie is on our TV set right now.
Dead calm.
While on a yachting expedition on the open seas, a married couple encounters a wrecked vessel and rescues the sole survivor. The couple soon discovers that the seemingly harmless survivor is actually a vicious murderer, and a tense showdown on the open seas follows in this tense thriller. Rae Ingraham (Kidman), is involved in a car crash which resulted in the death of her son. Her husband, an Australian Royal Navy officer John Ingram (Neill) suggests that they help deal with their grief by heading out for a vacation alone on their yacht. In the middle of the Pacific, they encounter a drifting boat that seems to be taking on water. A man, Hughie Warriner (Zane), rows over to the Ingrams' boat for help. He claims that the boat is sinking and that his companions have all died of food poisoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6UmoEg9SI

Hindi dubbed:)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hdfet

You hear stories like that all the time. Fortunately now days most cruisers communicate not only by radio but also by blogs and posting at the local yacht club. I have some friends in the South Pacific now and I am amazed that they can post to the net almost daily. Seems that 4G is very advanced and cheap in most of the South Pacific. If something happens anywhere from the Philippines south to Australia, it’s known by everyone within a day or two.

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Montana Class Battleship in some game, possibly online. The Iowa's were good for 14" shells, the Montanas were supposed to be up armored with superior firepower.

Thunder has been heard here.
@ Carlos: 4G, wish that was here, this area has 3G only.

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

This movie is on our TV set right now.
Dead calm.
While on a yachting expedition on the open seas, a married couple encounters a wrecked vessel and rescues the sole survivor. The couple soon discovers that the seemingly harmless survivor is actually a vicious murderer, and a tense showdown on the open seas follows in this tense thriller. Rae Ingraham (Kidman), is involved in a car crash which resulted in the death of her son. Her husband, an Australian Royal Navy officer John Ingram (Neill) suggests that they help deal with their grief by heading out for a vacation alone on their yacht. In the middle of the Pacific, they encounter a drifting boat that seems to be taking on water. A man, Hughie Warriner (Zane), rows over to the Ingrams' boat for help. He claims that the boat is sinking and that his companions have all died of food poisoning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6UmoEg9SI

Hindi dubbed:)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hdfet

You hear stories like that all the time. Fortunately now days most cruisers communicate not only by radio but also by blogs and posting at the local yacht club. I have some friends in the South Pacific now and I am amazed that they can post to the net almost daily. Seems that 4G is very advanced and cheap in most of the South Pacific. If something happens anywhere from the Philippines south to Australia, it’s known by everyone within a day or two.

I know.
Today you can navigate and communicate within seconds.
When GPS was introduced it was quite common that you looked more on that than looking outside and a chart resulting in accidents:)

Montana Class Battleship in some game, possibly online. The Iowa's were good for 14" shells, the Montanas were supposed to be up armored with superior firepower.

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolices Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

Montana Class Battleship in some game, possibly online. The Iowa's were good for 14" shells, the Montanas were supposed to be up armored with superior firepower.

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolizes Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

You're forgetting the Surigao Strait, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As the Southern Force approached the Surigao Strait, it ran into a deadly trap set by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had a substantial force. There were six battleships: West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania. All but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently repaired, Tennessee, California, and West Virginia having been rebuilt.

In this battle, the T had been crossed..

The Japanese never stood a chance at winning. US Military force was overwhelming. You quote WWI, I quote WWII.

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

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolizes Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

You're forgetting the Surigao Strait, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As the Southern Force approached the Surigao Strait, it ran into a deadly trap set by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had a substantial force. There were six battleships: West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania. All but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently repaired, Tennessee, California, and West Virginia having been rebuilt.

In this battle, the T had been crossed..

The Japanese never stood a chance at winning. US Military force was overwhelming. You quote WWI, I quote WWII.

I was unaware of The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
However battleships was obsolete even before WWII.



During World War II there was the ships like the British HMS Hood and the German Bismarck in the Atlantic. Although aircraft carriers did this weapon system already obsolete in the end of the war used the United States modernized battleships against targets in Iraq as recently as, 1991.

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolizes Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

You're forgetting the Surigao Strait, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As the Southern Force approached the Surigao Strait, it ran into a deadly trap set by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had a substantial force. There were six battleships: West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania. All but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently repaired, Tennessee, California, and West Virginia having been rebuilt.

In this battle, the T had been crossed..

The Japanese never stood a chance at winning. US Military force was overwhelming. You quote WWI, I quote WWII.

I was unaware of The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
However battleships was obsolete even before WWII.

The US Marines would beg to differ on this subject, they were very effective in WWII, Vietnam and in later years, aircraft carriers have pilots who can be made into POW's, Battleship Shells can't be taken as a Prisoner Of War.

