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Mystery Ship #55

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It's a slow day for me (for now at least), so maybe we can crank out a few mystery ships (I know it's been a while)...

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 Number	Time Posted	Time Correct	Time Lapsed	Who Got It	Answer
  #1	09:11:49		09:17:22		    5:33		Ron Saueracker	HMS Dragon
  #2	15:15:47		19:19:54		 4:04:07		Marc		Tsugaru
  #3	10:20:18		10:48:42		   28:24		Django		HMS Arbiter or USS St. Simon
  #4	15:39:26		19:06:50		 3:27:24		Ron Saueracker	USS Oglala
  #5	09:13:54		08:38:05		23:24:49		Ron Saueracker	HMAS Mildura
  #6	16:27:38		14:58:36		22:30:58		Spence		Le Triomphant
  #7	10:22:26		11:06:38		   44:12		KDonovan		Sakawa
  #8	10:59:23		13:47:01		 2:47:38		Kumano		Shimane Maru
  #9	08:53:21		14:34:15		 5:40:54		Mynok		USS Hilo
 #10	15:27:55		00:36:20		 9:08:25		Rtrapasso		I-367
 #11	16:27:50		16:53:11		   26:21		Fokkov		HNMS Abraham Crijnssen
 #12	10:42:51		21:02:55		10:20:04		BluesBob		Tanikaze
 #13	09:25:26		10:18:40		   53:14		Sneer		P-101 or HMS Thracian
 #14	14:47:46		15:02:55		   15:09		Nikademus		HMS Exeter
 #15	08:42:16		09:09:33		   27:17		Fremen		HMS Euryalus
 #16	10:47:25		12:11:06		 1:23:41		Fokkov		HNMS Colombia
 #17	11:00:35		08:51:48		21:52:13		Fremen		Ariake
 #18	11:09:49		11:16:49		    7:00		Irrelevant	HMS Duke of York
 #19	15:53:52		16:24:28		   30:36		Fremen		Ryujo
 #20	15:06:48		15:11:05		    4:17		Iridium		Akashi
 #21	15:52:27		16:36:01		   43:34		Anarchyintheuk	HMS Apollo or HMAS Hobart
 #22	15:19:16		16:06:31		   27:15		Fremen		HNMS Isaac Sweers
 #23	15:19:00		23:04:54		 7:45:54		Fuerer Krieg	Aikoku Maru
 #24	23:39:17		00:05:03		   25:20		Fuerer Krieg	HMNZS Moa
 #25u	13:11:09		Not Answered	Not Answered	Not Answered	HMIS Hindustan
 #26u	13:18:30		04:33:35		39:15:05		Fremen		HMIS Poona
 #27	13:54:24		14:00:30		    6:06		Irrelevant	USS Oakland
 #28	23:55:29		02:26:06		 2:31:37		Treespider	Kisaragi
 #29	10:38:31		10:47:06		    8:35		Nikademus		HMS Hermes
 #30	12:25:11		14:56:57		 2:31:46		Niceguy2005	USS Witchita
 #31	14:28:20		14:41:30		   12:50		Csatahajos	Mogami
 #32	15:06:18		16:34:05		 1:27:47		Sneer		HMCS Uganda
 #33	15:06:02		15:16:35		   10:33		Sneer		HNMS O-19
 #34	15:27:23		15:28:05		      42		Mike Solli	USS Yorktown
 #35	15:17:13		17:08:08		 1:50:55		Juliet7Bravo	Nagato
 #36	14:48:16		15:07:21		   19:05		Seeadler		Richelieu
 #37	16:16:41		Not Answered	Not Answered	Not Answered	USS Ashtabula
 #38	09:28:13		11:48:34		 2:20:21		Ron Saureracker	HMAS Stuart
 #39	13:55:51		16:09:27		 2:14:33		Treespider	Takasaki -> Zuiho
 #40	09:40:01		10:54:04		 1:14:03		Mlees		USS Albemarle
 #41	15:11:36		15:34:54		   23:18		Sneer		Soya
 #42	16:12:51		17:03:13		   50:22		Panther Bait	HMS Thrasher
 #43	15:30:50		16:04:58		   34:08		Big B		HNMS Java
 #44	09:37:01		15:39:58		 6:02:57		Seeadler		Chogei
 #45	09:51:57		09:54:30		    2:33		Irrelevant	USS Terror
 #46	22:31:44		08:51:56		10:20:12		Sneer		Saishu
 #47	11:20:03		11:38:33		   18:30		Rtrapasso		I-1
 #48	15:48:29		16:25:27		   36:58		KDonovan		Notoro
 #49	08:38:17		10:41:36		 2:03:19		Dixie		HMAS Voyager
 #50	09:03:27		10:19:24		 1:15:57		Local Yokel	USS Pasadena
 #51	13:58:26		13:59:53		    2:27		Cuttlefish	Hibiki
 #52	16:01:16		16:34:42		   33:26		MineSweeper	Yamishiro
 #53	16:08:35		18:18:19		 2:09:44		Juggalo		HMS Repulse
 #54	10:24:01		14:28:07		 4:04:06		Boozecamp		USS Isabel
 #55	11:04:46
 

