March 03, 2013
Here ya go, the first Mystery Ship of 2013:
Take your best shot! Remember, no cheating... winner gets a post of their very own (no pr0n, religion or politics, though). One guess per customer. Post no bills. Winners warm up with Malt-o-Meal.
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Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 10:25 AM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 10:29 AM (8xjaN)
Posted by: Tiberius at March 03, 2013 10:54 AM (97M8h)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 11:34 AM (8xjaN)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 11:35 AM (8xjaN)
It's an educated guess: Steven inadvertently gave me the clue. It was that odd tapered mast; I knew I'd seen it before. And it's obviously pre-Dreadnaught, but just barely so, as it already has turrets.
A glass of wine with lunch helped: Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon. A million years ago, I lived about five miles from where Steven lives now. Every summer, during the Rose Festival, my folks would take me to that park to see the ships during Fleet Week. On land, there was a monument to the USS Oregon... consisting of that odd mast.
1+1=3. Indiana Class.
Posted by: Tiberius at March 03, 2013 11:55 AM (97M8h)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 12:26 PM (8xjaN)
Ah. That would indeed be a guess, so I shall not.
Too bad, really. Wanted to share about my visual novel... got the idea from reading about Katawa Shoujo on your blog.
Perhaps next time! Make sure you keep picking ships that have been in parks I've frequented.
Posted by: Tiberius at March 03, 2013 12:31 PM (97M8h)
That is a replica of the Indiana class Battleships that was built for the Chicago Worlds Fair. The ship was designed using the then current plans for the ships which were finished yet, so it still had the conical turrets that were replaced with roomier models in the final design and it had higher freeboard the ships were designed with before extra armor and drafting errors reduced the actual ships freeboard to about 12 feet.
HA!
Wait...
It's NAME that ship.
You want a name.
IT HAD A NAME?
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It was the Columbia exposition and 'Columbia' was the 19th century equivalent of "America-Tan" and ...I'm going to go with Columbia.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at March 03, 2013 02:41 PM (EDjsP)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 02:41 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 02:43 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 02:45 PM (8xjaN)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 02:51 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at March 03, 2013 02:58 PM (EDjsP)
This is a stretch for me, but since Brickmuppet suggested it was a replica of the INDIANA-class battleships, that it was named INDIANA?
C.T.
Posted by: cxt217 at March 03, 2013 05:21 PM (3sPDg)
Posted by: Pete at March 03, 2013 07:01 PM (RqRa5)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 07:42 PM (8xjaN)
Hmmm...Okay.
Actually, Pete, the photo is surprisingly easy to find. You do not need to go to any sites specializing in that stuff - I found it in under a minute.
C.T.
Posted by: cxt217 at March 03, 2013 07:52 PM (3sPDg)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 08:15 PM (+rSRq)
At first I thought that one of Indiana-class battleships was later refit with conical turrets. However, it proved not the case. And the naval history sites said that there was no space.
Posted by: Pete at March 03, 2013 08:28 PM (RqRa5)
Posted by: Pete at March 03, 2013 08:31 PM (RqRa5)
So yeah, not exactly a ship... so sue me.
Pete, whatcha want?
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 08:48 PM (8xjaN)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 03, 2013 09:57 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 03, 2013 10:04 PM (8xjaN)
This is a big prize and I recall Ken going a bit beyond what I anticipated. I don't know squat about U.S. Navy, and Russian/Soviet Navy seems somewhat insignificant by comparison, lacking bright episodes. Sinop? Deep in 19th century. Survival Sch-303? U-boats saw the same. F1 is sort of played out as a topic. So, anime then. But I don't want to hoist something that is not appreciated, like GA. I'm going to punt on it a bit. How about go down your favourites and review a series that wasn't yet featured? Anything goes, like Library War or whatever.
Posted by: Pete at March 03, 2013 11:27 PM (RqRa5)
Posted by: Wonderduck at March 04, 2013 04:42 AM (8xjaN)
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