Duane Curtis replied to Ronald C. Brabbin's discussion 95 year old sailors letter to Pres. Obama
"I like this guy. BZ

Duane
US Navy Submariner 89- 96"
Aug 21, 2019
Duane Curtis replied to Donald Lee Drake, Jr's discussion USS Independence in 1/45 scale
"I have been working on a model of the Harry S. Truman in 1/96 scale and she is about 11 1/2 feet long by 34-36 inches in beam. The model weighs in at 245 pounds when in the water and she is Radio Controlled.

Duane"
Aug 21, 2019
Duane Curtis replied to Donald Lee Drake, Jr's discussion USS Independence in 1/45 scale
"This link may be of some help as well.

http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/cv60.pdf

Duane"
Aug 21, 2019
Duane Curtis replied to Donald Lee Drake, Jr's discussion USS Independence in 1/45 scale
"Wow that will be one huge model in 1/45 scale.

She is:
LOA: 1046 feet 6 inches
Beam: 129 feet 1 inch
Draft: 37 feet
Displ: 56,000 Tons

I hope that this helps some

Duane"
Aug 21, 2019
Duane Curtis posted a discussion
For those of you who don't know there is a Petition to make CVN 80 the next USS Enterprise. Here is the link to the petition,http://ussenterp.epetitions.net/signatures.php?petition_id=1870Duane
Aug 21, 2019