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LostinTexas Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 24 minutes ago, Eric said: Cool. Want to feel exposed? Make the Suez Canal run. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 5/21/2023 at 11:19 AM, Eric said: Isn't wood a miraculous material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gwalchmai Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I think it's cool that The Texas is a six-shooter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The Texas has 10 14-inchers. It is wonderful to see a significant old ship under way and not turned into scrap.  2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted January 13 Author Administrators Share Posted January 13 This book was too much of a leap for me to enjoy, but my father loved it. "It was 1994, but Gwillam Forte was an entrepreneur of the old school. Twenty-three disabled Veterans needed a reason to live, so he gave them a rusty hulk - the battleship U.S.S. Texas - and unlimited funds to make her beautiful and seaworthy in time for Independence Day, 2000. But the world changed quickly and for the worse. By 1998, the Texas and her supermodern weapons were needed for duty far more important than guarding the National Monument in which she rode at anchor." I believe this book is public domain now. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/644917 Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 8/15/2023 at 10:27 PM, janice6 said: Isn't wood a miraculous material. Once upon a time, Frederick Weyerhaeuser owned more land than the federal government. He didn't care about the dirt, he just wanted the wood. For his mills. Back then, it provided enough material to the world's largest industry of building ships. cha-ching! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janice6 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said: Once upon a time, Frederick Weyerhaeuser owned more land than the federal government. He didn't care about the dirt, he just wanted the wood. For his mills. Back then, it provided enough material to the world's largest industry of building ships. cha-ching! Minnesota old growth trees were clear cut for the trans-continental Railroad. Our lumber went to the Rocky's to be used for trestles and bridges. We have no old growth lumber left. The house I grew up in was built for Mr. Dam, he was a lumber baron in Minnesota in the 18 hundreds and helped cut Northern Minnesota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 8 hours ago, janice6 said: Minnesota old growth trees were clear cut for the trans-continental Railroad. Our lumber went to the Rocky's to be used for trestles and bridges. We have no old growth lumber left. The house I grew up in was built for Mr. Dam, he was a lumber baron in Minnesota in the 18 hundreds and helped cut Northern Minnesota. Most of the Smoky Mountains National Park - certainly in Tennessee - was clear cut before it became a park. Walking around off the beaten paths one might encounter a huge stump or a rusting relic from logging days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 12 hours ago, tous said: The Texas has 10 14-inchers. Right you are! I stand corrected. I neglected the side barbettes and assumed there was a matching two-gun turret on the back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Look at the list of armament for the original 1912 version. Danged ship had a gun mount on every square inch of deck, it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 minutes ago, tous said: Look at the list of armament for the original 1912 version. Danged ship had a gun mount on every square inch of deck, it seems. And torpedo tubes if I remember. Â 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just a side note. I got to witness the destruction of the last 10 inch naval shells in the US inventory. They were in California but the governor had a temper tantrum about them being stored there even though they were removed from ships in California ports.  They shipped them to Utah by rail to be stored for years then destroyed. Wonder how many millions of dollars that cost? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 2 hours ago, Batesmotel said: Just a side note. I got to witness the destruction of the last 10 inch naval shells in the US inventory. They were in California but the governor had a temper tantrum about them being stored there even though they were removed from ships in California ports.  They shipped them to Utah by rail to be stored for years then destroyed. Wonder how many millions of dollars that cost? At least most of that money was spent stateside rather than overseas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 52 minutes ago, railfancwb said: At least most of that money was spent stateside rather than overseas. But what sense did it make to store obsolete WWI ammo until the 1990s just to detonate it in place? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 It's the government and they have unlimited funds and zero integrity. It is not unusual for, say, the Army, to put in an order for 5,000 rucksacks with a favored contractor, made to custom specifications, when they already have 100,000 of the exact same product in warehouses around the country. Just in case, they'll say. The Army rents more warehouse space, kickbacks are spread amongst the usual suspects. Oh, and a hundred DoD lawyers and outside legal firms were required to write the contract. Everybody gets rich.   2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 4 hours ago, Batesmotel said: But what sense did it make to store obsolete WWI ammo until the 1990s just to detonate it in place? Had they kept it another half century +/- they could have sent it to Ukraine. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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