Bismarck sunk today, May 27, 1941. It was kind of a big deal.

[fairgambit]

The Bismarck in September, 1940, shortly after commissioning.

8 months later, she was at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Newsreel of the sinking.


And the memorable song by Johnny Horton.

 

[lionlurker]

And as I recall, to add insult to injury the Bismarck had a cat that lived aboard the boat. After the boat was sunk, the cat was rescued by the British and lived aboard a couple of British boats, thus changing loyalties.

 

[fairgambit]

And as I recall, to add insult to injury the Bismarck had a cat that lived aboard the boat. After the boat was sunk, the cat was rescued by the British and lived aboard a couple of British boats, thus changing loyalties.

The cat was ""saved by a whisker".

 

[PSU Mike]

And as I recall, to add insult to injury the Bismarck had a cat that lived aboard the boat. After the boat was sunk, the cat was rescued by the British and lived aboard a couple of British boats, thus changing loyalties.

Cat? Loyalty?

 

[dawgduice]

The cat was ""saved by a whisker".

Nazi !!! traitor !!!!! Was his name von Brown

 

[Nitt1300]

That ship was more overrated than Notre Dame

 

[NittPicker]

That ship was more overrated than Notre Dame

The big battleships were well on their way to being obsolete but nobody knew it at the time. The good news besides the sinking was that the Nazis used a lot of time, money and material building a decoration for the bottom of the ocean. How many airplanes could have been built with all the steel they wasted on the Bismarck??

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Her sister ship the Eclair (I mean the Tirpitz) spent most of the war hidden away in various fjords just posing a decoy threat to The British Home Fleet.

 

[Nitt1300]

The big battleships were well on their way to being obsolete but nobody knew it at the time. The good news besides the sinking was that the Nazis used a lot of time, money and material building a decoration for the bottom of the ocean. How many airplanes could have been built with all the steel they wasted on the Bismarck??

or submarines

 

[BobPSU92]

fair first noticed this large warship in a newsreel in 1940. The lovely Bismarck.

 

[dawgduice]

The real problem with the Germain Battleships and other surface war ships was quantity NOT quality. Prior to WW2 the restrictions on ship building, which VERY visibly hurt the Germans (a good thing).
The US proved quantity wins out

 

[artsandletters]

The cat was ""saved by a whisker".

The cat clawed its way to safety.

 

[Nitt1300]

 

[Art]

The big battleships were well on their way to being obsolete but nobody knew it at the time. The good news besides the sinking was that the Nazis used a lot of time, money and material building a decoration for the bottom of the ocean. How many airplanes could have been built with all the steel they wasted on the Bismarck??

Billy Mitchell proved that. Unfortunately, the only people paying attention were the Japanese.

 

[Nitt1300]

Billy Mitchell proved that. Unfortunately, the only people paying attention were the Japanese.

actually, Brits were- and the Japanese paid attention to what the Brits did to the Italian fleet at Taranto
sadly, the US did not

 

[TheGLOV]

That ship was more overrated than Notre Dame

Not really!

ND has been overrated for the last 25 years or so.

The Bismarck didn't even make it one year.

 

[razpsu]

Their song was . You spin me round round. ..like a record baby. Wasnt their rudder stuck after being hit and they did circles?

 

[artsandletters]

actually, Brits were- and the Japanese paid attention to what the Brits did to the Italian fleet at Taranto
sadly, the US did not

Along those lines, in the early 1920s ('21 or '22, iirc), both Eisenhower and Patton wrote papers promoting the need for an emphasis on tank warfare. The Army bigwigs severely reprimanded them both and told them to stand down regarding tank warfare and not to bring it up again.

 

[katchthis]

A whole city sunk in N.D.? That must have been a heck of a sink hole.

 

[fairgambit]

Not really!

ND has been overrated for the last 25 years or so.

The Bismarck didn't even make it one year.

That's funny GLOV!

 

[Chickenman Testa]

A whole city sunk in N.D.? That must have been a heck of a sink hole.

Then there was the time Guam was in danger of tipping over from overpopulation according to a duly-sworn US Congressman.

 

[91Joe95]

The big battleships were well on their way to being obsolete but nobody knew it at the time. The good news besides the sinking was that the Nazis used a lot of time, money and material building a decoration for the bottom of the ocean. How many airplanes could have been built with all the steel they wasted on the Bismarck??

Done in by an obsolete biplane.

 

[CentrevilleLion]

If you have the chance, watch "I Was There" with Brian Williams NBC Nightly News. Apparently he was an observer aboard HMS Rodney and witnessed the sinking.

