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| Jolly | Jul 15 2011, 06:48 PM Post #1 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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And we never used them... http://www.businessinsider.com/two-navy-ships-henry-eckford-benjamin-isherwood-scrapyard-2011-7 |
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| Red Rice | Jul 15 2011, 07:19 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What a terrible waste, but as single-hulled ships they are not desirable for service. |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Axtremus | Jul 15 2011, 08:21 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What fiduciary folly? The vendor went bankrupt. What else could you do? |
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| Jolly | Jul 16 2011, 04:39 AM Post #4 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Finish 'em. And use them. At least in peace time. |
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| John D'Oh | Jul 16 2011, 05:19 AM Post #5 |
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MAMIL
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I'm afraid that this has nothing to do with the discussion, however am I the only one that finds Business Insider's habit of randomly posting hyperlinks in the middle of it's articles extremely irritating. It wouldn't be so bad if the link pointed at something relevant, but they're just bloody commercials. |
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| Axtremus | Jul 16 2011, 07:09 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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For what? They tried to sell it, no body deems the ships "fit" enough to buy any of them for any purpose, "peacetime" or not. Why should the US military deploy something that's clearly "not good enough" for any one else? |
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| Jolly | Jul 16 2011, 10:11 AM Post #7 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Nobody wanted to buy at the price they wanted. A lot of ships are not double-hulled, I'm thinking. They were made to be oilers...why not use them in peacetime, when the threat of hull breach is much lessened? |
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