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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:

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capnjuan said:
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.
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 ..

Yeah, yeah !! Always a conspiracy theory; always some other joker's fault !! Note No intended criticism of Cap'n.

The wankers who authorised the gas-cutting, in the presence of a mountain of kapok will do for a start.

And the dork commandant who simply kept pouring water on, in spite of expert advise to desist, will do for seconds.

The prats who authorised the de-commissioning of the on-board fire station will do for the next.

And so on..........

Sorry folks: An all-American, 24 carat SNAFU !!

In my search for Google references, I came across, and ordered, this..................

http://www.amazon.com/Normandie-Frances ... 851&sr=8-1

Love and affection, Richard Dastardly.
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The Olympia, still in Philly, docked right across the river from the battleship New Jersey.
 

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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.
 

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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.

Thanks Frono; looks right interesting !

I'll browse that site next weekend when I'll have uninterrupted time.
 
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