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Robhvw, you are correct. Hopefully you can revive the game with the next ship. Good luck.

Looks like interest has waned. Another hint or two to move things along.... She was a Danish vessel minding her own business who got pinched between the two opposing forces at the onset of the Battle of Jutland.

Maybe time for a little hint? Being in the wrong place at the wrong time, she was investigated by the vanguards of two opposing forces. The shots fired during the confrontation were the first fired of the subsequent battle.

No, not the Regele, this one hailed from Scandinavia.

Here's the next one, sorry it took so long.

Sorry this is taking so long. I'll post a new one tomorrow.

HMS Bellerophon perhaps?

Love the rooftop outhouse. Great way to keep unwanted solicitations at a minimum!   

Beef Wellington, you have it right, and as St George says, she was the last IJN destroyer torpedoed by a U.S. Submarine during WWII. Good job guys. Beef Wellington you're next.

Not the Kamikaze. Last in another way.

Hey BW, you have the right class, but it"s not the Numakaze. Our ship was not "last" in that sense.

Sorry it took so long... here is a ship that I'm sure someone will guess quickly. She had the dubious distinction of being the last. Sorry for the poor photo quality but it was the only photo I found of her. BTW is that a fifty-post lolipop I got under my avatar?

That was a good one, Old Salt. Sounds like you sailed on her. Dramamine Express! Now that's funny. I'll find something to post this evening.

Old Salt, I believe this is the M/V Tustumena of the Alaska Marine Highway System. She was built in 1963 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She serves South-Central Alaska and the Aleutian chain of islands. Jan is correct, because of the waters in which she serves, she is a certified ocean-going vessel. The structure on her stern is a car elevator used in those communities where there is no direct ramp to the car deck. Because of her age the State of Alaska will begin the process of replacement in 2015.  

Thanks for the link to that great site, Menno. I haven't yet found another name for the cut out, I have only found it described as a rudder cut out, or a propeller cut out. There's probably a term for it somewhere, but I haven't seen it yet, maybe someone on this site has the knowledge. 

I apologize about the rudder cut out, I see what you mean. You are correct Menno, it is the Virginia. She was built by the settlers of the Popham Colony in what is now the State of Maine, a contemporary of the Jamestown colony, but not as well known. She was very likely the first ship built by English settlers in America, and was built to prove to the colony backers that ships could be built of American materials. In that she was successful. She completed two trans Atlantic voyages, including surviving a hurricane. Here are links that you might find interesting. http://www.mfship.org/Maines_First_Ship/Home.html and http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/14/columns/guest/stan/index.htm#.U-SxguNdWSo. 

Jud, as a new participant to the game, I must confess that I am confused. Why would you stop checking this thread, and what exactly would hold your interest? 

No Menno, this ship predates the use of motors or propellers. And yes the sketch is from a replica. There are few surviving details of the ship, but among those that have were a small sketch drawn on some incidental paperwork.  

Well, as promised, here is the next mystery ship. She has a rather obscure place in in American maritime history compared to the likes of  say, the Constitution. Nevertheless, she figured prominently in her own way as a proof of concept to her owners, and as an asset to the people who built her and sailed her.

I'll find one to post tomorrow.

Everybody's on vacation.    

Been wondering the same thing. Been waiting on Jan since he appears to have guessed the last one.

What to do, what to do... I'll wait on Jan. I think he's had it all along, just hasn't posted the name. Hope the game isn't dead.

Spyglass, you have her. She was indeed the Indigirka, a Soviet Gulag prison ship. In December 1939 she ran aground near the coast of Japan. The ship capsized, and guards prevented prisoners in the holds from escaping. 28 prisoners survived of more than 700.  

No sorry, not the SS Norlandia or the USS Tulare. Her end was not torpedo related, and there were a large number of helpless and hapless casualties. BTW, there was a hint in that posting.