Target Ship

[deadwoodgultch]

Chuck,

This is mostly for you. I spoke about a cruiser being the target ship. Boy was I wrong, I spoke with a charter captain I recently met, he set me straight. He tells me on occasion Navy Ships when passing this area will sometimes stop and watch an exercise. The current target is the Hannibal, he thinks, beached on a shoal NW of Smith Island. I was viewing the wrong ship. The attached link will show you the actual ship and some others which have been there or in the area. I knew as far back as Billy Mitchell varied ships in this area have been used as targets. As I understand it a number have been used to create a reef.

   www.bing.com/images/search?q=target+ship%2c+chesapeake+bay&qpvt=target+Ship%2c+chesapeake+Bay&qpvt=target+Ship%2c+chesapeake+Bay&qpvt=target+Ship%2c+chesapeake+Bay&FORM=IGRE

Regards,

Tom

[quincannon]

That is one place I would love to go exploring.

It almost takes me back to the same feeling I had as a kid wandering through the Back (reserve ship) Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The place was full, at that time, of WWII ships, including the one that Dave's dad served on, Portland, and many other that stood out in the pages of history. As you wander through such places you cannot help but have these questions of where have you been, what adventures have you had.