A new mystery picture, and the answer to the previous mystery picture,
have been posted at http://www.uss-salem.org/features/mysteries/

The correct answer to the previous picture was:

                      USNSM Mystery Picture #79 Answer

 This is the liner SS Liberte, formerly the troopship USS Europa (AP 177),
  originally the German liner SS Europa, sunk at Le Havre, France, after 8
 December 1946. Answers stating either "Liberte" or "Europa" were accepted
                                as correct.

 Europa was built by Blohm & Voss as a passenger liner, completed in 1930.
On the outbreak of WWII she served the German military as an accommodations
  ship, and by June of 1940 it was planned to use the ship as an invasion
    transport. Instead, she was designated for conversion to an aircraft
 carrier, one of series of five liners and cruisers so designated in May of
 1942. She would have been the largest of the five converted carriers, but
  in the event no work was carried out, and plans for her conversion were
                        abandoned 25 November 1942.

  Europa was taken as a US prize 8 May 1945, following Germany's collapse.
 She was placed in commission as USS Europa (AP 177) on 25 August 1945, and
     made three trans-Atlantic trips to ferry US troops home. She then
  decommissioned 2 May 1946 and was transferred to the US State Department
   for further transfer to France as war reparations. Before she could be
  placed in service by the French she was wrecked and sunk at Le Havre, 8
 December 1946, as seen here. She was raised 15 April 1947, reconditioned,
   and returned to service 17 August 1950 as SS Liberte. She was finally
                             scrapped in 1962.

    Correct answers were received from: Mark Lawden, Michael Hughes, Tom
     Stoodley, Barry Gerrard, Pete Randrup, Jeremy Dennis, Dorian Jung,
 Christoph Peeters, Don Rodeniser, Joe Donahoe, Mark Stockwell, Mike Green,
                        Mark Tripp, Sal Mercogliano

              Photo Credit: Photo provided by Brooks Rowlett.

EXCERPT: " Itar - Tass via NewsEdge Corporation : MOSCOW, September 29
(Itar-Tass) - The testing of the air- cushioned patrol cutter Chilim
will end soon at a shipyard in central European Russia. The amphibious
ship can develop a high speed and has good equipment for guarding
coastal zones, director of the Yaroslavl Ship-building Plant Valery
Zaitsev said in an article in the Military Parade monthly. Along with
the Chilim, which may be ordered by the Federal Border Service (FPS)
and other countries, the Yaroslavl plant is working on..."

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my question is: doesn't the navy or air force have nuclear response teams to
deal with situations with their reactors and warheads?

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EXCERPT: " PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES RONNIE FERN LIEBOWITZ TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS President Clinton
today announced his intent to appoint Ronnie Fern Liebowitz to be a
member of the U. S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. Ms. Ronnie Fern
Liebowitz, of Watchung, New Jersey is currently a Partner of the Law
firm Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal. Previously, she was the
University Counsel of Rutgers University and an Associate at Pitney,
Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Esqs. Ms. Liebowitz has been the President of
the Presidential Scholars Foundation and Commissioner of the White
House Commission on Presidential Scholars since 1993. She has also
been a Secretary of the Navy appointee to two Special Committees of
the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy in 1993 and
1997. In 1996 Ms. Liebowitz was appointed to the Board of Advisors of
the Naval Postgraduate School. Ms. Liebowitz has been admitted to the
Bars of the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, United States
District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Ms. Liebowitz received her
B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University in 1972 and
her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1976. The Board of
Visitors to the U S Naval Academy visits the Academy annually to
inquire into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum,
instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and
other matters relating to the Academy that the Board decides to
consider...."

So the longer ship may be more efficient at the same speed.

('course, this still doesn't mean the figures are right.)

However, for similar hull shapes, I think the curve should have the
same general shape, so

I know SI but have NOT got the feeling for it that
I have  for Imperial Units

I KNOW what 2000lbf is but what the hell is 100kn ?

The subject under discussion is NOT controlled transition to going
astern, but crash backs, another matter entirely.

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