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To: steve86
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what's the deal with the ship's paint colors ?

they're not standard "sea going" gray.

the ship might have been ready to be scrapped.

nevertheless, a very nice "pawn to king's four" move ...



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12 posted on 03/06/2014 7:00:56 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne (.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

Yes, junk scrap metal that made a nice bar across the door.


14 posted on 03/06/2014 7:02:08 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: Patton@Bastogne

The ship was one of the late casualties of the break up of the Soviet Union. Oddly enough it was built in a Ukrainian shipyard. The paint was probably the primer before a finish coat when the ship was laid up for overhaul. That was never completed. Instead the ship was simply removed and docked.

Lots of Soviet naval vessels undergoing repair or construction such as the Chinese carrier met a similar end. The Chinese carrier was originally abandoned by the Soviets at the same complex that built the now scuttled ship.


31 posted on 03/06/2014 7:46:03 PM PST by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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