Official Cool Picture - Video Thread.

[BRD@66]

You only say that because he's dead.

 

[easy rider]

World War II picture from the shipyard I used to work at. No I wasn't working there at the time of the pic.

 

[TxStetson]

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World War II picture from the shipyard I used to work at. No I wasn't working there at the time of the pic.

Bullshit!! That’s you on the ship, leaning on the pole.

 

[single stack]

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World War II picture from the shipyard I used to work at. No I wasn't working there at the time of the pic.

Rosie the riveters with conical catchers and tongs.
Nice old picture.

 

[Texasgordo]

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[avvidclif]

Are those ivory grips or mother-of-pearl?

Gen George S Patton

I think a reporter asked him about his gun grips being Mother of Pearl at a press conference once. Patton was quick to correct the reporter about the grips on his revolver being made of Elephant Ivory, not Mother of Pearl. Patton went on to make the statement that "only a New Orleans Pimp would carry a gun with Mother of Pearl grips".

 

[easy rider]

Gen George S Patton

I think a reporter asked him about his gun grips being Mother of Pearl at a press conference once. Patton was quick to correct the reporter about the grips on his revolver being made of Elephant Ivory, not Mother of Pearl. Patton went on to make the statement that "only a New Orleans Pimp would carry a gun with Mother of Pearl grips".

He knows that.

 

[easy rider]

USS Nimitz CVN 68, the first aircraft carrier I worked on. I couldn't say how many times I had worked on it since then.

 

[easy rider]

USS Carl Vinson CVN 70, another I regularly worked on.

 

[easy rider]

USS George Washington CVN 73, Worked on her in Yokosuka, Japan for several months on two separate occasions.

 

[Charlie]

Looks like a vacation cruise!! NOT!

 

[easy rider]

USS John C. Stennis CVN 74, Another I regularly worked on.

 

[easy rider]

USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76, Transporting sailors cars to a new port. I first worked on her at North Island (San Diego) at the time Nancy Reagan christened her.

 

[easy rider]

USS Enterprise CVN 65, Only worked on her once in Norfolk, Va. The most overpowered carrier in the fleet.

 

[easy rider]

USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 (bottom, Stennis above) Both have my welds, both structural and piping.

 

[Texasgordo]

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[easy rider]

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Now that's just showing off.

 

[benenglish]

The most overpowered carrier in the fleet.

In that context, what is the definition of "overpowered"?

 

[easy rider]

In that context, what is the definition of "overpowered"?

8 nuclear reactors.

 

[benenglish]

8 nuclear reactors.

I don't know how many nuclear reactors are actually needed to run an aircraft carrier but, yeah, 8 just sounds like more than enough.