USS Missouri
Oct 25, 2014 17:19:13 #
Oct 25, 2014 17:27:00 #
Battleships are so cool. There's something to be said about a giant gun platform that can lob 2200 pound projectiles 22 miles at a hapless target on land or at sea.
Oct 25, 2014 17:29:35 #
Majestic isn't she!!! Though looks a little top heavy with that mask, I would want to be on that in a hurricane in heavy seas.!
Oct 25, 2014 17:39:31 #
Dan L wrote:
Oh, I can guarantee you, if you were in a hurricane, you'd rather be riding a dreadnought than a destroyer, or even worse, a flat bottomed amphibious ship. She has much greater stability than all of those - it was designed into her hull, a structural feature known as "righting moment".Majestic isn't she!!! Though looks a little top heavy with that mask, I would want to be on that in a hurricane in heavy seas.!
Oct 25, 2014 17:46:44 #
First ship round bottom DE and 3 hurricanes, needed great sea legs!
Bob Yankle wrote:
Oh, I can guarantee you, if you were in a hurricane, you'd rather be riding a dreadnought than a destroyer, or even worse, a flat bottomed amphibious ship. She has much greater stability than all of those - it was designed into her hull, a structural feature known as "righting moment".
Oct 25, 2014 17:56:17 #
Dan L wrote:
By the time I'd gotten in, we were riding frigates instead of DE's, but yep, been through a number of hurricanes as well. In one of them, I had to conn a cruiser broadside to the seas as I brought her around with hard rudder to comb the track for a reputed man overboard from the "bird farm" (Aircraft Carrier for you landlubbers). They later learned he was onboard the whole time, and I had to repeat the maneuver to get back on station. And then, because we'd gotten so far behind, I had to speed the ship up until we were "out of step" with the wave sets, and plunged the bow headlong into a breaking wave. It was the first time in my life I have ever seen green water passing by the storm windows on the bridge of a naval vessel. Makes for GREAT sea-stories though.First ship round bottom DE and 3 hurricanes, needed great sea legs!
And my friends wonder why I have no desire whatsoever to go on a long sea cruise .......
Oct 25, 2014 18:32:59 #
Yes I know the feeling with the storm swell and rolling waves, we had many waves crest the flying bridge and if came up on us from close to broadside we rolled... Some of storm swell trough our ship was completely hidden from the horizon.
We had a guy fall overboard while he and another guy were out after dark relaxing with some recreational smoking and the jerry-rig eye buckle broke. I have pictures of the sailors recovery with whale boat and all, and that's another story.
We had a guy fall overboard while he and another guy were out after dark relaxing with some recreational smoking and the jerry-rig eye buckle broke. I have pictures of the sailors recovery with whale boat and all, and that's another story.
Bob Yankle wrote:
By the time I'd gotten in, we were riding frigates... (show quote)
Oct 25, 2014 18:34:35 #
I would love to see those pictures. Musta been one hell of a recovery operation...
Dan L wrote:
Yes I know the feeling with the storm swell and rolling waves, we had many waves crest the flying bridge and if came up on us from close to broadside we rolled... Some of storm swell trough our ship was completely hidden from the horizon.
We had a guy fall overboard while he and another guy were out after dark relaxing with some recreational smoking and the jerry-rig eye buckle broke. I have pictures of the sailors recovery with whale boat and all, and that's another story.
We had a guy fall overboard while he and another guy were out after dark relaxing with some recreational smoking and the jerry-rig eye buckle broke. I have pictures of the sailors recovery with whale boat and all, and that's another story.
Oct 25, 2014 18:55:00 #
I haven't look at those pictures in 30+ years and I doubt the slides are any good. It was a pretty simple recovery at night, tropical temperatures, the sea was flat calm well lit from a full moon and milky way, couple of ship's flood lights and a convoy of ships with-in a half hour surrounding us at different distances. The only reason we spotted him was because of the flat seas with the moon and stars. Once we located him we loaded the whale boat and simple recovery. The recovered sailor had done everything correct after falling overboard and he was perfectly ok other little scared.
nakkh wrote:
I would love to see those pictures. Musta been one hell of a recovery operation...
Oct 25, 2014 18:56:31 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
And my friends wonder why I have no desire whatsoever to go on a long sea cruise .......
Did you ever notice how almost all of those swabbies grew up in places like Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma? Kids that grow up watching salt water don't consider washing salt out of their socks a career move!
Oct 25, 2014 22:07:06 #
Oct 25, 2014 22:49:01 #
I had the privilege of taking a tour on the Missouri when it was mothballed in Bremerton Washington a few decades back. It was great to see where the Japanese surrendered and the peace treaty was signed.
Oct 26, 2014 09:26:52 #
jaymatt wrote:
It's hard to ignore the significance of this great warship.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Oct 26, 2014 10:10:04 #
THISTLE
Loc: Reidsville NC
Bob Yankle wrote:
By the time I'd gotten in, we were riding frigates... (show quote)
Right you are Bob. DEGs were a whole different breed. We raced a Mistral out of Malta.
I remember sitting on the Mess Decks placing bets on how many plates were gonna hit the overhead on the next wave.
I wouldn't do it again if you held a gun to my head, but I wouldn't have missed it for the world
Oct 26, 2014 10:30:07 #
nakkh wrote:
Battleships are so cool. There's something to be said about a giant gun platform that can lob 2200 pound projectiles 22 miles at a hapless target on land or at sea.
And HIT it! :thumbup:
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