Ship Blogging

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 1:15 PM EDT

First person to correctly identify this ship gets to pick the next Career Profile subject.

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I think that's Willie's Steamboat.

"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."

by crolfer on Mar 22, 2026 1:26 PM EDT reply actions

I want to say it's British and pre-WWI

but I cannot name it.

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by WVPiratesfan on Mar 22, 2026 1:29 PM EDT reply actions

nope

It IS pre-WW1, but it is not british

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know anything about ships but I would really be interested in a piece on Ichiro!

Even though it would be more difficult to analyze his Japanese statistics, compared to minor league statistics… he would be such an interesting case.

by Kenneth Arthur on Mar 22, 2026 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

I have no clue but...

Queen Mary???

by Ari Berkowitz on Mar 22, 2026 1:41 PM EDT reply actions

USS Kearsarge?

Just a guess…

by RogoRooter on Mar 22, 2026 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

nope

It is ugly enough to be Kearsarge but it isn’t American.

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

Time frame?

When was it decommissioned?

by Bryan Leahy on Mar 22, 2026 1:55 PM EDT reply actions

time frame

late 1800s early 1900s. Obsolete but still in existence at the start of World War One.

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Shot in the dark

Is it a Dutch Ironclad?

by Bryan Leahy on Mar 22, 2026 2:04 PM EDT reply actions

no

Nope.

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

answer

I received a correct answer via email and that person (who just joined the blog) will get to pick a career profile, but i will let someone else win too….can anyone else get this?

by John Sickels on Mar 22, 2026 2:05 PM EDT reply actions