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

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolizes Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

You're forgetting the Surigao Strait, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As the Southern Force approached the Surigao Strait, it ran into a deadly trap set by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had a substantial force. There were six battleships: West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania. All but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently repaired, Tennessee, California, and West Virginia having been rebuilt.

In this battle, the T had been crossed..

The Japanese never stood a chance at winning. US Military force was overwhelming. You quote WWI, I quote WWII.

I was unaware of The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
However battleships was obsolete even before WWII.

The US Marines would beg to differ on this subject, they were very effective in WWII, Vietnam and in later years, aircraft carriers, Battleship Shells can't be taken as a Prisoner Of War.

That was a quick answer:)
Anyway the US Marines has no battleship.
It's the US Navy.
1991 was the last year that they used battleships.

Three famous battleships that was sunk during WWII.
The Bismarck, Hood and Yamoto.
Yamoto was sent to engage American forces invading the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

"Battleships" (now usually called frigats and corvettes) looks like this today.

Battleships:)
Nice ships but never worked.
Battle of Jutland was the only warplace they where used in "modern" time.
AFAIK the three stripes on an able seaman uniform symbolizes Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland and some other sea battle.

You're forgetting the Surigao Strait, at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

As the Southern Force approached the Surigao Strait, it ran into a deadly trap set by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had a substantial force. There were six battleships: West Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania. All but Mississippi had been sunk or damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequently repaired, Tennessee, California, and West Virginia having been rebuilt.

In this battle, the T had been crossed..

The Japanese never stood a chance at winning. US Military force was overwhelming. You quote WWI, I quote WWII.

I was unaware of The Battle of Leyte Gulf.
However battleships was obsolete even before WWII.

The US Marines would beg to differ on this subject, they were very effective in WWII, Vietnam and in later years, aircraft carriers, Battleship Shells can't be taken as a Prisoner Of War.

That was a quick answer:)
Anyway the US Marines has no battleship.
It's the US Navy.
1991 was the last year that they used battleships.

Three famous battleships that was sunk during WWII.
The Bismarck, Hood and Yamoto.

"Battleships" looks like this today.

I know the Marines didn't have one, ever hear of the terms: 'Fire Support' and 'Shore Bombardment'? Battleship main guns can make craters the size of swimming pools, most shore installations can't withstand directed gunfire, the Germans found this out the hard way at Normandy. The USS Texas was there.

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

"Battleships" looks like this today.

I know the Marines didn't have one, ever hear of the terms: 'Fire Support' and 'Shore Bombardment'? Battleship main guns can make craters the size of swimming pools, most shore installations can't withstand directed gunfire, the Germans found this out the hard way at Normandy. The USS Texas was there.

Yes. They used ships as artillery before the landing on Normandy.
Today they probably would use missiles.
The Russian VDV (like US Marines) https://youtu.be/OlQ6KqTlyfk are now using it together with airborne tanks and other mobile units!

WWII Fletcher Class Destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-557} bravest US Warship since the Bon Homme Richard....http://www.bosamar.com/pages/dd557

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

WWII Fletcher Class Destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-557} bravest US Warship since the Bon Homme Richard....http://www.bosamar.com/pages/dd557
The most ably commanded destroyer of Taffy III, JOHNSTON was repeatedly referenced by the Japanese as a "heavy cruiser."

Yes it does:)
Here is Göta Lejon a cruiser that I have been aboard at as a kid:)

Ahoy!
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.militarhistoria.se%2Fartiklar%2Fmoderna-konflikter%2Fgota-lejons-sista-resa%2F&edit-text=

A Baltimore Heavy Cruiser(CA-136) converted into an Albany class Guided Missile Cruiser, the USS Chicago(CG-11).

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

The USS Mississippi, the 'N' in CGN-40 stands for Nuclear Propulsion.

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

After serving just 18 years in commissioned service, USS Mississippi (CGN-40) was deactivated on 6 September 1996 at Norfolk and was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 July 1997.
See. Big ships dont work.
But they look nice:)

USS America(LHA-6) An aerial view of the USS America coming into port in San Diego, California, 15 September 2014.

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

USS America(LHA-6) An aerial view of the USS America coming into port in San Diego, California, 15 September 2014.

Russia has also amphibious assault ships.
https://oplatsen.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kuznetsv.jpg
In Russia the Marines is called VDV.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fe/69/35/fe69351214522cb31cce9b3637262062.jpg


"Vozdushno-Desantnye Voyska"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAHrHd2lcw

Wikipedia says this.
Christened: 10 March 2015 by Queen Elizabeth II ?
Is it Rule Britannia?

It's look like that the shipbuilders on steroids are becoming mental.
It's not a boat. It's a floating hotel.

I agree 100% Good looking ocean liners ended with the building of the SS France and the SS United States. Modern passenger liners all look like hotels tipped on their side.

Personally I prefer sail boats and sailing ships.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.