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  1. 07-06-2012, 05:47 PM #1
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    Default 60 years ago this week:

    What a ship!

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    Default Re: 60 years ago this week:

    It was BEAUTIFUL! Not like those floating hotels of today. It's hard to even call them ships. More like powered barges with a hotel on top.
    I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
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    Default Re: 60 years ago this week:

    Sea trials, 20 knots IN REVERSE!!!
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    Default Re: 60 years ago this week:

    I was always amused at the fact that she could go faster IN REVERSE, than the TITANIC could go forward!

    A powerful ship she was in her day, I hope she will have a new life as a floating hotel soon.
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    Default Re: 60 years ago this week:

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Jones View Post
    It was BEAUTIFUL! Not like those floating hotels of today. It's hard to even call them ships. More like powered barges with a hotel on top.
    Ayup.

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