USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
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USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
No in it's 80th year of active service!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cutlass_(SS-478)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cutlass_(SS-478)
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
That's really something.
I hope it never prompts comparisons to Polish cavalry versus German tanks.
I hope it never prompts comparisons to Polish cavalry versus German tanks.
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
Amazing!!!!!
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
and they are refitting her so she goes until 2026
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This Cutlass also appears to still be in service.
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Dammit Gorn, you're gonna get me fired!! [:'(][:D]
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!
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[:D][:D][:D]leave it to the Gorn....GP
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!
Wait...there is a car? [&:][X(]
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There's probably quite a few ww2 ships still floating around in active foreign service - Adm Belgrano (ex Phoenix) comes to mind though it was sunk during Falklands
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You have to look really close. I had my magnifying glass out to check out the wonderful tail end and beautiful lines and I aimed it wrong and was wondering what all the chrome was about. I pulled the glass back and saw a chrome wheel marring a wonderful picture.ORIGINAL: Lecivius
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!
Wait...there is a car? [&:][X(]
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There's probably quite a few ww2 ships still floating around in active foreign service - Adm Belgrano (ex Phoenix) comes to mind though it was sunk during Falklands
Which was only 35 years or so ago [;)]
I believe almost all WWII ships have been retired by now.
Mexico had ARM Manuel Azueta, ex Edsall class DE-250 USS Hurst in commission until last year.
ARM Netzahualcóyotl, ex Gearing class DD-863 USS Steinaker has been decommissioned in 2014.
ARM Manzanillo ex LST-602 has been decommissioned in 2011.
The Philippine Navy probably still has some ex PCE and minesweepers in active service, as well as BRP Rajah Humabon ex Cannon class DE-169 USS Atherton.
Maybe some auxiliaries remain as well.
Oldest ship still in service seems to be the Russian submarine salvage vessel Kommuna - commissioned in 1915.
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Not exactly WW2, but laid down in 1939
http://navalanalyses.blogspot.ca/2015/0 ... -navy.html
the last gun cruiser and last ship with armor
http://navalanalyses.blogspot.ca/2015/0 ... -navy.html
the last gun cruiser and last ship with armor
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No, there is a t least one WWII ship still in service. In fact, I am on her a couple of times a year when I am headed to New England. LST-510 is a cross sound ferry between Long Island and Connecticut. This one saw some action....June 6th, 1944 Omaha Beach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-510
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Not exactly WW2, but laid down in 1939
http://navalanalyses.blogspot.ca/2015/0 ... -navy.html
the last gun cruiser and last ship with armor
I know she's just a cruiser, but she's kinda cute. Do you have her phone number?
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I have her pimp's number
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Classic strategy. Put extra weight in the rear to make faster cornering and traction. Helps the driver maintain his momentum and direction.ORIGINAL: geofflambert
This Cutlass also appears to still be in service.
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RE: USS Cutlass SS-478 Still in service!
The Wikipedia article said the tubes were sealed before being sold to Taiwan. Without functional torpedo tubes, what is her combat capacity?
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Special opps....GP
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What does a brunette in a micro-skirt bent over have to do with "Cutlass"....OHHH. Now I get it. Behind her is a car!!!!
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