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Postby Romulus111VADT » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:46 am

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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:02 am

And I thought it was bad when I farted in the bath :o ;D
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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby Romulus111VADT » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:06 am

And I thought it was bad when I farted in the bath :o ;D


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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby C » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:17 am

That would take a lot of hay to keep all those horses going! ;D
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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby Romulus111VADT » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:38 am

In this shot you can get an idea how high the stern of the ship is off the water by the tugboat.
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This was taken in Jan 2007 as the ship was leaving for deployment by my daughter-in-law.
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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby Woodlouse2002 » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:40 pm

To be fair the stern of the ship is probably a bit lower when going at that speed. I looks like jet propulsion to me. Correct?
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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby Romulus111VADT » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:14 pm

To be fair the stern of the ship is probably a bit lower when going at that speed. I looks like jet propulsion to me. Correct?


From Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CG-72)

Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (17 meters)
Draught: 33 feet (10 meters)
Propulsion: 4
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Re: Serious horsepower

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:46 am

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