Grumpyoldman
_ADVISORFlorida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 04:36 PM UTC
Underway replenishment doesn't always go smoothly.


USS Neosho as she refuels the Yorktown 1942.
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
Rhone, France
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 04:39 PM UTC
Ah! very funny and indeed some nice dio idea!
thanks for sharing
"too much colour distracts the viewer"
Jacques Tati

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Louisiana, United States
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 05:46 PM UTC
Take a look at the officers watching everything.
Kenny
"Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
Grumpyoldman
_ADVISORFlorida, United States
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Posted: Monday, April 02, 2007 - 02:45 AM UTC
Yep, figured it would be a good shot for anyone wanting to do a ship being washed. Note the one guy hanging on to the guardrail to keep from getting washed overboard.
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle