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JW in MO 
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 Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 8:19pm |
 shameless dude wrote:
that's a heck of a hole below it |
Just how thick is the metal where that hole is?
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TimNearFortWorth
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 7:30pm |
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Everything in the air was landed on other carriers or ditched. Amazing she is upright, in 6000' of water.
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Les Royer
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 7:11pm |
When it went down, were the aircraft on deck or in the air? And if in the air, where did they land?
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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 6:26pm |
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I wonder if that tug was tied down when not in use? I don’t think it’s on the deck??? I’ve heard of the Hornet museum (which is like to visit) I didn’t know until tonight that there was more than one.
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A-C_220
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 5:06pm |
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The tires look like their still full!
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DMiller
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 2:59pm |
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Still wondering how did not get swept away during the plunge to the bottom. larger picture showed TWO.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 2:52pm |
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that's a heck of a hole below it
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DaveKamp
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Posted: 15 Feb 2019 at 7:16am |
Yknow, they made them tugs so well, I'll bet there's still water in that radiator!!! 
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Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest.
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Walker
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 9:04pm |
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Bout the time that hit the air there'd be a century of rust kicking in all at once.
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Scott B
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 8:54pm |
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When I was 4 or 5 years old, we had a neighbor living with his parents. He was on that ship went it went down. He wasn’t “quite right” when he got home and told stories about men being taken by sharks before they were picked up. Was painting their house one time and kept me and my brother entertained for an entire day while he painted a navy war scene across the side of the house. All good until his mother came out and told him to do it “right”.
The family was a good, proud family from Kansas. He had a sister that was a secretary to Eisenhower when Ike was in Europe.
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D17 Series 1
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Allis B- 1945
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DiyDave
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 6:15pm |
That video/picture is sure makin the rounds, this is the 3rd forum I've seen it on... 
IH sure got its money's worth, offa that lil decal!
And It should be left alone, its a war monument!  |
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AllisFreak MN
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 6:04pm |
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It's always sad to see those old wreckage's and think of all the men that gave their lives.
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'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2
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shameless dude
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 5:32pm |
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get KOO to retrieve it and it'll run again!
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 5:08pm |
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A very cool video. Thanks for sharing. A friend of mine has a farmall golf course that looks very similar.
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LB0442
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Posted: 14 Feb 2019 at 2:27pm |
I saw they found the wreckage of the USS Hornet carrier. Sunk in 1942. It is so deep that there is very little sunlight so minimal corrosion. This tractor looks better than some I have seen at auctions and nicer than than a few I have seen in use.
My first duty station was on the Abraham Lincoln. Carrier duty is an experience.
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