Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
04 August 2017
Navy Memories #8: Warships vs. Big Waves
This one speaks for itself. Every sailor since ships were invented knows this experience.
I recommend watching in full screen mode.
Remember being on the lifeboat deck of the General Rose troop ship and seeing the bow underwater all the way back to the mid section. If I had understood what I was looking at I might have been frightened. Sometimes it is good to be dumb.
Reverend, when I see this I am impressed all the more of the mariners of old, who risked traveling incredible distances with perhaps 2 feet of wood between them and the bottom of the ocean.
TB, I share that impression. And having only 3/4" of steel rather than the wood doesn't really make that much difference, from an experiential viewpoint.
12 comments:
Saw a little "Green Water Over The Bow" in one of the sequences!
Indeed. I've seen "green water over the signal bridge" too many times. Just the same, I miss it. :)
AWesome in the literal sense. Such incredible engineering!
Agreed, ma'am. It's not surprising that the old wooden ships used to break up, sometimes. More surprising that they held together as well as they did.
Remember being on the lifeboat deck of the General Rose troop ship and seeing the bow underwater all the way back to the mid section. If I had understood what I was looking at I might have been frightened. Sometimes it is good to be dumb.
WSF, concur!
Awesome.
True, Ed. Obviously it wasn't like that all the time, but it was that way a lot. And even with the danger, I miss it.
Yep, rockin and rollin... Bet the evacuated the bow billeting... ;-D
NFO, those hatches wouldn't leak ... would they? LOL!
Reverend, when I see this I am impressed all the more of the mariners of old, who risked traveling incredible distances with perhaps 2 feet of wood between them and the bottom of the ocean.
TB, I share that impression. And having only 3/4" of steel rather than the wood doesn't really make that much difference, from an experiential viewpoint.
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