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It's a pretty old joke.

Thought it was pretty obvious that was a joke. :unsure:

I'm sure that will buff right out.

I'm pretty sure it happens to every museum ship, but I know for a fact that the Texas has had them removed thanks to its recent dry dock.

Shame they removed the props and shafts so they can no longer move under their own power.

Why bother when they're going to retire her and turn her into soda cans?

Is your allegedly being an engineer where this constant need to be so unique and special, and absolutely the smartest most knowledgeable person in the room comes from? You're arguing with someone who served on the freakin' ship and actually ran it, probably before you were even born. Maybe...

I was just about to ask what that was in moon-landing units. :giggle:

The thing I saw was basically a big flat plate with two handles, connected by cables to some power source, which heated that puppy to over 500 degrees in an effort to "de-sensitize" the alloy under it. The thing is, you would have to hold it there for a while, which would be pretty difficult to...

Unfortunately, the Navy seemed rather married to the idea that these ships be all aluminum in order to make them lighter so they could operate in shallow water. This is also why one of the two designs had a tri-hull design. I have to admit, I was rather skeptical of the concept, as well as the...

I know one of the problems with using aluminum to build your ships out of and then sending them to where there's a lot of sun is that this can make the alloying metals in the aluminum alloy migrate to the grain boundaries of the metal, and promote inter-granular corrosion, apparently in spite of...

In spite of what risks there may be, I really do think this and other ships like it should be permanently dry-docked similar to how the HMS Victory is, unless they intend to keep the ship functional and able to move under its own power. And considering the U-505 has been out of the water for...

Honestly they're another great example of the military industrial complex making promises so they can make sales, and then failing to deliver on those promises. The entire point of these things was they they had a shallow draft so they could be in close to shore, since that's where most of the...

A good name.

Sure wouldn't mind having one of those. :devilish: And with everyone bringing up the I-400, I can't help but feel a bit sad that we didn't manage to keep at least one of them without feeling the need to scuttle it.

Depends on how upgraded they got before being retired.

I really wished they would bring back names like Wasp, Hornet, Saratoga, Lexington, and Intrepid.

So, like, maybe they should have asked someone.