Re: Grey Ghost Pics
I say give the old Goat her original motor and name back. It had a great historic name. Knew I heard it somewhere before and found this in a search:
"In World War II the Queen Mary was conscripted into service, painted camouflage gray and converted into a troop ship capable of transporting 5,000 soldiers.
The ship was the bane of Adolf HitlerĂs existence. He put a bounty on it, offering $250,000 and GermanyĂs highest military honor to the captain who could sink it.
But the Queen Mary was fast. Its top speed was 32 knots (36.8 miles per hour), and for 14 years held the title of fastest ship on the ocean. It was seemingly invisible to the enemy. The Germans couldnĂt catch up with it, much less sink it. It was called the śGray Ghost” "
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