USS Rancocas: The Cornfield Cruiser

[xkarga00]

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years/stories/cornfield-cruiser.html?sf1414999=1

[brudgers]

Reminds me of the long gone USS Blue Jacet at the Naval Training Center in Orlando.

http://www.panoramio.com/m/photo/14389433

[KwanEsq]

There is something similar in the UK for type 45 destroyers[1].

Street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.855755,-1.090069&spn=0.00...

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_45_destroyer

[vilhelm_s]

Google map link: https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=39.980333%2C-74.90122...

It's apparently visible when driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, one can see it in Google Streetview.

[gus_massa → vilhelm_s]

The bridge is over a big circle. Can it rotate?

[branchan → gus_massa]

No, the structure does not rotate.

[gcr → branchan]

Sure it does! Anything rotates if you apply enough force.

[Crito]

[Tangent]

The name reminds me of the Cornfield Bomber, an F-106 (not a bomber) that accidentally landed gently in a field (not a cornfield) after the pilot ejected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber