See where the prop guards mount to the hull. Whats that heavy ridge going underneath it and over to the otherside and forward? Never seen that before.
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See where the prop guards mount to the hull. Whats that heavy ridge going underneath it and over to the otherside and forward? Never seen that before.IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!Tags: None -
Hmmmm, maybe. Heres another view,dude. I will look into it and see if I can find any other fleet boats so equipped. Ive looked at this picture a hundred times and never noticed this until today.IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!Comment
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Prairie-masker system (bubble screen on hull and on leading edges of propeller blades).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie-Masker (apparently that cat's out of the bag too ... I must be getting old)
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The system was also used on the Blueback. I saw the boat on dry dock years ago and recall seeing what looked like two 4" diameter pipe half sections running fore and aft on the bottom hull about 3 or 4 feet each side of the keel. They had holes drilled in them. When I asked what they were I found out they were the Prairie-Masker system for quieting. I included it on my 1/96 Blueback display model.Comment
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The system goes as far back as the GUPPY program, at least the Guppy-2's and 3's. Mid-50's.
In the early 70's I spend many of my water hours as a 2nd class Diver punching out fouled Destroyer masker belt holes with a #60 drill bits shank, the bit secured in the jaws of a vice-grip ... Ugh! Ah, the joys of Ships-husbandry!
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