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"The Camouflaged Ship" Campaign
Well, here's the first Campaign Proposal that has been spawned from our recent talks of new MSW Campaigns, and now, we offer, "The Camouflaged Ship" Campaign!
Take a look at the official Campaign main-page, read the rules and reg's, and sign up today to help make this campaign pass!!!
We need only 10 shipmates to sign up for the campaign to make it an official go, with our very own Rui Matos (Skipper) at the helm of this one!
Campaign
On Display - ''Sagara Maru''
MSW Crew-mate Jim C. Smith sends us this next submission, a dandy batch of images of his build, ''Sagara Maru'', in this MSW "On Display" feature.
On Display
This Day in U.S. Naval History
1854 - Cmdr. David G. Farragut takes possession of Mare Island, the first U.S. Navy Yard on the Pacific.
1917 - Navy Department authorizes establishment of 16 Naval air stations abroad.
1922 - Cmdr. Halsey Powell abaord USS Edsall (DD 219) became the senior officer directing the evacuation of 250,000 Greek refugees from Turkey after war between Greece and Turkey.
1940 - President Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act, the first peacetime draft.
1958 - USS Grayback (SS 208) fires first operational launch of Regulus II surface-to-surface guided missile off California coast; Missile carries first U.S. mail sent by guided missile.
1966 - USS Oriskany (CVA 34) helicopters rescue 44-man crew of British merchant ship August Moon near Hong Kong.
USS Nassau Proceeds to Gulf of Mexico in Ike's Wake
The amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), was directed to proceed to the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 13 and take station off the Texas coast, prepared to render support to civil authorities in the wake of Hurricane Ike as needed.
Three ships, Nassau, USS Ponce (LPD 15), and USS Bataan (LHD 5), were ordered Sept. 12 to increase readiness for possible disaster response support.
Nassau was already at sea conducting routine operations, and was first directed south to operate off the Florida coast before receiving orders to move into the Gulf of Mexico.
The amphibious transport dock Ponce will get underway Sept. 14. The amphibious assault ship Bataan has been ordered to remain in a prepared-to-deploy status, ready to get underway within 24 hours, if needed.
Although there has been no specific tasking for these three ships, their at-sea readiness provides options for Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command and Commander, U.S. Northern Command.
Hurricane Ike Reveals Mystery Civil War Ship
The last time this mystery ship was visible was after Hurricane Ivan hit the Alabama Gulf Coast on September 16, 2004. At that time a much smaller portion of the ship was visible above the sand. Soon after Ivan revealed this historic treasure, the shifting sand covered the relic again.
Hurricane Ike's waves, this past week, pounded the beaches of the northern Gulf Coast and once again the mystery ship was revealed. This time however, much more of the ship was uncovered. This is the most visible the ship has ever been.
The roughly 150 foot long, 30 foot wide wooden ship appears to have been powered by steam. One of the artifacts within the perimeter of the ship's hull appears to be an old water pump. A long pipe runs down the center of the ship, with smaller pipes found near by.
While no one knows for sure what ship this is, historians speculate that the ship was a blockade-runner from the civil war.
The Mystery Ship, as it has come to be called, is located at the 6 mile marker on Fort Morgan Road.
Photo of the Day
The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is anchored off the coast of Haiti during a disaster relief mission to areas affected by recent hurricanes.
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