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Ship Photo of the Day

The excellent movie “The Sand Pebbles” starring the “King of Cool” (and former Marine) Steve McQueen revolved around a gunboat on China’s rivers in the 1920’s. The replica was a diesel powered, steel hulled 150 ft ship seaworthy enough to travel from Hong Kong to Taiwan and back.


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Randy Daytona said:
Soon to launch from a shipyard in Finland will be the 3rd Icon class cruise ship Legend of the Seas. At 1,197 feet long and a beam of 213 feet, the ship displaces just over 250,000 tons - 5 times the tonnage of the Titanic. With over 5,000 passengers, the ship has a crew of nearly 2,500. Interestingly, the ship will burn LNG.

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Every time I see one of these mega-ships I first wonder when it will tip over. After that, I wonder what it would look like in a submarine periscope and what a juicy target it would make.
 
Recently photographed at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound was IJN Teruzuki, an Akizuki class destroyer. Similar to the anti-aircraft light cruiser Atlanta, it was designed to shield carriers with 8 (4x2) dual purpose 100 mm cannons.

It was sunk on 12 December 1942 by torpedoes from American PT Boats.

Length: 450 ft, Beam: 38 ft, Displacement: 2,700 tons

52,000 SHP through 2 screws gave 33 knots.

Main armament 8 (4x2) 100 mm cannons, multiple 25 mm autocannons, 1 quadruple 24” Long Lance torpedo launcher.

The Sinking of the IJN Teruzuki from USNI:



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One of the Presidential yachts, USS Potomac. Originally a 165 ft Icarus class Coast Guard cutter named Electra commissioned in 1934, it was transferred to the Navy in 1936. A favorite of Presidential Franklin Roosevelt, it was eventually purchased by Elvis Presley who donated it to the very worthwhile St Jude Foundation to help children with cancer. From there it eventually ended up as a museum in San Francisco where you can see it (or take a 3 hour cruise) today.


www.elvis-history-blog.com

The USS Potomac … Elvis Presley’s Gift to St. Jude Hospital

Elvis Presley donated FDR’s presidential yacht, the Potomac, to St. Jude Hospital in 1964.
www.elvis-history-blog.com

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