Look out Monitor here comes the Merrimack
To: artichokegrower
2 posted on
10/19/2016 6:15:57 AM PDT by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: artichokegrower
3 posted on
10/19/2016 6:16:20 AM PDT by
WellyP
(question!)
To: artichokegrower
Thanks for the pics. Like any new weapons system - there will be growing pains.
We initially weren't too keen on the B-1, and we all hated the Bradley when it was first fielded. So there's hope for the Merrimack....
4 posted on
10/19/2016 6:19:41 AM PDT by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: All
Looks like a floating medieval fortress.
5 posted on
10/19/2016 6:24:25 AM PDT by
Liz
(SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
To: artichokegrower
Gorgeous example of naval architecture.
I’ve heard conflicting reports, however, about that downward-sloping bow, vis-a-vis seaworthiness.
Anyone with more seafaring background than I (which means just about everyone) care to comment?
To: artichokegrower
Do you have any idea when it will reach San Diego? I’d really like to drive down and see it.
8 posted on
10/19/2016 6:41:46 AM PDT by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: artichokegrower
An impressive one ship class. A novelty.
9 posted on
10/19/2016 6:43:25 AM PDT by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: artichokegrower
The captain is named James Kirk.
10 posted on
10/19/2016 6:44:32 AM PDT by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: artichokegrower
11 posted on
10/19/2016 6:47:56 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Hilary is an Ameriphobe)
To: artichokegrower
The CSN was WAY ahead of its time.
12 posted on
10/19/2016 6:49:11 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: artichokegrower
Yup, what was old is new again.
13 posted on
10/19/2016 6:51:47 AM PDT by
super7man
(Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
To: artichokegrower
I've seen better looking bath tub toys belonging to my 5 year old 2 year old grandsons.
It looks like the shipwrights were drunk.
14 posted on
10/19/2016 6:54:13 AM PDT by
SandRat
( (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?))
To: artichokegrower
Hope the pilot house doors are watertight, they are going to be going seeing a lot of water.
Speaking as a Naval Architect, and I play one during the day, there are reasons ships have certain shapes. This violates most all the rules of ships in a seaway. I don’t want to go on board.
I should be in the submarine class, but it’s not in that strength class.
The ships of WW2 can live longer than I will, This will be out of service in under 10.
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