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To: rlmorel
Read up on that incident.

Missouri had traversed the shoal nearly 2,500 feet

Ouch !

30 posted on 03/14/2022 3:12:26 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

I read a whole book about the incident...it was fascinating.

The scene on the bridge when an experienced seaman tried to tell the Missouri’s new Captain he was on the wrong side of the channel marker, and the Captain slapped him down...reminded me of the famous scene from The Caine Mutiny where Queeg steamed over his own tow line...


45 posted on 03/14/2022 4:45:37 PM PDT by rlmorel (The concept of a "cashless society" is simply a vector for the exercise of tyranny.)
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To: csvset; rlmorel

How fast was she going when it ran aground? That’s a long drag .....


51 posted on 03/14/2022 6:29:10 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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