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...

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1988 Vanagon GL (Sylvia)
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