 

[fairgambit]

If you have the chance, watch "I Was There" with Brian Williams NBC Nightly News. Apparently he was an observer aboard HMS Rodney and witnessed the sinking.

That was brilliant!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Damn, was up all night with that song, over and over and over!

Damn you fair.....!

 

[BobPSU92]

Damn, was up all night with that song, over and over and over!

Damn you fair.....!

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzbismarck"?

 

[artsandletters]

Damn, was up all night with that song, over and over and over!

Damn you fair.....!

Beats:

'Nationwide is on your side'
or
'Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.'

 

[fairgambit]

Damn, was up all night with that song, over and over and over!

Damn you fair.....!

I'm sorry ILLINOIS , but I have a cure. Just listen to this.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I'm sorry ILLINOIS , but I have a cure. Just listen to this.

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Keep this up and Fonzie's gonna come on over and pee on that list you have in that bucket of yours!

 

[fairgambit]

Keep this up and Fonzie's gonna come on over and pee on that list you have in that bucket of yours!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Fair, speaking of your bucket list, you should (well, you could) share that list (or maybe your "Top Ten") with us in a post, I think that would result in some interesting responses.

Some of us might have the same thoughts, some of us might have already done some of them, some might inspire us to get more busy or try something different.

Just my $.02!

 

[fairgambit]

Fair, speaking of your bucket list, you should (well, you could) share that list (or maybe your "Top Ten") with us in a post, I think that would result in some interesting responses.

Some of us might have the same thoughts, some of us might have already done some of them, some might inspire us to get more busy or try something different.

Just my $.02!

I actually thought about that and decided against it. I've tossed one out here and there, like the two I mentioned recently, Everest Base Camp and going to Racing School, but I have some concerns. Everyone has goals and dreams and mine are no better than anyone elses. A thread gives the impression that I think they are. Also, a few on my list are problematic, although none are impossible, but I have concerns they may draw ridicule. In any event, for now my plan is to mention those I have completed, like the Grand Canyon trip, and bring up others as appropriate.

 

[CentrevilleLion]

I actually thought about that and decided against it. I've tossed one out here and there, like the two I mentioned recently, Everest Base Camp and going to Racing School, but I have some concerns. Everyone has goals and dreams and mine are no better than anyone elses. A thread gives the impression that I think they are. Also, a few on my list are problematic, although none are impossible, but I have concerns they may draw ridicule. In any event, for now my plan is to mention those I have completed, like the Grand Canyon trip, and bring up others as appropriate.

I get what you're saying. Nevertheless, I will opine that an afternoon or two sitting at an outside café in Kiev on the main drag near Independence Square on a hot summer day watching the equivalent of the SI swimsuit edition walking by barely clothed is time well-spent. I'd also suggest hiring a limo and touring some of the burgs in Bavaria and sampling their bier and food (maybe along the Munich, Augsburg, Freiburg axis).

 

[ILLINOISLION]

I actually thought about that and decided against it. I've tossed one out here and there, like the two I mentioned recently, Everest Base Camp and going to Racing School, but I have some concerns. Everyone has goals and dreams and mine are no better than anyone elses. A thread gives the impression that I think they are. Also, a few on my list are problematic, although none are impossible, but I have concerns they may draw ridicule. In any event, for now my plan is to mention those I have completed, like the Grand Canyon trip, and bring up others as appropriate.

Fair, I disagree, I don't think you'd be judged or ridiculed any more than you are for some of your b-day gal selections!

I honestly think your list would probably include some adventures that many perhaps most of us hadn't maybe considered and I think it would lead to some very interesting posts from many of our McAndrew "family". Heck, I'd love to see what Tom's bucket list is, wouldn't you?

Heck, I'd love to see what MY bucket list is.....I've never had one but I'm certainly gonna start thinking about one.....

 

[EPC FAN]

The cat clawed its way to safety.

Somebody grabbed that pussy.

 

[fairgambit]

Fair, I disagree, I don't think you'd be judged or ridiculed any more than you are for some of your b-day gal selections!

I honestly think your list would probably include some adventures that many perhaps most of us hadn't maybe considered and I think it would lead to some very interesting posts from many of our McAndrew "family". Heck, I'd love to see what Tom's bucket list is, wouldn't you?

Heck, I'd love to see what MY bucket list is.....I've never had one but I'm certainly gonna start thinking about one.....

You may be right, and I will consider it further, but, for now, I will stay the present course.