Surely, there are a plethora of public-domain photos of warships firing missles that could have been used, instead of this ridiculous, pasted rocket comic illustration.
Oh, BTW, that looks like a US Coast Guard ship (but it may be another nation’s ship). The Coast Guard doesn’t carry missles on their ships.
Yes, USN DANFS (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) is a prime source of naval ship photos. The book cover tag line “… battleships at sea …” may be false flagging.
I did a look up. That does match a typical US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. CG cutters carry the minimum armament needed to interdict smuggling vessels w/o sinking them (eg, one 76mm cannon and two .50 MGs).
Maybe the pirate has missiles but from this cover I really don’t care to find out. I built Revell ship model kits in the 1950s watching “Victory at Sea” and I demand authenticity in my naval books!
Posren: The boat doesn’t look like it is made of plastic.
Unposren: Neither does the rocket.
EricL
10 years ago
Maybe this is a Scientology brochure, since they call their main organization Sea Org. That would explain the cartoon rocket that escaped from one of Hubbard’s cheesy sci-f books.
Naaman Brown
10 years ago
For a book that promises “Sailing Adventures Aboard Battleships at Sea…” presenting a CG cutter and a cartoon rocket. :shakehead: That would be like me promising “Thrilling Tales of Appalachian Cryptids…” and instead of a black panther and Mothman showing a photo of a house cat and a cartoon Tweety Bird. Jeez Louise.
Man, I love the “sticker” option in free imaging software. It really makes your photos pop and gives them that personal touch. I would have preferred to see some unicorns and rainbows but a rocket is cool, too.
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Surely, there are a plethora of public-domain photos of warships firing missles that could have been used, instead of this ridiculous, pasted rocket comic illustration.
Oh, BTW, that looks like a US Coast Guard ship (but it may be another nation’s ship). The Coast Guard doesn’t carry missles on their ships.
Yes, USN DANFS (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) is a prime source of naval ship photos. The book cover tag line “… battleships at sea …” may be false flagging.
I did a look up. That does match a typical US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. CG cutters carry the minimum armament needed to interdict smuggling vessels w/o sinking them (eg, one 76mm cannon and two .50 MGs).
Maybe the pirate has missiles but from this cover I really don’t care to find out. I built Revell ship model kits in the 1950s watching “Victory at Sea” and I demand authenticity in my naval books!
Posren: The boat doesn’t look like it is made of plastic.
Unposren: Neither does the rocket.
Maybe this is a Scientology brochure, since they call their main organization Sea Org. That would explain the cartoon rocket that escaped from one of Hubbard’s cheesy sci-f books.
For a book that promises “Sailing Adventures Aboard Battleships at Sea…” presenting a CG cutter and a cartoon rocket. :shakehead: That would be like me promising “Thrilling Tales of Appalachian Cryptids…” and instead of a black panther and Mothman showing a photo of a house cat and a cartoon Tweety Bird. Jeez Louise.
Man, I love the “sticker” option in free imaging software. It really makes your photos pop and gives them that personal touch. I would have preferred to see some unicorns and rainbows but a rocket is cool, too.
+1. Mwahahahaha. “…unicorns and rainbows,” snort….