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  1. Pirate Pete

    The Ships that never sailed….

    Over on ‘Found on the Internet’ there is a brief discussion about some unbuilt Liners…. This is a slightly updated version of what I wrote there…. Random thought as regards the White Star Lines cancelled Oceanic (1928)...Accepting that Lord Kyslant still does not escape being uncovered as a...
  2. Moose

    S.S. United States Facing Eviction

    The SS United States conservancy has been beating the drum for awhile that time is running out on their current moorage. Unfortunately, there is now a firm date looming. View: https://x.com/SSUSC/status/1801740003673883010?t=jlffMgRGZNhDsukso5Gwtw&s=19 9/12/24 is entirely too close to comfort...
    • Moose
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    • 2024 buships cold war gibbs & cox korean war newport news shipbuilding ocean liner ss united states conservancy troopship united states united states lines united states navy usns united states william francis gibbs
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. Grey Havoc

    Geddes Liner, aka the Whale Ocean Liner

    Yes, that Norman Bel Geddes. The yacht mentioned in the reddit post is the Wenner-Gren Yacht design of 1934, with a both a naval yacht and a naval patrol vessel derived from it proposed for the United States Navy in 1939 at the outset of WWII (see JaySea article). View...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1930s axel wenner-gren interwar period norman bel geddes & company ocean liner the liner of the future troopship united states united states maritime commission world war ii
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. airman

    The Ships That Never Sailed

    On oceanlinersblog a thread divided in three posts : https://oceanlinersblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/the-ships-that-never-sailed-part-1/ https://oceanlinersblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/the-ships-that-never-sailed-part-2/...
  5. K

    Carrier/Liner hybrid

    from Flight Global 31mar2015 -75 years ago: "The US maritime Commission is calling tenders for the Construction of two luxury liners which are capable of conversion into aircraft carriers. Speed is stated to be 24 knots and they are intended for operation in the Pacific." I guess this...
    • Kugelblitz
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    • 1920s 1939 1940 4p 4 aircraft carrier british commonwealth british empire director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1940s great britain interwar period late 1930s ocean liner ships taken up from trade stuft trade division (royal navy) united states united states maritime commission united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. RyanC

    Nuclear Ocean Liners

    From a BBC article on N/S Savannah: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28439159
    • RyanC
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    • 20th century 21st century atomic ships atoms for peace cold war nuclear powered vessels ocean liner post-cold war
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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