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FoBoT

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couple times, a few years back. i don't do FS/T as much these days, had to get onto a budget to buy a house
 

spaceman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
couple times, a few years back. i don't do FS/T as much these days, had to get onto a budget to buy a house

are you the submarine guy?
 

FoBoT

No Lifer
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yes

http://united-states-navy.com/ssbn/ssbn728_1.jpg

http://united-states-navy.com/ssbn/Image354.jpg


USS FLORIDA is the third ship in the TRIDENT class. She is the first submarine and the sixth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name of the state.

Beginning in 2003, USS FLORIDA - one of the first four submarines in the OHIO-class - will be converted to carry 154 conventional cruise missiles instead of 24 Trident missiles. The program is expected to be completed in 2006 lowering the total number of Trident-equipped submarines to 14.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: July 4, 1976
Launched: November 14, 1981
Commissioned: June 18, 1983
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 560 feet (171 meters)
Beam: 42 feet (12.8 meters)
Draft: 36,5 feet (11.1 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons
Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons
Speed: 20+ knots
Armament: 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mk-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes
Homeport: Norfolk, Va.
Crew: 17 Officers, 15 Chief Petty Officers and 122 Enlisted (2 crews)
 

spaceman

Lifer
Dec 4, 2000
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
yes

http://united-states-navy.com/ssbn/ssbn728_1.jpg

http://united-states-navy.com/ssbn/Image354.jpg


USS FLORIDA is the third ship in the TRIDENT class. She is the first submarine and the sixth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name of the state.

Beginning in 2003, USS FLORIDA - one of the first four submarines in the OHIO-class - will be converted to carry 154 conventional cruise missiles instead of 24 Trident missiles. The program is expected to be completed in 2006 lowering the total number of Trident-equipped submarines to 14.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: July 4, 1976
Launched: November 14, 1981
Commissioned: June 18, 1983
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
Propulsion system: one nuclear reactor
Propellers: one
Length: 560 feet (171 meters)
Beam: 42 feet (12.8 meters)
Draft: 36,5 feet (11.1 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 16,765 tons
Submerged: approx. 18,750 tons
Speed: 20+ knots
Armament: 24 tubes for Trident I and II, Mk-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes
Homeport: Norfolk, Va.
Crew: 17 Officers, 15 Chief Petty Officers and 122 Enlisted (2 crews)





yep,thats how i alays knew ya.
the submarine guy, with the beard.:)
 

spaceman

Lifer
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Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: ncircle
Originally posted by: rbloedow
Originally posted by: ncircle
Originally posted by: rbloedow
YAY! :D

:confused:

heyrbloedow!~
we traded once upon a time.
how are ya?

Really? :confused: I never left you a heatware I guess - I don't remember :(


i am almost positive of it.
or maybe i am not :(

Haha :p What were tou gone for?

my isp was crapping, life has been very busy by my standards lately.
 

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Lifer
Oct 24, 2000
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I thought you were just posting the other day... :confused: you havent gone ANYWHERE! shens!