HiFlyer added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

And let us not forget the NS Savannah (Nuclear).

I toured the Savannah where she is moored at Patriot's Point near
Charleston, SC. Smaller than I had envisioned her.

I missed that sort of fun when I came back from Europe on the
USS United states. I was told that there was a hurricane that
summer and she outran it. Took a sort of detour to stay out of
it as I understood at the time. I think that was 1964 or 65.
She had the speed to do so. At the time I heard that she was
sort of like the empire state building moving through the
water at 60 knots.

She was a big and fast ship, but I think 60 knots was out of her
reach.

Last I knew she was laid up in Norfolk, Virginia. There is a
fine exhibit about her at the mariners Museum in Newport News;
She was built at newport news Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.

Also, she is SS United States, not USS.

"SS" means Steam Ship. "USS" means United States Ship, the
designation of a U. S. Navy vessel, from the age of fighting
sail to the present age of nuclear and gas turbine ships.




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HP, aka Jerry

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