Everyone Vote today!
Posted on 11/05/2002 1:01:18 AM PST by Snow Bunny
I still love 'em, though!
Helicopters - A large gathering of parts flying in formation.
-Election Night USA 2002 (FR overflow join us here) --
It's a post in the "Guest Room for Freepers," where, if you are a registered member of FD ( no big deal, you can probably use your handle here over there ) you can reply or start your own thread.
They use html format ( there is a box in "post reply" you have to check to enable it ) so you can use all the stuff you have saved without stripping it.
I am probably going to use the control-n trick to pop up a second browser and simultaneously monitor FR & FD all day... and yes, come Hell or High Water, vote...
Today's classic warship, USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
Tennessee class armored cruiser
Displacement: 14,500 t.
Length: 504’6”
Beam: 72’11”
Draft: 25’
Speed: 22 k.
Complement: 859
Armament: 4 10”; 16 6”; 22 3”; 12 3-pdrs.; 4 1-pdrs.; 2 .30 cal MG; 4 21” torpedo tubes
The USS NORTH CAROLINA (ACR-12) was laid down 21 March 1905 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 6 October 1906; sponsored by Miss Rebekah Glenn, daughter of the Governor of North Carolina; and commissioned at Norfolk 7 May 1908, Captain William A. Marshall in command.
Following shakedown along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean, NORTH CAROLINA carried President-elect William Howard Taft on an inspection tour to the Panama Canal in January and February 1909. Between 23 April and 3 August, the new cruiser cruised the Mediterranean, sailing with MONTANA (ACR-13) to protect Americans threatened by conflict in the Turkish Empire. NORTH CAROLINA sent a medical relief party ashore 17 May to Adana, Turkey, to treat both wounded and desperately ill Armenians, victims of massacre. NORTH CAROLINA provided food, shelter, disinfectants, distilled water, dressings and medicines, and assisted other relief agencies already on the scene. For the remainder of her Mediterranean cruise, NORTH CAROLINA cruised the Levant succoring American citizens and refugees from oppression.
In the years before World War I, NORTH CAROLINA trained and maneuvered in the western Atlantic and Caribbean and participated in ceremonial and diplomatic activities. Highlights included attending centennial celebrations of the independence of Argentina (May-June 1910) and Venezuela (June-July 1911); carrying the Secretary of War for an inspection tour of Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Cuba, and the Panama Canal (July-August 1911); and bringing home from Cuba bodies of the crew of MAINE for their final interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
As war began in Europe, NORTH CAROLINA departed Boston 7 August 1915 to protect Americans in the Near East. After calling at ports of England and France, she cruised constantly between Jaffa, Beirut, and Alexandria, her presence a reminder of the might of the still neutral United States. She returned to Boston 18 June 1915 for overhaul.
Reaching Pensacola, Fla., 9 September 1915, NORTH CAROLINA contributed to the development of naval aviation through service as station ship. On 5 November 1915, she became the first ship ever to launch an aircraft by catapult while under way. This experimental work led to the use of catapults on battleships and cruisers through World War II, and to the steam catapults on present-day aircraft carriers.
When the United States entered World War I, NORTH CAROLINA sailed north to escort troop transports plying between Norfolk and New York. Between December 1918 and July 1919, she brought men of the AEF home from Europe.
Renamed CHARLOTTE 7 June 1920 so that her original name might be assigned to a new battleship, she decommissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash., 18 February 1921. Her name was struck from the Navy List 15 July 1930, and she was sold for scrapping 29 September 1930.
At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nov. 3, 2002 -- Mess Management Specialist 3rd Class Nicole Phillipe (left) and Mess Management Specialist Seaman Crista Spencer, prepare roast turkey for the noontime meal aboard the ship. Abraham Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dan J. Mark.
At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nov. 3, 2002 -- Mess Management Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mariliz Zambrana, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, decorates the salad bar prior to lunch being served aboard the ship. Lincoln (CVN 72) and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are conducting combat missions in support of Operations Southern Watch and Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dan J. Mark.
At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Nov. 1, 2002 -- Lightning strikes on the horizon, light up the bow of the aircraft carrier during a storm in the Arabian Sea. Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Aaron Ansarov.
San Diego, Calif., (Nov. 2, 2002) -- USS Constellation (CV 64) departs Naval Air Station North Island at the start of a regularly scheduled six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Constellation carries aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Tim Smith.
San Diego, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2002) -- After pulling away from the carrier pier at Naval Air Station North Island, USS Constellation (CV 64), heads down San Diego bay at the start of a regularly scheduled six month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo provided courtesy Retired Navy Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Chuck Cavanaugh.
San Diego, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2002) -- The guided missile cruiser USS Valley Forge (CG 50), heads out of the San Diego bay to begin their regularly scheduled six-month deployment, after pulling away from the pier at Naval Station 32nd Street. Photo provided by Retired Navy Photographer’s 1st Class Chuck Cavanaugh.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow;
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of birds in circled flight,
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there; I did not die.
A Vietnam chopper pilot to his son. Jim
Um, if it don't stop raining there, will you still vote? LOL!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS
I voted as soon as the polls opened this a.m. Always feels good to vote the right way ;-) Have a great day all!
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