Ship Photo of the Day

[a_dub]

Was a day full of spouts.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Was a day full of spouts. View attachment 17241

Reminded my of "The Final Countdown". Speaking of time travel and/or invisibility, that leads to the Destroyer Escort (DE-173) USS Eldridge of "The Philadelphia Experiment", later made into a movie.

 

[Randy Daytona]

50 years ago last Saturday - 29 July 1967, the USS Forrestal survived a massive fire.

 

[Randy Daytona]

USS Arizona (BB-39) If you ever pass through Hawaii, I highly suggest visiting the Arizona Memorial, as well as the USS Missouri which is anchored beside her. Notice the difference in the superstructure: lattice (birdcage) pre-mod and tripod (post mod).

 

[Griz882]

The USS Indianapolis wreck site was recently found 72 years after she was lost. The real tragedy is that most the crew survived the sinking only to die awaiting rescue.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/uss-indianapolis-wreckage-found/index.html

 

[Randy Daytona]

The SS Central America - sunk in a Category 2 hurricane off the South Carolina coast 160 years ago tomorrow, 12 September 1857. Also known as the "Ship of Gold", the 280 ft three-masted sidewheel steamer went down with 425 passengers and 30,000 pounds of gold (equal to 20% of all the gold held in NYC banks) contributing to the Financial Panic of 1857, which itself was a factor in the leadup to the Civil War / War Between the States / The Late Unpleasantness.

The shipwreck was discovered in 1988 - with ensuing lawsuits and disappearance of the man who discovered it - until eventually tracked down and thrown in jail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Central_America

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...l-he-says-where-it-is/?utm_term=.241b9c3ae861

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/central-america-shipwreck-gold-tommy-thompson.htm

 

[nittany03]

Civil War / War Between the States / The Late Unpleasantness.

War of Southern Rebellion . . .

 

[jollygreen07]

War of Southern Rebellion . . .

Northern Aggression, sir.*

*Best read with aristocratic southern accent.

 

[Flash]

War of Southern Rebellion . . .

The history class on the war at my school was titled ' The War of Southern Independence', taught by a professor who thought not allowing the south to secede was the second great mistake of American history with the first being the Declaration of Independence.

 

[GroundPounder]

Northern Aggression, sir.*

*Best read with aristocratic southern accent.

I am 50 years old, and went to a private school in Savannah. Until I moved to Kansas in junior high school, I literally had never heard that war refereed to as anything other than the " War of Northern Aggression "

I'm not talking about crazy people either, it's ( was ) relatively mainstream way to refer to that era.

 

[Skywalker]

I am 50 years old, and went to a private school in Savannah. Until I moved to Kansas in junior high school, I literally had never heard that war refereed to as anything other than the " War of Northern Aggression "

I'm not talking about crazy people either, it's ( was ) relatively mainstream way to refer to that era.

It must really be localized, or has died off since your time. I've spent 20 out of my 22 years in GA/SC and have only ever heard it called (in seriousness) "the Civil War."

 

[jmcquate]

The Army's historical primary source for the Civil War is a 100 or so volume set named "The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion".

 

[GroundPounder]

It must really be localized, or has died off since your time. I've spent 20 out of my 22 years in GA/SC and have only ever heard it called (in seriousness) "the Civil War."

I'm back in Georgia, and have been for years and " Civil War " is in wide use. Maybe it being Savannah where Sherman ended up and being that my data is 40 years old accounts for that. Most common use that I hear is " War between the States "

That time period is something that many people, from all sides of whatever equation you want to use are emotionally
invested in.

 

[jollygreen07]

The history class on the war at my school was titled ' The War of Southern Independence', taught by a professor who thought not allowing the south to secede was the second great mistake of American history with the first being the Declaration of Independence.

What a terrible bastion of antiquity you must have attended.

 

[jmcquate]

As long as we're lingering on "The War of the Rebellion" and this is a thread about ship photos. USS Cairo, part of the original Brown Water Navy.