A 22 pound shell out of a 5 inch gun? What are they using these days, when I was in our 5 inch projectiles weighed 50 pounds and more. Of course I am assuming that by "shell" you mean the projectile.stevie_d_64 wrote:"four clueless boys in a launch"...
I used to resemble that remark...
I could think of a worse situation...
How about a 5 inch gun barking in your direction throwing a 22 pound shell across yer bow...Purposefully missing you!
I'd stop...(nautical term: "Heave to")
After the USS Cole...I figure my Navy's not messing around anymore...
But have fun out there!
Apropos of a different thread, one of my parrots used to say "AHARRRR maties, heave to and strike your colors and prepare to be boarded." Then he truncated it to "AHARRR maties . . . be boarded, be boarded, be boarded." Stupid parrot.