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USS Rancocas: The Cornfield Cruiser

• brudgers 13y ago
  Reminds me of the long gone USS Blue Jacet at the Naval Training Center in Orlando. http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/14389433 http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/14389433
• Crito 13y ago
  [Tangent] The name reminds me of the Cornfield Bomber, an F-106 (not a bomber) that accidentally landed gently in a field (not a cornfield) after the pilot ejected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber
• vilhelm_s 13y ago
  Google map link: https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=39.980333%2C-74.901222&data=!1m4!1m3!1d1714!2d-74.901222!3d39.980333!4m14!2m13!1m12!3m8!1m3!1d1529!2d-74.901222!3d39.980333!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d39.980333!4d-74.901222 https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=39.980333%2C-74.90122... It's apparently visible when driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, one can see it in Google Streetview.
  • gus_massa 13y ago
    The bridge is over a big circle. Can it rotate?
    • branchan 13y ago
      No, the structure does not rotate.
      • gcr 13y ago
        Sure it does! Anything rotates if you apply enough force.
• KwanEsq 13y ago
  There is something similar in the UK for type 45 destroyers[1]. Street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.855755,-1.090069&spn=0.001954,0.005096&t=h&layer=c&cbll=50.855755,-1.090069&panoid=5tVxlu7OInEzuar34Z1itA&cbp=12,9.88,,0,-6.4&z=18 https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.855755,-1.090069&spn=0.00... [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_45_destroyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_45_destroyer