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Old 01-07-13, 10:55 AM   #91
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HMS Warspite off Normandy, France June 1944.
What's wrong with 'Y' turret? It looks sad.
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Old 01-07-13, 12:35 PM   #92
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40mm on the USS Texas being manned by two specialist crew members
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Old 01-07-13, 12:47 PM   #93
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Laurel and Hardy!

Laurie and Fry!

Abbot and Costello!

Lucy and Ethel!
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Old 01-07-13, 12:49 PM   #94
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Yeah, any of those would be apt for the guy standing
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Old 01-07-13, 12:52 PM   #95
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I only see one guy big enough to be both.
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Old 01-07-13, 12:53 PM   #96
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But I'll see your two pretend sailors and raise you a real one.



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Old 01-07-13, 01:24 PM   #97
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Good grief...doesn't the navy feed those poor sailors!

I doubt he'd have the strength to pick up and attach the ammo box
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What's wrong with 'Y' turret? It looks sad.
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HMS Warspite off Normandy, France June 1944.
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HMAS Sydney 'the stormy petrel' (D48) Perth class (modified Leander) light cruiser docking at sydney harbour about ten months before meeting her doom with Kormoran. R.I.P.

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HMS Tiger...the last of the gun cruisers.
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Admiral Scheer and Deutschland seen in May 1937.
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Mid July 1944: HMS Howe in he Suez Canal en route to Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for deployment with the
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