JP's Fleet

[southern or]

Great, now I have to bust out the Purdy.

So what does everyone want to see first, SS United States, Sovremennyy-class destroyer, or an Arleigh Burke? I'd add the Beaver that we built, but um, that became roadkill.

[JWLaRue]

I'd like to see the SS United States....

-Jeff

[southern or]

[bigdave]

Very nice!
Now where did I put my torpedos? BD

[southern or]

[southern or]

To be clear I did NOT build her. My wife commissioned her for my birthday one year. She is lit and being plank on frame, is the opposite of the steel aluminum 1:1 original. She is also twin screw drive/steering rather then quadruple screw rudder. It is differently NOT a target.

The Real girl (rotting away in Philadelphia) was and still is the fastest ocean liner, ever. It's been joked that when operational, she would go faster-backwards-then cruse ships can go in forward today. Francis Gibbs took everything he learned during WWII and built a ship for use in peace and war. Built to a 5 compartment standard with only 2 wood items allowed on the ship (he was in charge of the USS Leviathan restoration after the fire), and a split engine room; it was built to in theory, take a beating and keep going. As far as I know, she is the last ocean liner/cruse liner to have been completely built in the US. Holland America's ships were finished in Germany.


Courtesy SS United States Conservancy

More info: http://www.ssusc.org

[southern or]

If things work out, she'll be in Spokane next year.

[JWLaRue]

That is one really fine model!

-Jeff

[southern or]

That is one really fine model!

-Jeff

Thanks! It may not be a sub, or even a combat ship, but it does serve as our flagship. I had to do some repairs after FedEx um, delivered a partial kit. The Sovremennyy was much, much worse.