But tell me: how did the New Jersey grow to an impressive 152.9 smoots (+/- an earwig) simply by moving from the Reserve yard to Camden? And if Philly has been updated, (and it certainly has) why is this mystery ship, this Keyhole Flying Dutchman, still in the Reserve Basin?
I'd have been great as a sub captain (except for the claustrophobia and all). I would have set a new sub standard.
Captain Jed:Your measurement at ships present location is close to the official Smoots listed by USN for this vessel, and this is standard length in Smoots for Iowa class Battleships. I am at work with no access to EV so I can't look at your "Flying Dutchman". However, it is quite possible that during refitting the "New Jersey" had to lose a few Smoots for contruction purposes, and then these smoots were replaced after the original photo.
Also, considering it's the Navy, it is likely that the Smoot standard, a la MIT, was misapplied by the bureaucracy, which did not go back to the standard post Viet Nam Smoot
as a reference when converting old ships to dockside museums!
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Smoots or Snots.... I'm still a little old fashioned and prefer FEET.
Iowa Class Battlewagons {USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Wisconsin (BB-64)} are supposed to be 887 FEET long. And as you can plainly see in this thread the Iowa (which all others are measured by) is 887 feet long.
So, why is this ship only 715 FEET long? Also it seems a bit narrower in the beam.
Great work Jediguy!! Only you could answer your own question. I, the Philly guy, could not pull it off. Lrae was probably only moments away. You deserve a cruise!! ...and why not ID all the ships in the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard?
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Well, that's what I get for leaving the stupid computer for a movie... and coming back to my post and then finding other answers after mine, but before I hit the enter key...
Perhaps they took it the long way around, cruising the Gulf Stream for a bit.. the warmer water would have heated the steel, which expanded..
nahhh.. never mind..
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"Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are..." -former Vice President Al Gore, Grist Magazine, May 9, 2006
And no, I'm not going to line any up to find out for myself..
-------------------- "We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest." - Stephen Schneider (leading advocate of the global warming theory), Discover magazine, Oct 1989.
"Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are..." -former Vice President Al Gore, Grist Magazine, May 9, 2006
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