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I've been watching and have not noticed any assist vessels responding. Perhaps she was hit by lightning and lost some electronic control?

Seriously, I have to wonder about the mental state of the crew at this point.

Charlie, I have this one - http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/cwdata/lct/glsea.png I am sure there are others out there

As of this time, only the West Approach cam is down

It was in the early 70s while wreck diving off of 40 Mile Point - my dive partner and I had just gotten back aboard our sailboat when he said "What is that?" Before I could say "what is what?", 2 F-4s out of Alpena (guessing here) flew over the top of us at *maybe* 100 feet above...

The binnacle would have been nice - but since they wont ship the item, Tumwater WA is a long way to go to pick it up.

What is odd is looking at it from what would be the hull or forward side when the normal view - when mounted in place - would be from the other side

[quote="eddyfitz"]Within the past year I saw on national TV news where the drones are "flown" by young officers from Area 59 in Nevada. The news clip showed these operaters driving their cars to work, parking in a large lot and entering a "house trailer office" where th...

Ive seen the bulkheads painted, but never the tank tops. I think that there is just too much abrasion for paint to stay for very long

Actually, the US Navy paid All Star Metals of Brownsville, TX the penny to take the ship. The Forrestal will be towed to Brownsville for dismantling

Amen Chief. Well said Thank You

It might help to know which boats he was on.

Thanks Mr Link - that sure looks like the barge. Even with 10X50 binocs, it was hard to get an ID, but "Huron Spirit" would match the length of the lettering I saw on the bow.

Ryan, as far as a museum goes, check out the Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum in Rogers City - http://www.gllmm.com/

hayhugh2 wrote:1979 Strike: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 30,2512362

That newspaper was from 1964

Right now, I think the costs are about equal to the diesel powered units. This is mainly because we have yet to retro-fit our automotive shop and any work on the units has to be done by an outside contractor. Retro-fit - Our shop has to be totally fireproofed, complete with a blast door in the passa...

I spent the last 2 weeks in northern Michigan. As I was getting ready to leave on Sunday morning, there was a tug/barge rather close to shore in Hammond Bay ('tween Rogers City and Cheboygan). Unfortunately, I couldn't stay to watch what it was doing, but it did have a load of what appeared to be st...

I cant blame the bullpen as much as the poor performance at the plate. Some of the relief pitchers were brought in to face just 1 batter. Leyland's move of the right fielder from the lead-off position to #8 in the order really helped. I think he should have taken Fielder and Cabrerra and done the sa...

As for the Fitz I still don't understand the fascination people have with her. Many other ships have gone to the bottom and you hear very little about them. Is it the mystery involved in that no one knows what happened to her or the song about her sinking? I think that the fascination is with the f...