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Battleship Auction
Topic Started: May 12 2008, 12:58 PM (469 Views)
United States
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Battleship Auction

USS New Mexico
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Displacement: 32,000 t
Length: 624 ft
Beam: 97 ft
Draft: 30 ft
Speed: 21 knots
Complement: 1,084 officers and men
Armament: 12 × 14"/50 caliber guns (356 mm)
14 × 5"/51 caliber guns (127 mm)
2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Commissioned 1918
Starting Bid: $40,000,000

The US Navy has too many Battleships and we are auctioning off one of our surplus ships.
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Denmark bids 40,000,000
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Netherlands
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Netherlands bids 40,001,000
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Denmark wins the auction. Several Modernization tweaks have been done for the extra cost of 5 mill and the ship transfered to the Danish Navy.
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EDIT: Since The Netherlands has bid the Ship is still up for further bid.
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Denmark
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40,800,000
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Netherlands
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Netherlands bids 40,900,000
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New Rule: Bids must be made in increments of 5 million
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Denmark
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45,000,000
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Netherlands
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Netherlands bids 50,000,000
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Denmark bids 60,000,000
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Netherlands bids 65,000,000
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Denmark
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70,000,000
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Netherlands bids 80,000,000
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Denmark ends bidding so that the Dutch Navy can receive this ship.
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We thanks for the honor of the state of New Mexico. USS New Mexico (BB-40)
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