It just looks like a blunt instrument. There isn't a clean, efficient line on her.
I know she's built for a specific job and is doubtless quite good at it, but when not sliding up to a beach, she looks like a bouyant brick.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Floating Oxymoron
The General Somervell, a large vehicle landing ship, tied up at the 17th Street Pier this morning. The terms "Army" and "ship" just have never fit together in my mind, and this ship is a visual example as to why that is.
It just looks like a blunt instrument. There isn't a clean, efficient line on her.
I know she's built for a specific job and is doubtless quite good at it, but when not sliding up to a beach, she looks like a bouyant brick.
It just looks like a blunt instrument. There isn't a clean, efficient line on her.
I know she's built for a specific job and is doubtless quite good at it, but when not sliding up to a beach, she looks like a bouyant brick.
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