Those of you who opined it was a powder can were essentially correct - I was pushing you to see if you would figure out it was a *big* powder can.
Because it is a big powder can, or, as the Navy terms them, "16in Tank, Mark 4."
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/06/that_whatzis_re_1.html
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Jun 03 2011, 06:25 AM
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