Chuck Thoits
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So I came across this piece of wood with a copper cap. Any guesses what it is?
And yes I know what it is.
Looks like a ships railing to me.
I prefer privateer ship for this one.Pirate ship
It is a 12 foot chunk of the railing from the SSS Horst Wessel. Built in 1936 in Hamburg, Germany. Horst Wessel was taken as a war reparation by the United States in 1946 and renamed USCGC Eagle (WX-327). Still in active service out of CT.
I was going to say from the same ship that Bob the Cannon came from
I was on the Eagle this past summer when it came to Portsmouth. Maybe I recognized the railing from my tour of the ship.
Are you building your own boat Chuck? one chunk at a time?