"Stand by for heavy rolls"!
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Stop reminiscing. Some of us used to get really sick out there.<--- That's me barfing.
I know what you mean. I really only got sea sick once. Riding a new FF out of Charleston SC(in transit to our new homeport Pearl Harbor), we got caught in a fast moving/forming hurricane. That was a really scary experience. We took rolls in excess of 45°, got some hull cracks, and one roll was so far over the top of the mast dipped into an adjoining swell and tore our surface search radar completely off.
They sure did!! But not completely. While I was serving on the America, we got caught up in a bad Nor'Easter (had to send the small boys back), and it got bad enough that the big plunges ripped all our forward catwalks off the flightdeck!! And seriously damaged one of the elevators.
I served 4 years on board a carrier.All of my time on the flight deck.There were times we would hit 40 ft swells.I would look out to see what the other small ships were doing.They would disappear in the swells and then they would appear.Felt kind of sorry for them.Even on a carrier is was still scarry.When you got water coming over the bow of a carrier,you know that your in for a ride.
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Been there, done that. Will have to dig out my pics of water across the flight deck. Was fun as hell, but 80% of the ship was sick and/or racked out. :tongue:
I was up in the 08 level by the pilot house, loving the swells. Wa hard to stay awake though... :biggrin:
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On my first Cruiser we had out RHIB break free from the davit and end up in the drink. I checked off the ship before or if it was ever found. We left Norfolk for every hurricane and only one ever hit the base.
Unfortunately that ship, and the one I was riding are now in Davy Jones' Locker.
When these great ladies outlived their usefulness, they all met a shameful end. "Sunk as targets".
There were 31 Spruance class DD's built, 6 were scrapped, 25 were sunk as targets. Here's the John Young's fate. She was sunk by a single MK48 torpedo hit. Sad to see such great ladies go down.
The hit broke her back.
Her fate was sealed.
Let's see if I've figured out how to show a you tube video.
This is the Fife. the Mk48's hit her bow (not an ideal hit) so she had to be sunk by gun fire.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNdSdNHANxg&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]
This is the Fife. the Mk48's hit her bow (not an ideal hit) so she had to be sunk by gun fire.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNdSdNHANxg&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]
If it were only that easy. There are only a few companies that have that capability. The Navy, over the past couple decaes has actually had to reposses some ships from these companies that couldn't "pay up".
Besides, the vessels make for GREAT live fire training during certain multi-national training excerceses throughout the year.
It's just sad to see one's old commands (especially enjoyable ones) go down so violently. Just feeling sorry for myslelf I guess. I've always dreamed of going back out on a dependents day cruise on one my old Destroyers. Can't now.
USS America CV-66, Sunk as target :frown:
USS Wasp CVS-18, Scrapped :frown:
USS Ouellet FF-1077, Sold to Thailand
USS Ponce LPD-15, Still Active
USS California CGN-36(DLGN-36) Decommissioned, little is known of her fate :frown:
USS Briscoe DD-977 Sunk as target :frown:
USS Conolly DD-979 Sunk as target :frown:
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I made 2 cruises on the USS Coral Sea. 1985/86 and 1987/88
That was CV-43, yes 43. Midway class, and the smallest operational carrier at the time. We had waves many times that would splash above the flight deck. I worked the deck as a troubleshooter my 2nd cruise at night. Try launching and recovering aircraft at night in the middle of the nowhere and at darken ship. Tat is a dangerous job. You better have you poop together.
Definately some great times. As I tell everyone when I talk about my service... 8 1/2 years, don't regret going in and don't regret getting out.
Thanks to all of those that have served ! ! !
Mike
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Man, and I thought the sh!tty Kitty (Kitty Hawk) was old. 
That thing pulled alongside us once and we all wondered when the Navy started painting ships rust red... 
That thing pulled alongside us once and we all wondered when the Navy started painting ships rust red... Little6pack
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I love ships! I never got sick.
Been to europe and back 5 days each way. NYC to Naples Italy
Been to virgin Isles 3 times from NYC
Been to Bermuda from Boston 3 times Huge rolling seas off cape cod.
I was the only one eating in the ships dinning room twice :biggrin: I must be FVKD UP
I only wish I had joined the NAVY. too late now.
Been to europe and back 5 days each way. NYC to Naples Italy
Been to virgin Isles 3 times from NYC
Been to Bermuda from Boston 3 times Huge rolling seas off cape cod.
I was the only one eating in the ships dinning room twice :biggrin: I must be FVKD UP
I only wish I had joined the NAVY. too late now.
