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Flemished lines
18 Sep 2010 |
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When ropes are laid out in this fashion, they're said to be "flemished." Of course, ropes that have anything to do with boats are not called ropes -- they're "lines." And when the boat is big, it is called a ship. Unless it is a submarine, in which case it remains a boat no matter how big it is.
A Navy vessel was in port
18 Sep 2010 |
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Undersea cable, the way it was meant to be seen
It's called the Plimsoll line . . .
18 Sep 2010 |
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. . . and it shows how heavily laden a ship is. Though usually it's located amidships, not on the bow, so maybe I do not know what this is. Never mind.
It looks anatomical . . .
18 Sep 2010 |
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. . . but it's undersea cable. Who knows what signals it was designed to carry.
And as we began . . .
Drawbridge up
All you see . . .
There are sailboats at Port Everglades, too
18 Sep 2010 |
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Port Everglades is near Fort Lauderdale Internatio…
18 Sep 2010 |
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I liked the shape and shades
18 Sep 2010 |
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There's a famous poster of the Normandie . . .
18 Sep 2010 |
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. . . which ultimately caught fire and capsized at dock in New York, which inspired this picture.
A ship at dock in GTMO
13 Sep 2010 |
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The U.S.S. Iowa, BB-61
13 Sep 2010 |
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Two months later, she would fire one of her 16-inch guns, sending its projectile a record distance of almost 27 miles; five months later her number two turret would explode, killing 47 sailors. The explosion has yet to be definitively explained. It was the Navy's worst loss of crew during peacetime operations.
What makes GTMO useful
13 Sep 2010 |
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It is generally thought that GTMO is maintained simply because it is a thorn in the side of the island's communist regime. This is not so. It is a warm-water base that is very close to deep water, making it indispensible for training. That is a battleship, close to shore.
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