Steve S
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- Jun 5, 2007
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- 2000 400 Sedan Bridge with twin CAT 3116's
2000 340 Sundancer - SOLD!
210 Monaco 1987 - SOLD!
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar 3116's 350 HP straight drives
USS Texas
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northshore
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- Jan 17, 2011
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- 1989 340 Sundancer
Raymarine E90W Radar/Chartplotter
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- Twin 454 Mercruiser 340's
My uncle Bud (Albert) was on the Texas in WWII
Just decided to do some pinging around the internet to see if I could find any info and came across this:
https://digitalarchive.pacificwarmuseum.org/digital/collection/p16769coll1/id/11727/
He was almost 90 when this was done... His memory was regretfully going by then.
Love ya Unc!
Just decided to do some pinging around the internet to see if I could find any info and came across this:
https://digitalarchive.pacificwarmuseum.org/digital/collection/p16769coll1/id/11727/
He was almost 90 when this was done... His memory was regretfully going by then.
Love ya Unc!
Beautiful girl! I will look for the letter I have here somewhere for her and many others
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What are we looking at Steve? Is she being scrapped?
Steve S
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- Jun 5, 2007
- 3,150
- Boat Info
- 2000 400 Sedan Bridge with twin CAT 3116's
2000 340 Sundancer - SOLD!
210 Monaco 1987 - SOLD!
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar 3116's 350 HP straight drives
No. She was being towed from her mooring museum to a shipyard for repairs. She has a bottom leak where they were pumping 2,000 GPH out.
I knew she was leaking but damn. She went to Galveston for repairs.
Pirate Lady
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my3sons
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- Feb 24, 2009
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- 2004 400DB, Onan 9 kw Generator, Highfield RIB,
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- Cummins 6CTA M-3
The Texas is all over the news here because our WWII destroyer sprung a big leak this spring and it is just temporarily repaired. There is talk about towing it somewhere to dry dock for permanent repair. The story line is kind of “see, the other ones need work too” so we may follow suit.
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Halfhitch
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- Aug 24, 2021
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- 1988 Laguna 23CC
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- 1988 Mercury 135 Black Max twins
Every time I get a chance to tour one of our retired warships, I do so, and am always awed by how every piece of those ships are purpose oriented. The last one I was on was the USS Alabama and what a beast! The loading mechanism of those big guns is quite the design.
My hat is off to Uncle Bud.
My hat is off to Uncle Bud.
Steve S
Well-Known Member
- Jun 5, 2007
- 3,150
- Boat Info
- 2000 400 Sedan Bridge with twin CAT 3116's
2000 340 Sundancer - SOLD!
210 Monaco 1987 - SOLD!
- Engines
- Twin Caterpillar 3116's 350 HP straight drives
I was only on the USS Missouri while touring Pearl Harbor. I would love to tour a battleship in more detail. My father was on the USS Bunker Hill and I visited the USS Yorktown in Charleston. It was the same class as the Bunker Hill but had been modified. I believe there is another Essex Class carrier in Corpus Christi...
