USS New York Makes Maiden Voyage From New Orleans to New York City

[Guard Dog]

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Really doesn't seem all that amazing to me.

[Gorgon]

Too bad you can't build ships out of cement, imagine an aircraft carrier made out of bits of the Berlin wall.

[alanschu]

It's predecessor was more epic

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_%28BB-34%29

 

(Actually not....as far as BBs go much better ones came out )

Edited October 13, 2009 by alanschu

[Walsingham]

I personally 'get' the decision to use WTC steel. I mean the Victoria Cross used to be made from captured enemy cannon metal. There's a resonance to it. And good on them for choosing a marine assault ship. It's booties who fight Al Qaeda, not cruise missiles.

 

Good on you, fellahs.

[mkreku]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich

[SteveThaiBinh]

I mean the Victoria Cross used to be made from captured enemy cannon metal.

Were they really? What are they made of now?

 

So what's an assault ship for? What kind of conflict is that likely to be used in?

[Gorgon]

It's going to sail into those contested Taliban areas in Afghanistan.

[Walsingham]

I mean the Victoria Cross used to be made from captured enemy cannon metal.

Were they really? What are they made of now?

 

So what's an assault ship for? What kind of conflict is that likely to be used in?

 

 

My exhaustive historical research came up with this:

 

It was originally intended that the VCs would be cast from the bronze cascabels of two cannon that were captured from the Russians at the siege of Sevastopol.[16][17][18] The historian John Glanfield has since proven through the use of x-rays of older Victoria Crosses that the metal used for VCs is in fact from antique Chinese guns and not of Russian origin.[4][17][18] One theory is that the guns were originally Chinese weapons but the Russians captured them and reused them at Sevastopol. It was also thought that some medals made during the First World War were composed of metal captured from different Chinese guns during the Boxer Rebellion but the original metal was used after the war. It is also believed that another source of metal was used between 1942 and 1945 to create five Second World War VCs when the Sevastopol metal went missing.[4]

 

The barrels of the cannon in question are on display at Firepower - The Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich. The remaining portion of the only remaining cascabel, weighing 358 oz (10 kg), is stored in a vault maintained by 15 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps at Donnington, Telford. It can only be removed under armed guard. It is estimated that approximately 80 to 85 more VCs could be cast from this source. A single company of jewellers, Han****s of London, has been responsible for the production of every VC awarded since its inception.

 

 

I think if I ever get married I shall have the wedding rings made at the same place.

[alanschu]

I briefly read it but it seems like that's an amphibious landing ship, so it'll hold soldiers (Marines I assume) to quickly deploy and kickass. And perhaps chew bubble gum too.

[Guard Dog]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich

[Walsingham]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich

[mkreku]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich

[Walsingham]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich

[Guard Dog]

I love how all of Guard Dog's links are from.. Fox News. It's so clich