This gallery contains pictures of the First and Second Legends Class Deep Water National Security Cutters.The ships bear the numbers WMSL(Legends Class Maritime Security Cutter,Large)- 750 and-751, and the names Bertholf after the first Commandant of the United States Coast Guard,and Waesche,the First Four Star Admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard.The ships are 418 ft.long and are the First Two of Eight being built at Northrop Grumman Pascagoula Shipbuilding,replacing the 378 foot Hamilton Class Endurance Cutters.,The DDG-105 Destroyer USS Dewey,The LHD-8 USS Makin Island,The LPD-19 USS Mesa Verde Amphibious Transport Dock,The DDG-103 USS Truxtun,Trent Lott,and a Bald Eagle.Photo's courtesy of Alan Hinkel Photography.Pascagoula,Mississippi.
BB-60 USS Alabama,South Dakota Class(1939)Battleship.L-680ft:Beam-108.2ft:Draught-36.2ft:Propulsion-Oil Fired Steam Turbines with 4 shafts:Speed-27.5kts:Range-15,000 miles at 15kts..The Alabama never lost a man in Action,and earned the nicknameLucky A.Cppt.John Brown saidHell,We weren't lucky;We were just Good.The Alabama was featured in the Steven Segal,Tommy Lee Jones movieUnder Siege,and Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Fellar served on the Alabama for several years during WW II
BB-60 USS Alabama,South Dakota Class(1939)Battleship.L-680ft:Beam-108.2ft:Draught-36.2ft:Propulsion-Oil Fired Steam Turbines with 4 shafts:Speed-27.5kts:Range-15,000 miles at 15kts..The Alabama never lost a man in Action,and earned the nicknameLucky A.Cppt.John Brown saidHell,We weren't lucky;We were just Good.The Alabama was featured in the Steven Segal,Tommy Lee Jones movieUnder Siege,and Hall of Fame baseball player Bob Fellar served on the Alabama for several years during WW II
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