Speaking of ships . . . let's get a bit silly.

Ships of the Alcatraz Class: USS Alcatraz (ACR-3 3/4):

Originally designed as a follow-on design to the Brooklyn class of armored cruiser, the Alcatraz was supposed to have increased firepower and better armor. However, the ship was very different from its predecessor, indicative of the experimentation that all navies conducted in the years leading up to the Dreadnought class.

Alcatraz today would be described a pre-dreadnought battleship, with its ram bow (on the right) and tumblehome hull design very evident in this photograph. She was originally designed with a main battery of six twelve-inch guns and a secondary casement armament of twelve five-inch cannon.

Launched as the Germans assaulted Liege in 1914, Alcatraz was considered "less than useless" by the US Navy, who cast about for what to do with it. Eventually the ship was towed to San Francisco and grounded on a shoal in the bay, in what was considered a strategic location, then covered with concrete and rock as camouflage. Alcatraz never sailed under her own power.

With her guns removed, her superstructure was partially modified in the 1920s and the ship became a prison. However, the warship's original silhouette is still visible to the discerning eye.

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Yeah, I got a tad silly. Though of this when I took the picture.