eBay Find of the Day: Custom Built 20ft Scale Battleship New Jersey Replica w/video

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While I was off studying in college, my brother-in-law was serving this country in the Navy.  While my wife and I seldom pass any opportunity to brag about his service to our country, one of my favorite memories was joining him on his ship for what is called a “Tiger Cruise.”  If you are unfamiliar with the term, a tiger cruise is when family goes aboard the ship for a day trip to experience what their sailor’s lived on for their latest deployment.  I’ll never forget that time on his ship the USS Ponce (LPD 15).

Speaking of the US Navy, check out this hand crafted 20ft scaled replica of the USS Battleship New Jersey.  The vessel was made by Gifford Marine, is powered by a 120hp SeaDoo jet drive, and has a 4kw generator to power an air compressor and high pressure water pump.  The main guns can fully articulate and fire streams of high pressure water.  This thing is seriously cool, who wouldn’t want to pilot their own battleship.  At the time of this writing you still have 13days left to liquidate enough assets to pay the $55,000 “buy it now” price.  Check out some more photos and a video of the vessel in action after the jump.

You can read a more detailed record of the build by clicking this link.

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