I have no idea why - absolutely none - but I'm fascinated by periods of transition. One of my favourites is the transition from sail to steam. The years in between saw a lot of hybrids where the steam engines got progressively more efficient and sails where eventually abandoned. The process is very Darwinian.
A Google image search brought up this from Wiki:
USS McCulloch, previously USRC McCulloch and USCGC McCulloch, was a ship that served as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter from 1897 to 1915, as a United States Coast Guard Cutter from 1915 to 1917, and as a United States Navy patrol vessel in 1917. She saw combat during the Spanish–American War during the Battle of Manila Bay and patrolled off the United States West Coast during World War I. In peacetime, she saw extensive service in the waters off the Territory of Alaska and U.S. West Coast. She sank in 1917 after colliding with another steamer.
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kind of a hemaphrodyte... i was crazy about CS Forester at one time... hornblower and all; even the tv versions were good...
I have no idea why - absolutely none - but I'm fascinated by periods of transition. One of my favourites is the transition from sail to steam. The years in between saw a lot of hybrids where the steam engines got progressively more efficient and sails where eventually abandoned. The process is very Darwinian.
A Google image search brought up this from Wiki:
USS McCulloch, previously USRC McCulloch and USCGC McCulloch, was a ship that served as a United States Revenue Cutter Service cutter from 1897 to 1915, as a United States Coast Guard Cutter from 1915 to 1917, and as a United States Navy patrol vessel in 1917. She saw combat during the Spanish–American War during the Battle of Manila Bay and patrolled off the United States West Coast during World War I. In peacetime, she saw extensive service in the waters off the Territory of Alaska and U.S. West Coast. She sank in 1917 after colliding with another steamer.
That pretty white paint job won't last long against that smoke, I don't think!
@ Stephen: That's the wonder of art - it doesn't have to fully reflect reality.
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