In article , hawaii-50
@sbcglobal.net says...

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:29:51 -0500, "MMC" wrote:



"Eddie" wrote in message ...

- - this out of the water for being a threat to navigation.
Eddie


http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/fr...king-boat.html
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c'mon man, don't lose your sense of humor!
lol, I do. but let's suppose a war ship captain saw what he believed
to be an abandoned half-sinking boat. Wouldn't that sight of a
sinking boat look like it may be a hazard to navigation? And suppose
the captain tried radio contact with negative results? Wouldn't it be
prudent of him to take action and send a few well placed rounds from
his 8 inch guns?
I can just see the reaction of the captain of the Love Love as he's
blown 500 ft in the air: ***"what da f**k was that?"***
:-)
Eddie

You don't waste an 8" shell on a fiberglass rag merchant. You breakout
the .50's and give all of the GM's some time behind the handles.

Besides which ships in today's US Navy have 8" guns?