[Mike Steele]

http://sayanythingbl...towers_of_9_11/

[ShotMagnet]

How in the name of all that is holy (and easily spell-checkable) could even a newsie found a way to incorrectly spell 'Amity'?

700 Marines + 360 sailors= lots of interesting mental images.


Shot

[R011]

ShotMagnet, on Mon 4 Aug 2008 1220, said:

How in the name of all that is holy (and easily spell-checkable) could even a newsie found a way to incorrectly spell 'Amity'?

There is actually a town of Amite City Louisiana, spelled as they spell it in the article. Seems a bit of a small town for a foundry, though.

[TomasCTT]

Uhm... silly question:

Is it a haunted ship? :ph34r:

[TSJ]

Louisiana has long been a center for ship building, oil rigs and the petro chemical industry.

In fact, when the LSU student council invited the Soviet ambassador to come speak to the students in order to piss off the La state legislature, we had to get a specific route authorized from the US State Department when we picked him up from the airport. They didn't want the bastard to get a gander at all the industrial stuff between NOLA and Baton Rouge. The Soviets sent their under secretary instead to protest the restrictions.

[Samson]

I dont know...maybe this was a bad idea. I am not supersticous or anything...but I have heard that the WTC steel melts at a very low temperature compared to normal steel, could be bad if there is a shipboard fire. :blink:

[Ol Paint]

Samson, on Sat 9 Aug 2008 1949, said:

I dont know...maybe this was a bad idea. I am not supersticous or anything...but I have heard that the WTC steel melts at a very low temperature compared to normal steel, could be bad if there is a shipboard fire. :blink:

Umm, most, if not all, of the WTC steel is in the stem casting, which is pretty far from the critical areas as far as the structural integrity of the hull girder goes, not to mention the likelyhood of a fire, even in a battle-damage condition. <_< ;) 7.5 (or even the quoted 24) tons out of 17,000+/- tons of lightship displacement is hardly going to make much difference to the ship from an engineering standpoint...

Douglas

[Edit for missing characters. Although there seem to be plenty around? :)]

This post has been edited by Ol Paint: 09 August 2008 - 2041 PM

[Jeff]

Plus, I assume they can make changes to the steel during the smelting process to make it do what they want.

[Bob B]

Steel has been recycled for a long time. They can ad elements to come up with what ever alloy is needed to meet the material spec.

http://en.wikipedia....Steel#Recycling

During WW2 all sorts of materials were collected during the Scrap drives. Many cannons from the civil war disappeared from town squares across the country, and were turned into modern war materials. Later on, many viewed this as a mistake. :o

[p620346]

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Steel has been recycled for a long time. They can ad elements to come up with what ever alloy is needed to meet the material spec.

http://en.wikipedia....Steel#Recycling

During WW2 all sorts of materials were collected during the Scrap drives. Many cannons from the civil war disappeared from town squares across the country, and were turned into modern war materials. Later on, many viewed this as a mistake. :o[/quote]

The only surviving German WW I 420mm mobile howitzer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds was scrapped during WW II, another big mistake.

[shep854]

p620346, on Sun 10 Aug 2008 1708, said:

The only surviving German WW I 420mm mobile howitzer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds was scrapped during WW II, another big mistake.

Any chance it was returned to the Germans w/complementary HE?