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 Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
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http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/coastguard_agingfleet_013109w/
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 Registered: 24 January 2005
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What is surprizing is that they are only now addressing this.
Good article! SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
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Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
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thegunny... most of those WPB's in Iraq are boats built directly after Vietnam and were re- engined and major overhauled also the Coast Guard has for a very long time used US Navy ships just painted them white.
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Registered: 24 January 2005
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I hear ya bro. At least now they are actively working to rotate them out to be both reworked and redeployed to different environments.
White paint only holds things together for a limited time! SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
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Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
Posts: 1806
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I guess that is why they wrap a red & blue ribbon around it.
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Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
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http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/0314.htm Here is a good example of Haze Gray to White the two bottom Ships.
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