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[SaparotRob]

D'oh.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Capt. Vick]

Here is a photo of a yacht that I doubt anyone ever saw or ever heard about. OK, history experts- what is the story of this boat?

I'm gonna say, a Dunkirk boat?

 

[Capt. Vick]

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Screw that one particular ant!

 

[ARTESH]

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Shit! If lieutenant finds out that I've started the fire, I'll be court martialed!!!

 

[Wurger]

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[Snautzer01]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[SaparotRob]

I'm gonna say, a Dunkirk boat?

Notice the name Leyte. The alpha numerics below it is a U.S.N. or U.S.A. "utility" registration of some sort harbor duty.

 

[SaparotRob]

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I love this kind of stuff!

 

[manta22]

I'm gonna say, a Dunkirk boat?

No, sorry- not a Dunkirk boat. My sister and I were not at Dunkirk. Clue #2: Photo was taken in Yokohama.

 

[buffnut453]

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Clearly he was taking a sick day when they taught the streamlining class at aeronautical engineer's school.

 

[Snautzer01]

Clearly he was taking a sick day when they taught the streamlining class at aeronautical engineer's school.

Think he was "light" in the head that day.

 

[Dash119]

I think there might be an additional letter in front of YB that we can't see. Since the photo was taken in post-war Japan, and the boat is named Leyte I'm thinking it might be linked to General MacArthur in some way...

John Wayne's boat was the Wild Goose, and before being converted to a yacht was YMS-328, Yard Mine Sweeper.

 

[buffnut453]

Think he was "light" in the head that day.

Either that or he'd been watching too many episodes of "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars"

 

[Snautzer01]

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Think this one took the same class

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

I dont know if this should qualify as the picture of the day. But ......

Das Boot Released Sept 1981. One of the best war movies ever made. A classic.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Think this one took the same class

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"I once ate a pizza this big!"

I dont know if this should qualify as the picture of the day. But ......

Das Boot Released Sept 1981. One of the best war movies ever made. A classic.

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Saw this version in an art house theater...I personally thought the extra footage added nothing to the movie except length.