What Ship?

Schweineferkel · Post by **Schweineferkel** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:04 pm

Hi

for all who have Google Earth.
What Ship is this
Place 39°53, 35 North ; 75°11, 16
I think it must be one of a Alaska Battlecruisers. But i read that both were scrapped.

If you go up the river you find another nice little ship

ontheslipway · Post by **ontheslipway** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:34 pm

I think it's Des Moines, she's moored at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) in Philadelphia.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/0413417.jpg

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:11 pm

I think you are right about the ship's name. This is probably a 2004 photo (there is a way to figured out the date at digitalglobe.com.) She is looking forward to retirement ASAP as a museum ship, but will probably be scrapped soon. She is presently in a private Philadelphia shipyard. http://www.ussdesmoines.com/movement.html

Schweineferkel · Post by **Schweineferkel** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:38 pm

THX

If you go up the river you find USS New Jersey

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:05 pm

Right, and across from the "USS New Jersey" there is the old "USS Olympia", one of my favorite ships: http://smmlonline.com/reference/walkabo ... ympia.html
http://smmlonline.com/reference/walkabo ... ersey.html

"USS Olympia" in Hongkong Harbor by Ian Marshall

Schweineferkel · Post by **Schweineferkel** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:11 am

USS Missouri 21°21'44.95"N, 157°57'8.69"W

USS Arizona 21°21'54.88"N, 157°57'1.39"W

USS Massachusetts 41°42'21.23"N, 71° 9'42.49"W

USS North Carolina 34°14'9.28"N, 77°57'19.05"W

USS Alabama 30°40'54.28"N, 88° 0'50.31"W

USS New Jersey 39°56'21.42"N, 75° 7'58.92"W

USS Iowa 38° 4'3.69"N, 122° 5'45.45"W

USS Wisconsin 36°50'54.22"N, 76°17'46.52"W

HMS Victory 50°48'5.84"N, 1° 6'33.32"W

Only Historic Ships
If someone wants to see some modern carrier, please reply and i give the coordinates

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:47 pm

Reference: see Google Earth

Probably CVN Eisenhower and George Washington; Google Earth Community gives two names for each carrier. The pictures may have been taken in 2002-2003. Most Google Earth photos are not very recent for obvious reasons.

It may be from this satellite pass?????

http://archivetool2.digitalglobe.com/ot ... 00016EF801

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:36 pm

OOPS. the link to the satellite view shown above decays. You need to go to http://www.digitalglobe.com directly and search the image library for cat.# 10100100016EF801

Image Metadata
ACQUISITION DATE 2002-11-23
CLOUD COVER 0%
CATALOG ID 10100100016EF801
PAN RESOLUTION 0.65 meters
MULTI RESOLUTION 2.59 meters
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 90 - Excellent
OFF-NADIR 15 degrees
STEREO PAIR ID NONE

Image Location
Vertex Latitude Longitude
southwest 36.8397 -76.3654
northwest 37.0093 -76.3654
northeast 37.0093 -76.1628
southeast 36.8397 -76.1628
center 36.9248 -76.264

Or try this link: http://archive.digitalglobe.com/archive ... 00016EF801#

marcelo_malara · Post by **marcelo_malara** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:44 pm

HMS Belfast 51:30:24 N 4:54:00 W
Beautifull view.

Schweineferkel · Post by **Schweineferkel** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:06 pm

Charles de Gaulles 43° 6'41.06"N, 5°53'49.50"E

Post by **José M. Rico** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:16 pm

Príncipe de Asturias: 36°37'12"N, 6°19'54"W

Giuseppe Garibaldi: 40°26'35"N, 17°14'58"E

Ulrich Rudofsky · Post by **Ulrich Rudofsky** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:41 pm

Find the BISMARCK location...........

Jack B. · Post by **Jack B.** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 6:30 pm

HMCS Haida 43°16'30.98"N, 79°51'20.56"W
HMCS Sackville 44°39'17.78"N, 63°34'44.92"W
USS Utah 21°22'08.18"N, 157°57'45.24"W