"USS Spuyten Duyvil " Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Dec 2017 9:45 p.m. PST |
"During the American Civil War, the Union Navy suffered heavy losses from the explosion of Confederate torpedoes. This experience prompted the Union Navy to design and build vessels capable of using this new weapon. One effort along this line resulted in a screw steam torpedo boat originally called Stromboli, but later called Spuyten Duyvil, after the Spuyten Duyvil area in New York City…."
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Armand |
 miniMo  | 21 Dec 2017 8:41 a.m. PST |
Cool model! Spuyten Duyvil was a treacherous tidal area which is now landfilled. If you pronounce it in a classic Colonial Dutch accent (aka Brooklyn accent!), you will discover that the Dutch name is cognate with English "Spitting Devil"! An apt name for a torpedo boat =^,^= |
| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2017 11:02 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Pyrate Captain | 20 Jul 2018 9:38 a.m. PST |
Those aft davits don't seem to practical. |
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