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To: xone; Richard Kimball
Actually, getting the Comfort underway is not all that different from getting a carrier underway and we do that all the time. The tugs do all the work.

It would be considerably harder in high wind conditions given the sail area.

The Nimitz-class and Ford-class carriers are the only US Naval ships larger the the Comfort and Mercy.

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

1,080 posted on 03/28/2020 1:55:33 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
I know man, I was imitating Ens Keith taking his boat out after his re-assignment from the Caine
1,090 posted on 03/28/2020 2:04:22 PM PDT by xone
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To: LonePalm
Yeah, with the President there, I could see.myself having the ship props reversed and doing something like this:


1,112 posted on 03/28/2020 2:31:19 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (WWG1WGA)
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