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  1. Dr. Krieg

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    Fuck yeah.
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    USS Somers, DDG 34. A Forrest Sherman class destroyer modified in the late 60's to be a guided missile destroyer. Withdrawn from service, 1982 and sunk as a target, 1998.
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    USS Mitscher, DDG 35. A Mitscher class destroyer modified to be a guided missile destroyer. Not a successful design, or conversion, withdrawn in 1978 and broken up in 1980.
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    James River Reserve Fleet. 2 Victory ships, 4 Farragut class DDG's, 3 Charles F Adams class DDG's and a single FRAM I Gearing class DD.
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    The Japanese DDG Tachikaze. A very successful design, these 3 ships were completed in the 1970's, and withdrawn by 2010.
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    A gaggle of Sukhoi Su-7BMK Fitters.
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    A Chengdu F-7
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    An AU-1, the Marine version of the F4U Corsair.
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    A Tupolev TU-22M Backfire.
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    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    I may have posted this one already, but what the hell.

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    My Grandmother was a Chief in the Navy. She had these posters in her office at home, I always found them amusing. :lol:
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    When the railroad left town.
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    The Great Northern Railroad station in Spokane, Wa. Now a park that held the 1974 Worlds Expo.

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    Union Station, home of the Milwaukee Road. Replaced with a hideous "Opera House and Convention Center". It's shit.
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    This was observed being towed through the Dardanelles a few days ago. Not many Knox class left around, these days.
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    More.
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    USS Nicholas, DD 449, after her FRAM II refit.
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    USS Robert A Owens, DD 827. She, and her sister Carpenter, were not converted to a standard FRAM I fit. Both were sold to Turkey, where they served into the late '90's.
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    This is a standard FRAM I Gearing class destroyer. USS Leary DD 879. She was sold to Spain, and broken up in 1992.
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    IRIN Babr, formerly USS Zellars, DD 777.
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    IRIN Palang, ex USS Stormes DD 780.
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    This gives me a sad. The Pacific island of Tinian in 1946. A pile of scrapped B-29s. I also see the tail of a B-24 in the middle right, and a Lockheed Ventura fuselage far right.

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    USS Bass, SSK 2, in reserve, Mare island shipyard 1965.

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    USS Robert L Wilson, laid up at Philadelphia, 1976.
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    The Allan Sumner class destroyer Nan Yang, ex USS John W Thomason DD 760, in reserve following her service in the Taiwanese Navy.
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    3 beautiful Farragut class DDG's, laid up at Philadelphia in the late 90's. These were the finest looking missile destroyers we ever made.
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    Ex USS Oklahoma City, with a pair of Forrest Sherman class DDG's laid up at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun bay Ca 1999.

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    The Japanese destroyer Tachikaze, laid up in the 2010.
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    The French battleship Jean Bart, the heavy cruiser Suffren and the light cruiser Montcalm laid up in Toulon, late 1960's.
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    Such a shame that they tore most of it down, looks like it was a beauty. At least the tower was saved.
    This kind of thing just pisses me off. Of the three downtown stations in Boston, two of them are despicable ugly modern buildings. In the case of Back Bay Station, the predecessor was nothing exciting, but here is the original North Station, followed by the current version:

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    Who decided it was a good idea to build sports arenas above train stations?

    Here is South Station, which was saved and remains beautiful.

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    But there once was an incredible glass shed covering the platforms. It did not survive the salt air and train exhaust, so the platforms are now more exposed.

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    We'll never get a shed like that again, but there is a project that will place a skyscraper above the platforms and behind the head house, which will again enclose the tracks (presumably with better ventilation).

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    It's still in the approval and design phase, so who knows what we'll actually get. :brood:
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    Interesting find while visiting Mom - Dad's discharge papers!

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    That almost looks like a bunch of T55 based tank recover vehicles towing an Iranian Kilo class SSK. Almost.
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    The front and rear vehicles on the left are some flavor of VT-55. The two in the middle look to be VT-72s (they have return rollers).

    No idea what's on the right.
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    I figured you'd know the tanks better. It's definitely a Kilo Class sub, flying an Indian flag, excuse me.
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    Actually, I think it's INS Sindurakshak. She suffered an accident dockside, sank, and was subsequently salvaged.
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    The Italian guided missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi, in the 1960's.
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    The Soviet heavy cruiser Kalinin, sometime in the 1960'same.
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    Uss Chopper, SS 342, after her deep dive accident in 1969. She lost all electrical power, and descended at a 45 degree angle to 1,011 feet at the bow, 720 feet at the stern. After a rapid ascent, she was found to have significant structural damage, and decommissioned. The test depth for this class of boat is 400 feet...
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    Yeah, baby. F units.
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    Sad news. They're closing down the VFW post in my home town. My father was post commander for many years in the 1970s/80s. They cite lack of membership and, funds.

    No word on what they plan to do with the Sheridan.

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    It's probably on loan from the Army, who'll likely take possession of it again.
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    Private planes, front to back: Merkel, Hollande, Maiden. :sokar:

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    My favorite Battlecruiser, HMS Tiger. Commissioned in 1913, she was decommissioned in 1933. She would have been very useful in WWII, her scrapping was a bit premature.
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    Ah, the Japanese Maritime Defence Force of Yor.
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    The Shirane class destroyer Kurama.
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    The Tachikaze class destroyer Tachikaze.
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    The destroyer Harukaze.
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    The scrapping of 3 cold war Japanese destroyers.
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    Looks like a Tachikaze, Hatsuyuki and Haruna class destroyer being broken up recently. Too bad, I love the Tachikaze class!
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    The salvage of the battleship Mutsu in 1970/71, after her destruction in 1943, the result of a magazine explosion.
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