Hans should get a kick out of this - this guy is my great, great, great, (how many greats I'm not sure of) grandfather, Admiral Micheal DeRuyter, and his ship:
capnjuan said:Thanks Richard; what a flat out gorgeous ship and what fun tooling around the decks in the 3D views; not sure they ever decided who destroyed it. Much speculation here about US mobsters vying for control of the Stevedore's Union in addition to the .... eh ... usual suspects; disgruntled Martin and Taylor owners ..coastie99 said:But; the Frogolians scoop the main awards for this...............http://www.alae.us/Normandie/ Plaudits to Comrade Yourkevitch. Eternal damnation to all the front-bums who contributed to her destruction.
Default said:
The Olympia, still in Philly, docked right across the river from the battleship New Jersey.
coastie99 said:All the "Iowas" are still in preservation ?
fronobulax said:coastie99 said:All the "Iowas" are still in preservation ?
I think they're all still around but I can't recall which are museum ships, which are in negotiations and which might be available for The Next War.
You might be interested in http://www.warship.org/ The magazine Warship International is pretty interesting, IMO.