Here's a plane most folks do not think of as having R-2800 engines. 
And how about a two-fer from the Iron Works of Grumman
Well back to work on the ceiling, I hope to get the lift back tonight. Brains not Braun, SAM
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Posted on 03/25/2005 9:43:51 PM PST by snippy_about_it
Being an evil capatalist does have it's drawbacks, like what to do with all that loot (LOOT WHAT LOOT WE AIN'T SEEN NO STIKIIN LOOT)
Ona serious note though, hope you start making expenses soon, cause then you can make, PROFIT, yea :-)
Good Luck
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Bllllbbbb!!!
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Morning Snippy..
How's the business doing? I have probably missed some announcements..
Do you guys sell bird houses?
Thanks for the history of the Taylor, Snippy.
The Terrible "T"
The first shipyards to change over construction from Gleaves-class ships to Fletchers were Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, ME and Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. in Kearny, NJ. Both yards customarily laid down ships on adjoining slipways in pairs. Thus Fletcher was laid down side-by-side with Radford at Kearney on October 2, 1941 and Jenkins and La Vallette followed on November 27. But before this, Nicholas and O’Bannon had been laid down on March 3, 1941, followed by Chevalier and Strong on April 30, then Taylor on August 28 and De Haven by the end of September.
Taylor was sponsored at her launch on 7 June 1942 by Mrs. H. A. Baldridge. She was commissioned at Boston’s Charlestown Navy Yard on 28 August 1942, exactly a year after she was laid down.
Taylor had three commanding officers during World War II. Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Katz commissioned her, and stayed with her throughout the Solomon Islands Campaign until January 1944, after she returned to Mare Island for modifications. Cmdr. Nicholas J. Frank then took her back to sea, where Cmdr. Henry H. deLauréal took her through the end of the war.
Along the way, Taylor participated in every major southwest Pacific campaign from the Solomon Islands through the end of the war. After the war, she was presented with a Navy Unit Commendation in addition to the 15 battle stars she had earned. She was the only ship in her squadron to emerge from the war without either casualties or battle damage.
Decommissioned in 1946, she was recommissioned in 1951, Cmdr. Sheldon H. Kinney commanding, and continued her career until 2 July 1969, when she was taken into the Italian Navy as Lanciere. In addition to her Navy Unit Commendation, she earned a total of 23 stars over her 27 years in the United States Navy.
free dixie,HUGS,duckie/sw
free dixie HUGS,duckie/sw
Here's a plane most folks do not think of as having R-2800 engines.
And how about a two-fer from the Iron Works of Grumman
Well back to work on the ceiling, I hope to get the lift back tonight. Brains not Braun, SAM
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Good afternoon, PE!!
Does Bitty Girl have her Easter dress yet??
!!!!!!!!
sw/duckie!!!!
free dixie, bf!!!!
MY high school algebra teacher will be pleased to know his ship didn't end up scraped for bagette pans.
Hull #209 USS Braine DD630 1940 10/12/42 3/7/43 5/11/43 146 65 211 To Argentina as Almirante Domecq Garcia (D 23) 1971, sunk as target 1983
Great Flag-o-Gram
Indeed
LOL!
Works for me ;-)
Afternoon Feather
A novel use of gun cotton.
Afternoon, Sam!!
I have been outside in the garden raking out old, dead, oak leaves. I have some flowers blooming. WOO HOO
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