Re-Learning the Ropes
Ropes on The "Elissa"
I feel like I'm re-learning the ropes of blogging these days, hence the photo below. I took it a while back on board the Elissa, a Tall Ship from 1877,…
Daily Photo – More Manila Sunset
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Here's a tighter framing of the Manila sunset I posted yesterday. I think this must have been my last night in Manila on this trip as my next photos were taken in Switzerland, on my way back to Libya.
Daily Photo – DE238 USS Stewart
DE238 USS Stewart (Click image for larger view or to purchase)
The Destroyer Escort 238 USS Stewart was commissioned into active service on May 31, 1943 having been constructed at the Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston.
Daily Photo – Ropes
Ropes (Click image for larger view or to purchase)
The Elissa is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1877. She was rescued from destruction in a Greek Shipyard in 1975 by the Galveston Historical Foundation and towed to Galveston in 1979.