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To: rockinqsranch

Gee, when the Missouri hit the lock wall, it gashed the wall. Aluminum ships now?


3 posted on 11/01/2016 3:56:48 PM PDT by jagusafr
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To: jagusafr

The USS Obama.


6 posted on 11/01/2016 3:57:49 PM PDT by refermech
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To: jagusafr

They don’t have timbers to use as bumpers?


12 posted on 11/01/2016 4:00:08 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: jagusafr
My dad's WW2 1917 Battleship 42 took kamikaze hits and stayed functional.

WTF?

15 posted on 11/01/2016 4:05:15 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: jagusafr
Aliuminum hull? USA Bud Light?

Oh, well... if the USN decides to mothball them, I'm sure the RCN would buy them. After all, we bought four RN Upholder-class submarines, with the optional screen doors. The Brits sure saw us coming!

17 posted on 11/01/2016 4:08:09 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: jagusafr

Aluminum foil to save weight.


41 posted on 11/01/2016 4:35:39 PM PDT by arthurus (Hillary's campaign is getting shaky)
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To: jagusafr
Aluminum ships now?

Yes. They are aluminum above the waterline.

63 posted on 11/01/2016 5:22:34 PM PDT by Antoninus II (q)
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