Links to previous threads...

#1 - HMS Dragon
#2 - Tsugaru
#3 - HMS Arbiter or USS St. Simon
#4 - USS Oglala
#5 - HMAS Mildura
#6 - Le Triomphant
#7 - Sakawa
#8 - Shimane Maru
#9 - USS Hilo
#10 - I-367
#11 - HNMS Abraham Crijnssen
#12 - Tanikaze
#13 - P-101 or HMS Thracian
#14 - HMS Exeter
#15 - HMS Euryalus
#16 - HNMS Colombia
#17 - Ariake
#18 - HMS Duke of York
#19 - Ryujo
#20 - Akashi
#21 - HMS Apollo or HMAS Hobart
#22 - HNMS Isaac Sweers
#23 - Aikoku Maru
#24 - HMNZS Moa
#25u - HMIS Hindustan
#26u - HMIS Poona
#27 - USS Oakland
#28 - Kisaragi
#29 - HMS Hermes
#30 - USS Witchita
#31 - Mogami
#32 - HMCS Uganda
#33 - HNMS O-19
#34 - USS Yorktown
#35 - Nagato
#36 - Richelieu
#37 - USS Ashtabula
#38 - HMAS Stuart
#39 - Takasaki -> Zuiho
#40 - USS Albemarle
#41 - Soya
#42 - HMS Thrasher
#43 - HNMS Java
#44 - Chogei
#45 - USS Terror
#46 - Saishu
#47 - I-1
#48 - Notoro
#49 - HMAS Voyager
#50 - USS Pasadena
#51 - Hibiki
#52 - Yamishiro
#53 - HMS Repulse
#54 - USS Isabel
#55 - ???
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USS Skate at Bikini?
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Nope.

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I'll take a stab at it and say:  Franklin after the kamikaze attack.
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Franklin?
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Bunker Hill?
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Saratoga?
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Maryland?
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[:)] Tenessee?
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[:)] Pennsylvannia?
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[:)]Marblehead?
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[:)] Sealion?
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[:)] California?
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Enterprise CV6 forward elevator pit after the 1945 kamikaze strike? I know I'm wrong but what the heck![;)]
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Well, lets see whats in the picture...a lot of twisted metal and a big hole.  Looks like it might be a bomb hit to me.  Can't really make out too much.  I see a twisted ladder.  Something tells me I'm looking at the side of a damaged CV.  
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USS Intrepid?
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Back from lunch....

Ron is correct! It the Big E. Not in 1945, and not from a kami. It's a bomb hit from the Guadalcanal campaign.

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[:D] My very next guess....[:D]
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ORIGINAL: Feinder

Back from lunch....

Ron is correct! It the Big E. Not in 1945, and not from a kami. It's a bomb hit from the Guadalcanal campaign.

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Well, i was sort of close.[:D]
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Well, I can see I'm still full of bulls--t![:)]
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