Ice ship? That's not an ice ship. This is an Ice Ship.
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When he discussed the idea with Lord Louis Mountbatten, they had the idea of making their floating airfields by cutting the top off of icebergs, thus providing a deck and landing area. The Germans could strafe, bomb and torpedo an iceberg all day with no chance of sinking it. Best of all, ice was "free."
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Nice pics, CF. That's the stuff that killed the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 02-05-2006 at 04:34 PM.
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