Comments on: Anchors aweigh

By: fred

fred — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:17:17 +0000

Right now I feel depressed for our men and women in uniform in all the services that they have to soon salute that Manchurian Candidate from that den of corruption called Chicago.

By: ExNavyDoc

ExNavyDoc — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:15:30 +0000

I was on an LHA coming back from Desert Storm, and we hit an Atlantic storm like like that. I never actually got seasick, but after 3 days of getting pounded like that, one starts to feel a little “off”, so to speak…

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:03:06 +0000

Got to be the North Atlantic.

That’s why they run the pipes on the outside of the walls. OK, it’s not, but it helps. Going up and down engineroom ladders in seas like that is a blast though. Superman, anyone?

I went out on the fantail in the North Atlantic an saw a wave as high as the flight deck. I looked the other way and saw… nothing. As I went back into the ship, they passed word that all weather deck access was secured.

By: dyspeptic_curmudgeon

dyspeptic_curmudgeon — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:20:03 +0000

Nice video. Especially when you realize that that is what, 100,000 tons? of ship bucking up and down through 40 feet or so, and the flight deck is 90 feet off the water.
Saw this some time ago at Strategy Page I think. IIRC, the chopper was on an emergency medical mission and ended up landing there. It was tied down, but then conditions got too bad to allow anyone on the flight deck to move it. So they had to leave it where it was. Good call by the XO…it would have needed something pretty heavy out on deck to withstand the waves, no person could without extreme care, and as soon as the chopper was unchained, it would likely have gone out of control..

By: Dan Smith

Dan Smith — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:49:32 +0000

A great story with a happy ending. I hope in the coming Administration the SEALs are not expected to arrest the terrorists and read them a Miranda warning.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:54:44 +0000

“And, who left the chopper up forward?”

The helo and the Hornet both need a major washing after this to get all the salt off.

By: Michael Hoskins

Michael Hoskins — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:32:50 +0000

White water over the carrier’s bow. The destroyers in the escort group are getting hammered. And, who left the chopper up forward?

SWO

(Happy birthday Marines Corps)

By: Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e40v2

Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e40v2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:21:13 +0000

[...] Far from the sea. [...]

By: Ledger

Ledger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:32:22 +0000

Good story. Keep them coming.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:22:55 +0000

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