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The Iowa's for me. My dad served on USS Missouri from 1944-46 in Fire Control Main.

German favorites are Bismarck & Scharnhorst class.

Japanese would have to be Yamato class only for their size.

I'm the opposite of northcape as British battleships hold no allure for me

Whit this being discussed, does anyone know if there are drawings of the Bismarck's engine's? As a mechanical designer I always love to pour over piping and equipment arrangements. Any info appreciated!

Well all demographic groups are minority, so your right a coalition of sorts must be built. What is really interesting are some demographic breakdowns I saw on the last election. Independants overwhelmingly voted for Romney-not Obama. Young voters also did not turn out for Obama like in 08 with man...

A third party will also split the conservative, moderate, and libeterian vote. The progressives will win every election thereafter resulting in true one party rule. We do not have a parliment so multi party Gov can't work here. We also don't have a Politburo, but Obama is trying to make Congress a ...

If a 3rd party happens in the US it will be because conservatives split from the republicans and form a new one. The establishment republicans fight and sabotage conservatives every chance they get. They hated Regan and could not wait to dump his policies. That's why papa Bush was a one-term'er. Hat...

Sorry RF, you may not like Cruz or his tone but he speaks for many who want the republicans to grow a backbone. Rolling over and saying rub my tummy is not going to win elections. McCain and Romney were moderates and they both lost and I voted for both of them. Neither one of them was willing to pla...

Hate to sound like a doom sayer, but this country and the west is in decline and we are running to a modern Dark Age!

The russians, chinese and iranians support Assad. AQ supports the rebels. They all hate the US and we need to get involved in this crap because? If afghanistan & iraq were worng, how the hell is this conflict right? Topping it off, barry wants to bring syrian refugees to this country. Why? So in...

Vic Dale wrote: Seeing those men struggling to get a grip on those greasy lines is heartbreaking. The more I think about this, the more I am convinced that those men were abandoned by the Royal Navy.

I have to agree. It was payback for Hood!

IMHO - I think the RN could have done more to save the Bismarck survivors.

I'd rather have more daylight later in the day. It's really dismal in the winter to get up in the dark and come home in the dark. Eat dinner at 6:30pm and it fells like 10pm. I'm glad they shortened Standard Time to four months.

Hawaii does not do the Spring/Fall time change either!

He will be missed!

Dave, Byron, Your preaching to the choir as far as I'm concerned! I saw this crap happening over four years ago and this is what happens when the 'takers' in society vote. Elections have consequences and when the Supreme Court backs him up we're all screwed!. I am afraid that the only way people wil...

USS Ruben James was sunk on October 31, 1941 by U-552 Commanded by Kapitanleutnant Erich Topp while escorting convoy HX-156.

USS Panay, a gun boat on the Yangtze River, was sunk by Japanese aircraft on December 12, 1937.