USS Intrepid

[wowzer]

The Intrepid museum will be closing down for rennovations (the ship has got to be painted/rehauled). It will not be back until fleet week 2008. Took the kids today, and saw the fireworks at night. Of course, I brought my D50 along...

http://ebem.org/yeh/2006_Intrepid/index.html


Any comments and critiques? What should I have done to take better shots? TIA

[wowzer]

What???!!!! No gravy? Good? Bad? Ugly?

[pRON aHOLIC]

Is that an SR-71 blackbird or a Hershey's Kiss?

[Pops]

Thanks for posting the pics. I'm only a few hours away and now kick myself that I found excuses for "not this weekend" too many times. I plan not to die before it reopens.

[spearmint]

Beautiful photos. This was the ship that picked up the early astronauts. I have been on several carriers in the line of work and they are awe inspiring. Huge but I understand out at sea they are good to go real fast at least the later nuclear ones.

[wowzer]

BTW- the ship will leave for NJ for the paint job on 11/6 from 7a-9a. I'll try to be there with my D50. ;-)

[wowzer]

No improvements for my technique?

BTW- that last pic at night was handheld. ;-)

[wowzer]

This is a hershey kiss, pRon:

[Don Kiyoti]

Spearmint, the non-nuke steam-driven carriers were fairly fast for big ships. The Intrepid could do 33 knots. The liner SS United States http://ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/History.html displaced about 45,000 tons & had what was essentially the powerplant of a much larger carrier. With 247,785 horsepower she was a real hot rod, capable of almost 44 knots.

[sscutchen]

SS United States pwns.

Liners are to cruise ships what Ferraris are to minivans.

[quote ssunitedstatesconservancy.org/History.html]Disappointment temporarily ensued when the SS United States encountered fog during her first day out, and Manning prudently reduced speed. When the fog lifted, Manning ordered full power and the liner leapt ahead into the North Atlantic. Despite the delay, as well as gale force winds and heavy seas approaching the coast of Europe, the SS United States reportedly handled like a thoroughbred with its neck stretched toward the finish line. The liner steamed seemingly without effort in heavy swells, for a time exceeding 36 knots with no apparent vibration in the stern. By the time the SS United States reached Bishop Rock, England, there was no doubt that the North Atlantic speed record had been smashed.