North American AGM-28 Hound Dog and Bell MIM-14 Nike Hercules
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Uploading early today.
I thought I could fit this in with the theme today "Beginning" but I'm not sure how so I'm not going to try lol
I wanted to get something up early so I can focus on resting today. My head still hurts from yesterday's incident. So we've got yet another shot of Mr. Joe. He's always really active when we first wake up. But after he eats breakfast and goes for his morning walk, he's back on the couch, napping, until dinner time.
I really liked the lighting and texture in this shot. So even though it's a quick upload, I'm happy with it.
Hound Dog moored at Lowestoft.
Name: Hound Dog
Vessel type: Work boat
Design: 24.5 m Multi Mac
Home port: London
Flag: United Kingdom
IMO: 9676917
MMSI: 235091503
Call sign: 2FIG9
Accommodation: 6
Cabins: 3 x double
Length overall: 26 m
Beam: 10.4 m
Moulded depth: 3.6 m
Draught aft: 2.4 m
Gross tonnage: 146 ton
Max deadweight: 62 ton
Fore crane: 1 x Kocurek KE200,
Aft crane: 1 x Toimil T-7500M/2
Deck carrying capacity: 62.5 ton
Fuel capacity:19,797 gal. (90,000 litres)
Engines: 2 x Doosan 4V222TIH
Engine output: 800 hp (596.5 kW) at 1,800 rpm
Free running speed: 10 knots
Bollard pull: 23.5 ton
Builder: Kocurek, Ipswich, Suffolk
Year built: 2012
Owner: CPBS Marine Services, Orpington, Kent
Previous name:
Forth Drummer
Suffolk Spirit
LOST CREWMAN
Crewman George Spence, aged 61, is feared to have fallen into Dover harbour from the Suffolk Spirit on 28th. April. He has not been seen since a night out drinking with shipmates in the town. The ship was stationed in the Western Docks, next to Dover Cruise Terminal 1 and was in Dover to do a wreck salvage. Because of bad weather, the ship was docked until the weather improved. The alarm was first raised in the morning of 29th. April, sparking two Dover RNLI lifeboat searches throughout the day. An investigation was launched by Kent Police.
Jack Murray was a city kid who, very early in life, developed an interest in wildlife. Born in 1889, he grew up in Boston, where he began drawing animals while still in grade school. Murray would later graduate from the renowned Massachusetts School of Art, where he met his wife and fellow artist, Helena Feeny. The couple married in 1921 and, in lieu of a honeymoon, moved to New York that very day.
In New York, Murray found work as a commercial artist, which soon provided the two of them the opportunity to buy a farm outside the city. There, he fixed up a studio where, in his spare time, he pursued his true passion, painting wildlife. Murray’s career reached a turning point when one of the paintings he had made purely for love — a majestic leopard — was bought by “The Saturday Evening Post.”
His discovery by the Post led to assignments for the American Museum of Natural History as well as books and magazines, including “The Country Gentleman” and “Boys' Life.” In 1947, his image of a pair of snow geese mid-flight was selected for the Federal Duck Stamp Program.
All told, Murray would paint twelve covers for the Post. His final one depicting two white wolves closing in on prey appeared on the March 8, 1941, issue — and once again on the January/February 2016 cover.
[Source: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/artists/jack-murray/]