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Offline Jester

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Warship Quiz # 31
« on: February 09, 2006, 08:35:19 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2006, 09:15:17 PM »
OY!! wait till #30 is done. sheesh.
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2006, 10:52:34 PM »
USS Pakota.

The airship is either the Los Angeles or Shenandoah.
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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2006, 09:25:57 AM »
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OY!! wait till #30 is done. sheesh.


Your kidding right?  :rofl
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2006, 06:57:23 PM »
This competition is getting intense...
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Offline SMIDSY

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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2006, 07:09:12 PM »
FYI, #30 is still open. it is a tough one.
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2006, 07:06:20 AM »
USS Patoka AV-6 she is!

Congrats!  :aok

The airship moving into position to hook to the boom is the USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

USS PATOKA SPECS:

Type: Fleet Oiler
Class: Patoka
No. In Class: 8
Displacement: 5400 BRT  
Length: 448 feet  
Complement: 168 men  
Armament:
2x 5" guns (2x1)
2x 3" AA guns (2x1)  
Max speed: 11 knots
Engines: Reciprocating engine, 1 shaft (AO 13 geared turbine)  
Power: 2800 HP  
 
History:
Built by: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)  
Ordered:  
Laid down: 17 Dec, 1918  
Launched: 26 Jul, 1919  
Commissioned: 13 Oct, 1919  
Decommissioned on 31 August 1933
Redesignated as seaplane tender AV-6 on 11 October 1939
Recommissioned as USS Patoka (AV-6) on 10 November 1939
Reclassified back to oiler (AO-9) on 19 June 1940
Converted to a mine craft tender and reclassified miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-125) on 15 August 1944
Decommissioned on 1 July 1946
Stricken on 31 July 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 15 March 1948
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