From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10803 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, February 28 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10803 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Sit comfortably everywhere you go ["Klaudena" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:34:44 +0100 From: "Klaudena" Subject: Sit comfortably everywhere you go Sit comfortably everywhere you go http://nailsin.co/T9kVrj2NNnqrxTPGpJMfRazFU4fDWcVQuolO6LEFnHySNkL9Dg http://nailsin.co/Pu_rZ8cWAxkCpcoJp-5q36R38zK02KXIRiGQs_LaMp_3fzoQnQ After the war, Indiana returned to training exercises with the North Atlantic Squadron. In May 1900, she and Massachusetts were placed in reserve as the navy had an acute officer shortage and needed to put the new Kearsarge-class and Illinois-class battleship into commission. The battleships were reactivated the following month as an experiment in how quickly this could be achieved, but Indiana was placed in the reserve fleet again that winter. In March 1901, it was decided to use her that summer for a midshipman practice cruise, and this would be her regular summer job for the next few years, while the rest of the time she would serve as a training ship. During her time as a training vessel, her crew beat the 1903 world record with eight-inch guns, four bullseyes with four shots. She was decommissioned on 29 December 1903 to be overhauled and modernized. The obsolete battleship received several upgrades: new Babcock & Wilcox boilers, counterweights to balance her main turrets and electric traversing mechanisms for her turrets. She was recommissioned on 9 January 1906 and manned by the former crew of her sist ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10803 ***********************************************