The Scoop Deck

Motivational cruiser photo of the day

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Cmdr. Ed Thompson gets today’s coveted Ship Photography Prize.  The cruiser Shiloh, silhouetted against a sunset in the South China Sea, is looking powerful, peaceful, menacing and mysterious all at once. This shot could be the background of a movie poster — and Scoop Deck would line up to see a movie about a U.S. Navy cruiser — or the cover of an adventure novel. Click the image for a high-res version.

Comments

  1. Mike Burleson Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 9:09 am

    Thanks! I have USS Chosin on my deckstop now.

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    March 22nd, 2010 at 4:31 pm

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