Wooden battleship

[popper]

1917 recuit ship in union square
http://mashable.com/2015/04/30/uss-recruit/
Maybe Gerty ws there? :kidding:

[waynem34]

Reminds me of that old song "wooden ships on the water carry me" ctny

[Echo]

WOW. Who knew?

[buckwheatpaul]

Popper, Thanks for the post.....Have a Happy 4th of July!

[DCP]

That is pretty cool

[MrWolf]

Aye agree pretty cool. Notice how well the people dressed?

[runfiverun]

maybe... Girty was there?
how do you think the ship got there.

[Bad Water Bill]

maybe... Girty was there?
how do you think the ship got there.

Being the very quiet bashful type Girty will never mention just what she and her kin have done serving and giving their all for her country.

Yes she stood at attention today when they played taps and yes she shed many tears for her fallen relatives.

[quack1]

Reminds me of that old song "wooden ships on the water carry me" ctny

That would be CSNY. Also, Jefferson Airplane recorded it the same year-1969.

[jcwit]

Aye agree pretty cool. Notice how well the people dressed?

I thought the same thing!

[WILCO]

Great photos! Thanks for the link.

[salty dog]

Why is there a goat on the barrel?

[montana_charlie]

Here is another wooden battleship story ...


Its 26 cast-iron cannons were fashioned by the same company that made the originals in the 1700s.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-replica-of-the-french-tall-ship-that-aided-the-us-in-the-revolutionary-war-makes-a-big-splash-in-virginia/2015/06/05/ced6306c-0b3f-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html

[Bad Water Bill]

Another great story.

Thanks for the great post.

[Mk42gunner]

Why is there a goat on the barrel?

Mascot.

Robert

[salty dog]

Thanks, that makes sense.

[Lloyd Smale]

very cool. Learned something today

[DCP]

Here I thought it was to eat the grass

[Point-Man]

Thank you popper and montana charlie. Enjoyed both links.
I made this picture in 1975 @ Ft. Pickens. In the background is the USS Lexington at Pensacola NAS.143991

[popper]

Just glad I wasn't a deck hand on those tall ships.

[Bad Water Bill]

Just glad I wasn't a deck hand on those tall ships.

Where do you think the saying "WOODEN SHIPS AND IRON MEN"came from?[smilie=s:

[Point-Man]

I wonder what that cost to build in 1917? What would it cost today ?

[Multigunner]

That would have made one heck of a motion picture prop. I'm surprised some studio didn't buy it. Then again motion pictures were just getting a good start in those days.
An old horror movie "the Phantom of Hollywood" showed a lot of the stored props on a back lot, including full size mock ups of sections of naval vessels and submarines. Some may have been sections cut from decommissioned vessels at wrecking yards.

Some stationary naval harbor defensive forts were built up in the shape of battle ships.

[waynem34]

My uncle had a mule. He said he could ride her anywhere and said she would always take him home.