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No, it was Eagle's Nest in Ione California. I have a picture of the Tigercat somewhere but I don't think the number is visible. The plane was in correct colors with green stripes at the time.
Here's the 'Cat I saw a couple of years ago:
Yes, the rugrats are mine, but they're both a little bigger now.
"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
Second link is from 2006 as she seems to be undergoing her second restoration in the shop I was in down the ways from Mike Bogue's place. He had already passed on and his wife was handling things. I know the Tigercat was up for sale at the time, circa 1999.
Last link I found is of a group of planes stationed at Oakland International in 1983. The Tigercat is there along with a picture of the TBM3E that eventually ended up on the Hornet and in my hands. This thread also had someone commenting on the Bogue Tigercat being used for parts. I hope they are wrong.
Canopus scrapping (major cutting) didn't begin (to be visually seen from the road) till the French carrier Clemenceau was about 4/5ths finished scrapping.
There is a nice picture of the scrapping of the French Aircraft Carrier Clemenceau with MARAD ship Canopus sitting next to the Clem. This can be found on page 13 of the magazine. http://www.operc.com/downloads/PEP/Pepcurrent.pdf
After this week work will begin cleaning the basin and then upgrading the basin and quaysides.
So after a long drawn out affair, the story for the MARAD ships first towed to Graythorp in 2003. Seven years on and the completion of the scrapping of the MARAD ships is at an end.
It is going to be certainly interesting to see as to what Able UK will bring in, in the coming years ahead.
I wouldn't be too surprised if Able did get more ships from the US. As the completion of the ships will open more avenues for work. So now the world is oyster.
I hope he is able to bring some of the big aircraft carriers over that are up for disposal. As I would really like to see them and Able bringing them across is probaly my only way of seeing them. lol
"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
We asked the manager at MARAD. We always ask what ships are near their pull dates in case we need to get on that particular ship for parts. I'm also pretty sure there might have been something in a Vallejo newspaper as this is a big deal for them at Mare Island.
Apparently sometime this month or next, T-AO-146 USS Kawishiwi, is to be pulled out and towed down to Long Beach for reefing. Just informed today. Also as she is moved other ships are to be moved about as Mare Island seems to be a go, real soon, for cutting up ships. Just a little more dredging to do. MARAD has been so busy up there, and with her crane down some, the Hornet Crew has been unable to arrange times for picking up stored items and to look for more goodies.
Found this thread in a Google search trying to find info on some of the ships I have seen going through the Panama Canal over the past few months. I do not know if you were aware of these before now but here are links to some webcam grabs I took of various Ghost Fleet members passing into the Panama Canal on their way to Brownsville as well as links to pictures taken by a SF local of them in dry-dock for cleaning before they departed SF for their final voyages.
Found this thread in a Google search trying to find info on some of the ships I have seen going through the Panama Canal over the past few months. I do not know if you were aware of these before now but here are links to some webcam grabs I took of various Ghost Fleet members passing into the Panama Canal on their way to Brownsville as well as links to pictures taken by a SF local of them in dry-dock for cleaning before they departed SF for their final voyages.
dmwnc1959,
Thanks for the info, very nice. Please start a thread in the introduction forum and introduce yourself, we'd like to have a chance to formally welcome you.
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