Ship Photo of the Day

[Randy Daytona]

The Fantome was a 1927 four masted sailing ship originally ordered for the Italian Navy but then purchased as a yacht for the Duke of Westminster. Nearly 700 tons and 282 ft, it was purchased in 1969 as the first ship for the Windjammer cruises.

In 1998, it was caught in a tropical storm that rapidly developed into the Category 5 hurricane Mitch. Whichever way the Fantome went, it seemed as if the hurricane changed direction to overtake the sailing ship. The Fantome sunk with all hands on October 27 as hurricane hunters recorded wind gusts of 208 mph.

 

[Griz882]

The Fantome was a 1927 four masted sailing ship originally ordered for the Italian Navy but then purchased as a yacht for the Duke of Westminster. Nearly 700 tons and 282 ft, it was purchased in 1969 as the first ship for the Windjammer cruises.

In 1998, it was caught in a tropical storm that rapidly developed into the Category 5 hurricane Mitch. Whichever way the Fantome went, it seemed as if the hurricane changed direction to overtake the sailing ship. The Fantome sunk with all hands on October 27 as hurricane hunters recorded wind gusts of 208 mph.

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Interesting sail plan.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Just a few photos of USS Zumwalt. Originally designed with land attack as a big part of her mission set, wonder how applicable her stealth and original 6” guns with a 100 mile range would have been against adversaries such as the Houthis?

 

[Llarry]

The cruiser USS Chicago, commissioned in 1886, was one of the first all-steel ships built for the USN. Steam power wasn't new, of course, but the designers still hedged their bets. 4,500 tons full load and a trial speed of 16 knots under steam. Four 8-inch, six 6-inch, two 5-inch and a few smaller guns. A crew of 300. Basically obsolete upon completion, Chicago was modernized in the late 1890s and lost her mainmast and sails. She was completed a few years before hull numbers were used by the Navy.

 

[Randy Daytona]

USS Twiggs DD-127 was a Wickes class destroyer that was finished just before the end of WW1. Named for Major Levi Twiggs USMC who led an interesting life fighting in the War of 1812 and dying, along with his son, in the Mexican-American War, he also commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

The USS Twiggs was put into the mothball fleet in 1922 but recommissioned in 1930. The destroyer was decommissioned on 23 October 1940 as part of the "Destroyers for Bases Deal" whereby the US gave the UK 50 obsolete destroyers in exchange for 99 year rent-free leases on British possessions in Newfoundland, eastern Bahamas, southern Jamaica, western Saint Lucia, western Trinidad, Antigua, British Guiana plus basing rights in Bermuda and Newfoundland. As this was the deal forced upon the UK, it was very advantageous to the US - some in Britain called it similar to the deal the USSR offered Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyers-for-bases_deal

Now renamed HMS Leamington Pennant #G19, she served on multiple convoys, including close escort for the famously ill-fated PQ-17.

In November 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and served in cold weather ops that unfortunately including two collisions before being transferred back to the Royal Navy in December 1943.

In June 1944, she was loaned to the Soviet Navy where she was known as Zhguchy and served until 1949. She was eventually returned to the Royal Navy in 1949 and starred in the movie "Gift Horse" about the St Nazaire Raid. She was finally sold for scrap in 1951.

Length: 314' 4", Beam: 30' 11" Displacement: 1,306 tons
Powerplant. 24,900 HP through 2 turbines and 2 screws gave 35 knots
Armament: 4 (4x1) 4" cannons, 2 (2x1) 3" cannons, 12 21" torpedo tubes






Red Lead Row, San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there.

 

[Flash]

The launching of North Korea's new ship didn't go too well. Not sure the cover up is going to work though...

 

[Griz882]

The launching of North Korea's new ship didn't go too well. Not sure the cover up is going to work though...

This is what happens when you don’t grease the rails with the bone marrow of your state slave labor.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

"Kim attributed Thursday's accident, which took place at a shipyard in the eastern port city of Chongjin, to "absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism". He added that the "irresponsible errors" of those involved will be dealt with."

 

[Griz882]

"Kim attributed Thursday's accident, which took place at a shipyard in the eastern port city of Chongjin, to "absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism". He added that the "irresponsible errors" of those involved will be dealt with."

Many North Korean officer hats will be deflated.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

Things the North Koreans do wrong.

 

[PhrogPhlyer]

Things the North Koreans do right.

 

[number9]

I thought I read somewhere that in North Korea, it is customary to wear the medals of your ancestors? That would explain some of the excess...

 

[CommodoreMid]

Things the North Koreans do right.

Goose stepping in heels, that is impressive.

 

[Griz882]

I thought I read somewhere that in North Korea, it is customary to wear the medals of your ancestors? That would explain some of the excess...

I have relatives with military experience going back to the Revolution and I doubt all their combined bling (I know they didn’t have military decorations in the past) would reach below my coat pockets much less my trousers!

 

[Flash]

Things the North Koreans do wrong.

The one with all the medals is photoshopped, they wear an absurd amount but the edits added a lot on top. They don't wear medals on the sleeve or that low in real life, and nothing on the pants.

I thought I read somewhere that in North Korea, it is customary to wear the medals of your ancestors? That would explain some of the excess...

That's become a more recent thing in the Commonwealth, with folks wearing a close ancestor's medals on the right side wearing your own on the left. Does it seem to be common from what little I've seen? No, but it is a thing that is done: