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Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:32 am
by HappyHappy
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/07/travel/oc ... f=obinsite

Where's the mega rich now?
We need a Paul Allen or a Warren Buffet to save this, the last of the super liners.


HH

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:58 am
by fatman
Sorry its a sinking ship :P

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:10 pm
by Pudfark
Buzz would call it a "reefer". ;)

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:16 pm
by CUDA
If they can scrap USS Enterprise CV6 the most decorated ship of WW2 and also scrap USS Enterprise CV65 the worlds first Nuke Carrier. then I have no problem with them scrapping an old passenger liner :|

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:18 pm
by Reservoir_Dog
I thought the Bismarck sunk that hunk of tin. 8-)

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:47 pm
by HappyHappy
CUDA wrote:If they can scrap USS Enterprise CV6 the most decorated ship of WW2 and also scrap USS Enterprise CV65 the worlds first Nuke Carrier. then I have no problem with them scrapping an old passenger liner :|

Scrapping Enterprise CV6 was a crime.
Many historic properties were scrapped at the end of WWII.
B-17E 41-2666 was actually flown back to the US and scrapped at Albuquerque
despite being the ride of the most decorated aircrew in history.
Two medals of honor in the same crew on the same mission!

HH

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:22 pm
by CUDA
Reservoir_Dog wrote:I thought the Bismarck sunk that hunk of tin. 8-)
HELL The Bismark couldn't even shoot down a couple of post WW1 Biplanes :P

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:19 pm
by HappyHappy
CUDA wrote:
Reservoir_Dog wrote:I thought the Bismarck sunk that hunk of tin. 8-)
HELL The Bismark couldn't even shoot down a couple of post WW1 Biplanes :P
But it did sink the Hood...

HH

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:06 pm
by CUDA
Ya the same class of ship that admiral Jelico said "there apears to be something wrong with our ships today" as they wee blowing up at the battle of Jutland

Re: Save the SS UNITED STATES

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:03 am
by fatman
CUDA wrote:Ya the same class of ship that admiral Jelico said "there apears to be something wrong with our ships today" as they wee blowing up at the battle of Jutland

No Krupp steel will do that to a ship 8-)