Panay's Ghost 19 Report post Posted February 8, 2018 Before green screens and CGI, Hollywood had to use models. For Tora!Tora!Tora! those models were enormous (and gorgeous): The story of the USS Nevada model is almost heartbreaking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
von_Lipstig 2 Report post Posted June 12, 2018 Spoiler moar irrelevant scrap FTGJ chronicle Spoiler WARNING: recoded from VHS Spoiler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panay's Ghost 19 Report post Posted June 14, 2018 Of special note is at 4:00..."the captain lives in a broom closet". I'm not sure whether that means all captains regardless of ship size/class live in equal (lack of) luxury, or that destroyer captains live in a medicine cabinet over a sink. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2018 A group of us had the chance to tour the USS Iowa (and spend a lot of time with her rangefinders!) last year. Not to be missed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Käpt'n Korky 50 Report post Posted June 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Panay's Ghost said: Of special note is at 4:00..."the captain lives in a broom closet". I'm not sure whether that means all captains regardless of ship size/class live in equal (lack of) luxury, or that destroyer captains live in a medicine cabinet over a sink. Uhm compared with the captain quarters I've seen so far, live and on media, that one is pretty amazing in size. Or you really have huge broom closets in America. Because "everything's bigger in America." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pillwalker 1 Report post Posted March 13 Because the little girls always get overlooked, don't they? But this is the only ship connected to Titanic left. Quite remarkable, in her own right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pillwalker 1 Report post Posted March 13 The last of the so-called "E-Boats", this German "Schnellboat", S-130, served Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in WW 2, the Royal Navy and MI6 in the early cold war, and then being used to train new generations of seamen as part of the Bundesmarine until the early 90s, a very long career for such a little boat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted March 13 I wish I could say that the lil gals are in, but alas- not in '39. But you never know... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoHeavens 12 Report post Posted March 17 See I'd be down for PT/Torpedo boats. That'd be great. Could cameo JFK. Drachinifel bills himself as a naval historiographer and I've been binge watching his channel for a couple days now. Some absolutely brilliant analysis and summary of individual ships and historical incidents with incredible detail. (Like the legend of the venomous snake that deeply added to the combat power of a ship in the Imperial Russian Navy 2nd Pacific Squadron) "The story of a few good men's struggle, against their own commanders, their own fleet, their own ships and their own men." -Drachinifel accidentally summarizing Russian Navy history in it's entirety. Blow by blow of the Battle of the North Cape and the sinking of the KMS Scharnhorst Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mftUX7apmV1vsVXZh7RTw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pillwalker 1 Report post Posted March 19 This is what happens when a Spanish built Norwegian frigate tries to hug a Maltese oil tanker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
