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  1. Moose

    S.S. United States Facing Eviction

    The SS United States conservancy has been beating the drum for awhile that time is running out on their current moorage. Unfortunately, there is now a firm date looming. View: https://x.com/SSUSC/status/1801740003673883010?t=jlffMgRGZNhDsukso5Gwtw&s=19 9/12/24 is entirely too close to comfort...
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    • 2024 buships cold war gibbs & cox korean war newport news shipbuilding ocean liner ss united states conservancy troopship united states united states lines united states navy usns united states william francis gibbs
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. Grey Havoc

    Geddes Liner, aka the Whale Ocean Liner

    Yes, that Norman Bel Geddes. The yacht mentioned in the reddit post is the Wenner-Gren Yacht design of 1934, with a both a naval yacht and a naval patrol vessel derived from it proposed for the United States Navy in 1939 at the outset of WWII (see JaySea article). View...
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    • 1930s axel wenner-gren interwar period norman bel geddes & company ocean liner the liner of the future troopship united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. K

    US 1940 Liner - Carriers

    from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago: "The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific." I guess this...
  4. RyanC

    Nuclear Ocean Liners

    From a BBC article on N/S Savannah: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28439159
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    • 20th century 21st century atomic ships atoms for peace cold war nuclear powered vessels ocean liner post-cold war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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