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Akagi (Flagship of Japan’s Pearl Harbor strike force and a Midway warrior) |
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0 | 0% |
Alexander (Largest ship of Australia’s First Fleet) |
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0 | 0% |
Arizona (WWII Pearl Harbor ship then and now) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Ark Royal (Key British carrier in sinking the Bismarck) |
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0 | 0% |
Barb (Highly successful US WWII submarine) |
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0 | 0% |
Beagle (Darwin – not Darwin award, but actually Darwin) |
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2 | 4.26% |
Bismarck (Nice battleship until the British fleet showed up) |
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0 | 0% |
Bonhomme Richard (John Paul Jones’ ship in the Revolution that has not yet begun to fight) |
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2 | 4.26% |
Bounty (Bligh and the mutiny - visit lovely Pitcairn) |
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0 | 0% |
Carpathia (Ocean liner that picked up Titanic survivors) |
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0 | 0% |
Constitution (Fought the Barbary pirates and the British) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Dorsetshire (Got to sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea) |
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0 | 0% |
Edmund Fitzgerald (Great Lakes Freighter, famed in song) |
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0 | 0% |
Endeavour (Captain Cook’s Australia voyage) |
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0 | 0% |
Enterprise (WWII carrier – most decorated American ship of WWII) |
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4 | 8.51% |
Golden Hind (Drake’s circumnavigation ship) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Graf Spee (Scuttled German pocket battleship) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Half Moon (Henry Hudson’s most famous ship) |
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0 | 0% |
Hood (Nice battleship until Bismarck showed up) |
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0 | 0% |
Hunley (Early submarine used briefly in the Civil War) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Indianapolis (Jaws and the atomic bomb - you get a life vest) |
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0 | 0% |
Jesus (First African slave transport on triangle route) |
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0 | 0% |
Lusitania (Nice ocean liner until just before WWI) |
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0 | 0% |
Maine (Battleship briefly involved in Spanish-American War) |
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0 | 0% |
Mars (Swedish warship, first to sink another ship with gunfire) |
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0 | 0% |
Mary Celeste (Mysteriously abandoned ship) |
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0 | 0% |
Mayflower (Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock and cool hats with buckles) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Merrimack (Fought the Monitor) |
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0 | 0% |
Missouri (Mighty Mo, and Japan surrender ship) |
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8 | 17.02% |
Monitor (Fought the Merrimack) |
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0 | 0% |
Musashii (Larry Ellison’s flagship yacht) |
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0 | 0% |
Nautilus (First nuclear-powered submarine) |
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0 | 0% |
Normandie (Iconic Pre-WWII passenger liner) |
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0 | 0% |
Octopus (Paul Allen’s flagship yacht) |
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2 | 4.26% |
Olympic (Titanic sister ship that lasted much longer) |
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0 | 0% |
PT-109 (Hang out with JFK) |
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0 | 0% |
Queen Anne’s Revenge (Blackbeard’s ship) |
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7 | 14.89% |
Queen Mary I (early luxury cruise ship with famous passengers and WWII troop service) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Rising Sun (David Geffen’s flagship yacht) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Santa Maria (Columbus’ lead ship when he made the big find – can sub in the Nina or Pinta if you prefer) |
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0 | 0% |
Susan Constant (largest Jamestown transport ship) |
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0 | 0% |
Titanic (Nice ocean liner for a few days) |
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1 | 2.13% |
U-47 (Highly successful WWII U-Boat) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Victoria (Magellan’s circumnavigation ship) |
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0 | 0% |
Victory (Horatio Nelson’s aptly named Trafalgar ship) |
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1 | 2.13% |
Yamato (Largest battleship – late WWII for Japan) |
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0 | 0% |
Some other famous ship not listed here. |
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2 | 4.26% |
Just send me to last week in a luxury suite on a high-end cruise ship. |
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5 | 10.64% |
I think I'd rather just stay ashore. |
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4 | 8.51% |
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll |
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Topic Starter |
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Hypothetical: which ship would you want to be a guest on?
Unfortunately, it has been discovered that the Social Security Trust Fund contained a typo, and it's completely out of money. Your retirement plan is gone.
The federal government feels bad about this, so they offer you a trip to the past on their top-secret time machine as a way of apologizing. The only way time travel works, though, is to blip into the past aboard a ship. It has to be a named ship (i.e., famous ship or documented ship), because the time travel technicians have to know the exact location of the ship at a point in history in order to transport you there. You'll get sent back with a top-secret earpiece that instantly translates any language. Any people will instantly believe your identity as a crew member, passenger, or whatever else you want. You may eat what they eat if you like, but a nice meal and unlimited beverage(s) per day will be blipped to you from the present time period any time at your request (for your use only). You will have no ability to change history, though you can walk anywhere on the ship, participate in conversations, and whatever else you like. You may pick the time period of your stay (start and finish), and also have a "return home" device that, when activated, will instantly remove you from the ship and bring you back to the present day and age. Which ship do you choose? A poll will arrive as soon as I lift anchor. Last edited by Rain Man; 09-29-2017 at 07:55 PM.. |
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Now you've pissed me off!
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It's the Missouri and it's not close.
End of WWII happened on her decks. Tomahawks to start the Gulf War. Under Siege was set on it. The only blemish is that goddamned Cher video.
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Although my first choice would have been the Hornet when it launched Doolittle's raid. |
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Most things I worry about…
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You Sweetie!
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If I could find a way I'd take back those words that hurt you And you'd stay I don't know why I did the things I did I don't know why I said the things I said Love's like a knife it can cut deep inside Words are like weapons, they wound sometimes I didn't really mean to hurt you I didn't want to see you go I know I made you cry, but baby If I could turn back time If I could find a way I'd take back those words that hurt you And you'd stay If I could reach the stars I'd give 'em all to you Then you'd love me, love me, like you used to do If I could turn back time |
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#6 |
My Mamma Says
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Titanic.... Throw Leonardo off the boat... Nail Kate then steal the necklace... grab a lifeboat before midnight ... Get picked up ...
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Politically Incorrect
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Well I wanted to vote for The Good Ship Lollipop but you omitted it!
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Supporter
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Queen Anne's Revenge. Pirates Rule!
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In Search of a Life
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Always ask 'Why?"
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Captain James Cook's Resolution.
Before the ill-fated pit stop in Hawaii. Kevin, your poll creativeness is amazing. Is it via mushrooms, LSD, or ??? that enables to you to come up with them? Last edited by Trivers; 09-29-2017 at 09:54 PM.. |
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New and Improved
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I can't pick just one.
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Since '70
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I don't see "Ship of Fools" listed here.
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A certain set of skills
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Victory
"Never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at them." Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson That was the killer ship back in the day, when an enemy seen that ship coming at you I would advise getting out all your sails and flee. ![]() Hard to select just one ship but I would like to have Nelson walk me about this one and tell me about her as well as his knowledge of changing the way things were done at sea back then. Smart Admiral he was. |
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Most things I worry about…
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Since '70
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hawaii
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Ship of Fools
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