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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

Gun positions which were removed and the ports sealed off.


50 posted on 06/12/2012 5:31:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

I’d guess they sealed the secondaries forward when the ship changed over to oil from coal - though the top speed didn’t change being oil fired meant the ship could travel twice the distance at the higher speed.


53 posted on 06/12/2012 5:44:18 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: BenLurkin; Fred Hayek
Thanks for the info. I don't know why but it's good to know that people still remember such things. It's comforting to know that not everything is slipping back into savagery.

Regards,
GtG

58 posted on 06/13/2012 10:06:53 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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