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Thank you very much. Your work is very well done also . . . makes me humble.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I've already fixed that as well aa few other things.
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Here she is; the USS Connecticut (BB-18) as she appeared when commissioned in 1906.
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Looks good! These are my favorite pre-dreadnoughts and I'm glad to see someone finally tackling them.
Now if only someone would draw the big ten...
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Are you sure about the Machine guns? The Browning .50 wasn't invented until the latter part of WW1.
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I'd have to check, but you're most likely correct.The photo of the mast was undated.
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French Vice-admiral Louis-René-Madeleine Le Vassor de La Touche, comte de Tréville
The original spelling of my last name is: LaTouche.
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US Navy auxiliaries
Canadian Pacific Steamships Empress of Britain (post war)
Cunard Line Ascania (final 1950s configuration)
Cunard Line RMS Aquitania