most navy ships are named after a place or a person
if your town/city has a boat named after it what is it?
Full Version: Your towns boat
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Displacement: 450 tons
Length: 53 metres
Beam: 10 metres
Speed: 13 knots
Complement: 34 (5 officers)
Armament: 1 x 30 mm gun
Radar: Type 1007 I-Band
Countermeasures: 2 x PAP 104 Mk5 remote controlled submersibles (RCMDS 2)
Sonar: Type 2093 mine search and classification sonar
Propulsion: 2 x Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels; 1523 hp sustained; Voith-Schnieder propulsion; 2 x Schottel bow thrusters
[img]https://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/data/[(0956)-03-01-2002]sandown1.gif[/img]
Displacement: 450 tons
Length: 53 metres
Beam: 10 metres
Speed: 13 knots
Complement: 34 (5 officers)
Armament: 1 x 30 mm gun
Radar: Type 1007 I-Band
Countermeasures: 2 x PAP 104 Mk5 remote controlled submersibles (RCMDS 2)
Sonar: Type 2093 mine search and classification sonar
Propulsion: 2 x Paxman Valenta 6RP200E diesels; 1523 hp sustained; Voith-Schnieder propulsion; 2 x Schottel bow thrusters
[img]https://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/data/[(0956)-03-01-2002]sandown1.gif[/img]
well, i was born in Grimsby...its a small town near where i live now...
Ontario, Canada though...
not in the land of the pale skin
j/j
Ontario, Canada though...
not in the land of the pale skin
j/j
I couldn't find anything recent on the USS New York other then this old photo:
It's statistics are:
And I just now learned the reason I can't find any recent information on her is because:
Damn. Now I don't have a US Navy ship.
It's statistics are:
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Classification: Armored Cruiser, First-rate, ACR-2
Keel Laid: September 30, 1890
Completed: January 1, 1893
Comissioned: August 1, 1893
Rig: Two military masts.
Armament: Six 8-inch guns
Twelve 4-inch guns
Eight 6-pounders
Two 1-pounders
Two Colt Gatling Guns
Two 3" field piece Two Whitehead torpedos
Contractor: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
Length: 380 feet, 6-1/2 inches
Beam: 64 feet, 10 inches Mean draft: 23 feet, 3-1/2 inches
Max. draft fully loaded: 26 feet, 8 inches
Displacement: 8,200 tons
Complement: 40 officers and 516 enlisted men commanded by Capt. French E.Chadwick
Engine type: Four horizontal triple expansion engines with a 42 inch stroke generating 17,401 hp.
Twin screw Boiler type: Six double-ended and two single-ended cylindrical boilers.
Speed: 21 knots
Coal bunker capacity: 1,290 tons
Normal coal supply: 750 tons
Endurance @ 10 knots: 5,000 nautical miles
Armor: Sides - 4 inches, Turrets - 5-1/2 inches,
Barbettes - 10 inches, Protective deck slopes - 6 inches,
Protective deck flat - 3 inches. Cofferdams with 25,387 cubic feet of cocoa. Cost: $2,985,000
Keel Laid: September 30, 1890
Completed: January 1, 1893
Comissioned: August 1, 1893
Rig: Two military masts.
Armament: Six 8-inch guns
Twelve 4-inch guns
Eight 6-pounders
Two 1-pounders
Two Colt Gatling Guns
Two 3" field piece Two Whitehead torpedos
Contractor: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
Length: 380 feet, 6-1/2 inches
Beam: 64 feet, 10 inches Mean draft: 23 feet, 3-1/2 inches
Max. draft fully loaded: 26 feet, 8 inches
Displacement: 8,200 tons
Complement: 40 officers and 516 enlisted men commanded by Capt. French E.Chadwick
Engine type: Four horizontal triple expansion engines with a 42 inch stroke generating 17,401 hp.
Twin screw Boiler type: Six double-ended and two single-ended cylindrical boilers.
Speed: 21 knots
Coal bunker capacity: 1,290 tons
Normal coal supply: 750 tons
Endurance @ 10 knots: 5,000 nautical miles
Armor: Sides - 4 inches, Turrets - 5-1/2 inches,
Barbettes - 10 inches, Protective deck slopes - 6 inches,
Protective deck flat - 3 inches. Cofferdams with 25,387 cubic feet of cocoa. Cost: $2,985,000
And I just now learned the reason I can't find any recent information on her is because:
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In 1932 she rejoined the Pacific Fleet. She was decommissioned at Cavite in 1933, and struck from the Navy rolls in 1938. In December, 1941, still in the Philippines, she was scuttled to prevent her capture by the Japanese.
Damn. Now I don't have a US Navy ship.
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well, i was born in Grimsby...its a small town near where i live now...
Ontario, Canada though...
not in the land of the pale skin j/j
Ontario, Canada though...
not in the land of the pale skin
j/jDon't know where you get that idea from about the pale skin, I take it you have never been to the UK right ?
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