[Radix]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

(Click on praying hands above, or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Lee'sGhost]

Dr. Ruth Westheimer is 1,928 years old?

Damn!


Gotta go! For some reason I feel the need to eat something.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Radix, for Pancakes on Wednesdays. I'm working my way thru the links.

[aomagrat]

HMS K5

HMS K6

HMS K9

HMS K15

Wednesday’s weird warship, HMS “K” class submarines

Displacement. Surface 1880, Submerged 2650
Lenght. 337’
Beam. 26’6”
Draft. 16’
Complement. 60
Speed. Surface 24 k., Submerged 9.5 k.
Armament. 1 4”; 1 3”, 1 dct.

The story of the K class submarines is a huge disaster. The idea of an oil fired, steam driven submarine seems so ridiculous as to prove the Royal Navy was hopelessly incompetent.

In 1915, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe asked the Admiralty for a new class of fleet submarine capable of accompanying the battlefleet to sea. This required a minimum speed of 21 knots. The diesel engines of the day were capable of only 19 knots at their best, so the Royal Navy decided on steam. Steam powered submarines were not a new concept. By 1914 the French (why does that not surprise me) were operating several classes of steam submarines.

To meet the requirement for speed, a pair of steam turbines developing 10,000 hp, using steam generated by two Yarrow boilers, was used. An 800 hp diesel engine drove a 700 hp dynamo to supply electric current. A 386 cell battery was used to provide power to two 700 hp electric motors for use while submerged. 17 K class submarines were built.

Soon after entering service, the problems arose. They were much larger and complicated than any previous submarines. The ease with which they could operate on the surface with the battlefleet was greatly exaggerated. A K class officer said that “they handled like destroyers but had the bridge facilities of a picket boat.” The view from the conning tower was limited because it was too close to the water, and the submarine itself was equally difficult to spot from surface ships. The K’s were built with a flush bow and they took a lot of water when steaming at speed in rough weather. It was soon discovered that a heavy wave taken over the bow would cause the submarine to submerge on its own, and due to its high speed, it could easily go beyond its crush depth before it began to respond to the diving planes. All of the K’s were retrofitted with a prominent “swan bow” to correct this problem.

To dive the ship, the procedure was to shut down the boilers, lower the funnels into wells in the superstructure and then clutch in the electric motors and the 386 cell battery. The funnels folded down into their wells in only 30 seconds, but there were also a number of quadruple mushroom capped ventilators to be secured, and any small obstruction, such as any small piece of debris could keep the ventilator from closing properly. With the ship submerged, there was no place for the heat from the boilers to go, and the ships became quite hot.

The K class were involved in a number of accidents, and talk of a “jinx” soon went around the fleet. Of the 17 built, 5 were lost from 1917 to 1921. The biggest blot on their reputation was the so called “Battle of May Island” in the Firth of Forth on 31 January 1918. Two flotillas of K class submarines were steaming at high speed without lights. K14’s helm jammed and she was rammed by K22, throwing the flotillas into confusion. A squadron of battlecruisers coming up astern steamed right into the milling submarines. In the confusion, HMS Inflexible rammed K22. HMS Fearless rammed K14, cutting her in half. K6 rammed K8. K17 rammed K8. K4 was rammed and sunk by an unknown battlecruiser or submarine.

The K class submarine remained in service for less than 8 years. The K class submarines were a bold attempt to integrate the submarine with surface ship operations. The high speed plant of the K class required large quantities of air to provide sufficient draft for the boilers, and produced a great amount of heat. That meant large ventilators and funnels, each set of which had to be closed as tightly as possible when diving. Any failure of procedure was potentially fatal. The K class was the last attempt at a high speed steam powered submarine until the advent of nuclear power.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am cracking up at the swords and stuff. LOL!

[HiJinx]

Coffee Pot Rock (Horizontal)
7 minute exposure of Hyakutake on the morning of March 27, 1996. City lights lit up the red rocks.

[Wild Thing]

Radix marvelous page you created!

I am now full of the best pancakes this side of cyberworld.I can think of some ideas for the syrup. OK we won't go there it is still morning.LOL
Still laughing at the guy pushing the cart of pancakes LMAO !

I like the way you incorporate the military things with the fun here.

Have a RAD-ical day Radix. You have your own dictionary I see. Love it !

Wild Thing

[Kathy in Alaska]

GATHERING INFO — U.S. Army Sgt. Meghan Kelly, Bravo Company, 325 Military Intelligence Battalion of Waterbury, Conn., questions civilians of Tikrit, Iraq, June 1. Kelly, an Arab linguist, is a member of the Tactical Human Intelligence Team, part of Taskforce Gauntlet. She works with local civilians to gather vital information for force protection of U.S. and coalition forces in the area. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Klaus Baesu

CHOPPER TRAVEL — Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston, Commanding General, Marine Forces Central Command, and his team head for a CH-46 after his visit to Karbala City, Iraq to see how operations are going in the city. U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th Marines are in Karbala City to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Alan Heusdens

[Brad’s Gramma]

A blonde dials 911 to report that her car has been broken into. She is hysterical as she explains her situation to the dispatcher. "They've stolen the dashboard, the steering wheel, the brake pedal, and even the accelerator!" she cries. The 911 dispatcher says, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way. He will be there in
minutes."

Before the police get to the crime scene, however, the 911 dispatcher's telephone rings a second time, and the same blonde is on the line again. "Never mind," giggles the blonde, "I was in the back seat!"

[MoJo2001]

Woohoo! It's pancakes on Wednesday! Although, MoJo's house is about ready to have Chocolate Chip cookies!! Great thread as always Radix!

[LaDivaLoca]

Great link for the Battle of Midway - remembered the movie too. I was at the edge of my seat.

I'm surprised to read that playing at the golf courses in Japan are supposedly not that expensive. I always thought it was expensive because I was told that Japanese golf enthusiasts would go to Hawaii to play golf. Remembered seeing a lot of them in Hawaii - and all the shopping as well. One learns something new everyday.