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You get hurricanes in San Diego?

Aircraft carriers are better off at sea than in port during a hurricane?
 
How to get 100.000 tons pointed in the right direction:



Frankly, I think it’s both poor thinking as well as a damn shame that the captain didn’t instead get a couple of F35s secured sideways on deck, and get the pilots to go full throttle.

More expensive fuel-wise I guess, but far more fun a way to turn a ship :D
 
I had actually meant a few times in the past to try to research the subject of hospital ships in wartime, but have never done so.

Can anyone recommend a good online resource or book on the subject? I’m particularly interested to learn about how respected humanitarian & medical ships (as well as land vehicles, or MASH-style camps) were by all the combatants concerned during the various wars and conflicts.

I know that there are multiple instances of ships flying Red Cross or hospital markings that were ‘accidentally’ attacked by one of the factions. But generally speaking, did the warring factions in the two world wars generally give enemy ships in Red Cross colours the benefit of the doubt and refrain from attacking them?
 
I had actually meant a few times in the past to try to research the subject of hospital ships in wartime, but have never done so.

Can anyone recommend a good online resource or book on the subject? I’m particularly interested to learn about how respected humanitarian & medical ships (as well as land vehicles, or MASH-style camps) were by all the combatants concerned during the various wars and conflicts.

I know that there are multiple instances of ships flying Red Cross or hospital markings that were ‘accidentally’ attacked by one of the factions. But generally speaking, did the warring factions in the two world wars generally give enemy ships in Red Cross colours the benefit of the doubt and refrain from attacking them?
The Titanic's sister was serving as a hospital ship when she was sunk...



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1881 shipwreck found in lake michigan

In July, the shipwreck hunters Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck found the impressively intact wreckage of Trinidad lying underneath roughly 300 feet of water, about 10 miles off the shoreline of Algoma, Wis. That concluded a two-year search for the little-known vessel Mr. Baillod said was “little more than a floating coffin” at the time of its final voyage.

 
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“How often do you get to see a floating 1912 dreadnought? Last year the USS Texas was taken to Galveston, Texas for an overhaul. When commissioned she was the most powerful ship in the world with ten 14inch guns.”
 
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