To: All
2 posted on
04/10/2007 3:00:28 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: La Enchiladita
Vietnam Veterans & Family Members on FR Ping :-)
Intrepid served three combat tours off Vietnam
7 posted on
04/10/2007 3:26:36 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: archy
Free Republic Veterans Ping :-)
9 posted on
04/10/2007 3:30:18 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
It took a complex engineering feat just to have the blocks milled to mimic each dent and scar in the keel from years of wartime service, including repeated Japanese kamikaze and torpedo attacks,... Wow! Talk about Living History.
12 posted on
04/10/2007 4:35:14 AM PDT by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Stoat; Doohickey
Drydocking is fairly routine ...
Despite all the writer’s drama about the wooden blocks being hand-shaped and positioned, it is done all the time for vessels this size - many that I’ve supervised have had more complex hull shapes too.
An impressive and expensive job of course, but not dramatic.
27 posted on
04/11/2007 6:34:44 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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