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Here's the Kalakala, straight out of Flash Gordon:
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Sailed: USS Widgeon MSC, USS Loyalty MSO 457, USS James K. Polk SSBN 645 (PSA Sea Trial), Dozens of small boats.
Visited (Excluding museum ships). USS Long Beach CGN 9, Dozens of SSN & SSBN. SS Herbert B Jackson, SS Aurthur Anderson.
Roger
Visited (Excluding museum ships). USS Long Beach CGN 9, Dozens of SSN & SSBN. SS Herbert B Jackson, SS Aurthur Anderson.
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If I ever get out to SF I'll have to see the O'Brien. My dad sailed on several Liberty Ships during WWII. The closest I got was viewing some when they were moored in the Hudson River by Stony Point NY as part of the Mothball Fleet in the 50's and 60's. Living near the Hudson I see the Clearwater often. Here's a pic of my grandson watching her from the Alpine (NJ) boat basin.
Made on board a couple museum subs, one in Oahu and one in Tampa. The Requin was taken from Florida to Pittsburgh where I believe she is still open for tours. After going through these I am SOOOOO glad to have been on surface ships. Talk about claustrophia!!
While none of us have ever really been on board the USS Arizona, we did visit the memorial that rests on her and took this picture looking up through the overhead opening. We now have a matted and framed enlargement hanging in the house.
Allan
While none of us have ever really been on board the USS Arizona, we did visit the memorial that rests on her and took this picture looking up through the overhead opening. We now have a matted and framed enlargement hanging in the house.
Allan
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I've spent a number of weeks sailing on the SV Duen with groups of junior high school students. It's a boat with an interesting history as can be seen here. This image was taken in Tod Inlet on Vancouver Island very close to Victoria, BC.
Cheers,
Todd
Cheers,
Todd
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Wow. For my earlier post I forgot about being being aboard the USS Ling (Balao class sub). She was a museum ship for some years, moored on the Hackensack River in Hackensack NJ. A group of sub veterans conducted tours and maintained her. Sadly, the vessel has fallen on hard times. She's been vandalized and is stuck in the mud, no longer open to visitors. Silting up of the river and downstream bridges now make it impossible to move her to a friendlier location.
Stupid me, I worked on Union Street in Hackensack from 1984 to 2014 and never once went to visit her.
Allan
As a US Navy enlisted:
USS Arcadia AD-23 Newport R.I. (60 days awaiting ship)
USS Barry DD-933 Newport R.I. (90 days to transfer)
USS Richmond K. Turner DLG-20 Newport R.I. / Norfolk, VA. (2 years)
As a civilian US Navy Combat Systems Integration sub-contractor:
100s of US Navy ships, 2 Australian Navy frigates, and 2 Coast Guard High-Endurance Cutters
...henry
USS Arcadia AD-23 Newport R.I. (60 days awaiting ship)
USS Barry DD-933 Newport R.I. (90 days to transfer)
USS Richmond K. Turner DLG-20 Newport R.I. / Norfolk, VA. (2 years)
As a civilian US Navy Combat Systems Integration sub-contractor:
100s of US Navy ships, 2 Australian Navy frigates, and 2 Coast Guard High-Endurance Cutters
...henry
While at the academy in the '60's we had a fleet of boats from monomoys to Shields boats to the 12 meter America Cup racer Weatherly and others as well, all of which we got to sail. Rowing and sailing a monomoy was a great experience as there were no winches, just cleats, rope and strong arms and legs.
12 meter 1962 America's Cup winner Weatherly
12 meter 1962 America's Cup winner Weatherly
US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point NY! Very cool! The Waverly won the America's Cup in 1962 but now seems more like a 19th century boat compared to the newest America's Cup boats made of carbon fiber and riding foils. The Weatherly was built of wood. In the early 1970's I sailed my little boat out of Mamaroneck Harbor NY and saw the Weatherly hauled out for modifications at Derecktor's yard in the harbor.
Like the Monomoy boats, I prefer simplified sailing. My current boat is a 16' Sea Bright skiff with a spritsail. Wood spars, wood cleats, and rope. No stainless steel blocks and so forth.
Fair winds!
We used to tow the Shields to just west of you at Larchmont for weekend races out of the yacht club there then sail back to school, usually with our heads hung down, as they had some excellent sailors.
I spent so many hours rowing those dories on the Long Island Sound. Hard work, but fun!
Not luxurious but fun none-the-less. After watching all Olympians coming down the Seine on the bateaux-mouche craft it brought back good memories of our own last trip in 2023 and looking forward to doing it again next spring. Gotta love Paris!!
Allan
Picture we took of the tour Eiffel from the boat.
Picture of other bateaux taken from the one we were on.
Allan
Picture we took of the tour Eiffel from the boat.
Picture of other bateaux taken from the one we were on.
I grew up in Boston about 4 miles from the USS Constitution. I can't remember how many times I visited her. The first time was in Grammar school on a field trip.
Back then we didn't appreciate it's history but later on it became a real treat to be on her decks. The modern day tour is really good, the Park Rangers really get into explaining how things were done back it the day. If your ever in Boston it's a must see. The Museum of Science and the Hayden Planetarium is 5 minute's from the ship and is also worth a visit.
As someone who lives 2 blocks from the Detroit River - a major international waterway, and who dreamed of working on the lake boats as a kid, I have sadly /frustratingly never had the opportunity to visit on board any large ship, other than the 2 Carnival ships we cruised on.
Would still love the chance to tour one, as that is the type of ship models I build - in fact I am sure it would actually help in quest for accuracy, as great lakes freighter fittings do not exist in the hobby industry. For example....I am building a self unloader right now and I have no idea what the trunnion looks like where the boom pivots on....but I got photos of a similar vessel to use.
I have toured the odd Canadian naval ship that came here (Windsor) during visits, but that's it.
Would still love the chance to tour one, as that is the type of ship models I build - in fact I am sure it would actually help in quest for accuracy, as great lakes freighter fittings do not exist in the hobby industry. For example....I am building a self unloader right now and I have no idea what the trunnion looks like where the boom pivots on....but I got photos of a similar vessel to use.
I have toured the odd Canadian naval ship that came here (Windsor) during visits, but that's it.
New posts keep reminding me of vessels I've seen and want to see. I really need to visit old ironsides next time I'm near Boston. And I remember that I went aboard the Mayflower II when she was in New York NY in 1957 and again around 1972 at her berth in Plymouth MA. Sometime around 2015, I saw her in dry dock at Mystic Seaport CT for repairs. I should read or reread some books by Alan Villiers.
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I went aboard Cutty Sark a few times before the fire, and there used to be (right by it) Gypsy Moth, the little yacht that Sir Francis Chichester did a circumnavigation in. Also in St Katherine's dock there used to be the RSS Discovery, now up in Scotland. Close to London Bridge is a repica of the golden Hind- open to the public. And of course we have HMS Belfast right by Tower Bridge. I had the pleasure of exploring most of this ship - from bridge to engine room to inside a turret with an Ex-Belfast crew member back in the 70's when she was not yet officially open to the public.