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zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65857 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1736265 - Posted: 22 Oct 2015, 19:23:16 UTC CSS Virginia(aka: USS Merrimack) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1736265 ·
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1	Message 1736275 - Posted: 22 Oct 2015, 20:59:39 UTC In the vein this thread has taken, how about an underwater ironclad...the Confederate submarine the H.L. Hunley.... http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/01/30/150-years-after-sinking-confederate-submarine-slowly-reveals-its-secrets.html "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> ID: 1736275 ·
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1736277 - Posted: 22 Oct 2015, 21:36:04 UTC - in response to Message 1736265.   Last modified: 22 Oct 2015, 21:43:27 UTC CSS Virginia(aka: USS Merrimack) USS Merrimack reminds me of modern stealth ship. Without the chimney it would probably not been detected by a radar. ID: 1736277 ·
zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65857 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1736284 - Posted: 22 Oct 2015, 22:51:24 UTC Then there is this ship, it has two 155mm(6.1") deck guns and I think will have a crew of about 100 people on board, this is the DDG-1000, the USS Zumwalt. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1736284 ·
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0	Message 1736287 - Posted: 22 Oct 2015, 23:28:49 UTC - in response to Message 1736284.   This is funny:) Zumwalt‍'​s commanding officer is Captain James Kirk. Kirk attracted some media attention when he was first named captain, due to the similarity of his name to that of the Star Trek character played by William Shatner. Shatner wrote a letter of support to Zumwalt's crew in April 2014. ID: 1736287 ·

 
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