On 9/5/05, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote: > I'll bet only small ships use gas turbines. And hoo boy, if one > catches fire, watch that baby burn! > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut Andrew, Depends on what you mean by small. The Spruance class destroyers are ~9000 tons and 563 feet long - is that small? They are currently building the USS Makin Island, a Wasp class amphibious assault ship that displaces 40,500 tons and is 844 feet long - and that one won't be called small by anyone... I just looked on the internet, and see that they decommisioned the USS Elliot (DD-967) in December of 2003. I commisioned that ship in January 1977. Now I feel REALLY old... -- Don in Reidsville, NC 1986 Kawasaki Concours 1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia) "I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage |
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