Warships

[Kidnostad3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslF_EyhMzg

A quick glance at the above photo made me think for a split second that I had stumbled onto a porn site.   What that says about me is open to question.

[Jackstar]

You did. It says that you're simply observant.

[Kidnostad3]

You did. It says that you're simply observant.

Thank you for giving me the benefit of a doubt.  Thousands wouldn’t.  Just sayin’.

[Kidnostad3]

This is a ship that was laid down in 1912, served in the Imperial Russian Navy, participated in the Russian Civil War, survived Leningrad and WW2, served in and outlasted the Soviet Union and subsequent chaotic collapse, and is still in service with Russian Navy.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_salvage_ship_Kommuna

Amazing.  It’s the life-cycle equivalent of our B-52.

[Walks_At_Night]

Brand new LCS vessel heading into Mayport.   Guess that is a good thing as the first ones are headed to the scrap yard very soon.

https://twitter.com/WarshipCam/status/1284126792685694977

[Kidnostad3]

I watched "Greyhound" last night and thought it was the most authentic portrayal of anti-submarine warfare from the point of view of a destroyer crew that I have ever seen.  I have served aboard a DD but I know something about anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare having served aboard submarines.  (The fact is that the most effective anti submarine warfare platform is another submarine.)   I can personally attest to the validity of the tactics and counter-tactics used and to the bridge and communications protocols, i.e rudder orders, engine orders, communications with plot and and the Combat Information, bridge to bridge and other external communications, and communications between the officer of the deck and prescribed terminology and procedures in assuming and being relieved of the Deck and Con. (I also stood bridge watches on a submarine tender to which I was assigned in the latter part of my career.)   The CO's ship-handling was impeccable and I could easily visualize his maneuvering in relation to merchant ships in the convoy, other warships in the screen and U-boats in the wolf-pack by the rudder orders he gave and an occasional glimpse at radar repeaters.  The author/screenwriter really did his homework and no doubt was advised by a professional naval officer.


I was also most impressed with the authenticity of various components of the weapons, navigation, sensor and damage control systems some of which were still in use when I came into the Navy in the sixties.  The detail down to equipment "knobology" and unique idiosyncrasies was amazing.

One thing that was not authentic was the mocking radio transmissions from the U-boats. No submariner would risk visual or electronic detection for that purpose.  Despite that, I'd give the movie 5 Stars.

[Kidnostad3]

(Note corrections in italics in lines  2 and 6 of first paragraph.)

I watched "Greyhound" last night and thought it was the most authentic portrayal of anti-submarine warfare from the point of view of a destroyer crew that I have ever seen.  I have never served aboard a DD but I know something about anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare having served aboard submarines.  (The fact is that the most effective anti submarine warfare platform is another submarine.)   I can personally attest to the validity of the tactics and counter-tactics used and to the bridge and communications protocols, i.e rudder orders, engine orders, communications with plot and and the Combat Information Center, bridge to bridge and other external communications, and communications between the officer of the deck and prescribed terminology and procedures in assuming and being relieved of the Deck and Con. (I also stood bridge watches on a submarine tender to which I was assigned in the latter part of my career.)   The CO's ship-handling was impeccable and I could easily visualize his maneuvering in relation to merchant ships in the convoy, other warships in the screen and U-boats in the wolf-pack by the rudder orders he gave and an occasional glimpse at radar repeaters.  The author/screenwriter really did his homework and no doubt was advised by a professional naval officer.


I was also most impressed with the authenticity of various components of the weapons, navigation, sensor and damage control systems some of which were still in use when I came into the Navy in the sixties.  The detail down to equipment "knobology" and unique idiosyncrasies was amazing.

One thing that was not authentic was the mocking radio transmissions from the U-boats. No submariner would risk visual or electronic detection for that purpose.  Despite that, I'd give the movie 5 Stars.

[pate]

... having served aboard submarines...

Kid, that is good stuff!  I only have one question, rhetorical if you wish:

Do you still glow in the dark?

-p

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Salut!

[Kidnostad3]

Kid, that is good stuff!  I only have one question, rhetorical if you wish:

Do you still glow in the dark?

-p

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insert glow-worm pic here

Salut!

[Kidnostad3]

Yes but it’s not all bad.  I don’t have to turn the lights on when I get up during the night to urinate and  I’m a hoot at parties when I put a lampshade on my head and turn the lights off.

[SpaceMeowMaid]

Yes but it’s not all bad.  I don’t have to turn the lights on when I get up during the night to urinate and  I’m a hoot at parties when I put a lampshade on my head and turn the lights off.

I saw a real yellow submarine in St. Thomas in 1996. I admire submarine sailors. I sailed Deep Draft and international tug boats for years, but underwater. That's a seahorse of a different color. Man except that bitch Jizzlaine Maxwell.

[Kidnostad3]

Post Navy I worked for over 12 years as part of a team providing integrated logistics support for the AEGIS Combat System.  That’s the System installed in all Ticonderoga Class cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class destroyers that can simultaneously detect, track and destroy multiple incoming air, surface and subsurface threats and blow a lot of shit up down range.  When I left the project the phased array radar component was the SPY-1B which was hands down the most sensitive radar in existence.  To learn that SPY-6 is orders of magnitude (30x) more sensitive is mind blowing.  Didn’t see that coming.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-takes-delivery-more-171539626.html

[Jackstar]

I worked for over 12 years as part of a team providing integrated logistics support for the AEGIS Combat System.

I found lots of loopholes in this squid's code, I'm not gonna lie. Have him blown away at dawn immediately.

BTW, I would totally do it with a squidmaid. I wanna make that clear. I can neither nor deny that I already have, but I'm telling you, I'm telling you, I AM READY THIS INSTANT.

Company policy. Also, I love squid. Squids? Squidi? Squidae.

[Kidnostad3]

I found lots of loopholes in this squid's code, I'm not gonna lie. Have him blown away at dawn immediately.

BTW, I would totally do it with a squidmaid. I wanna make that clear. I can neither nor deny that I already have, but I'm telling you, I'm telling you, I AM READY THIS INSTANT.

Company policy. Also, I love squid. Squids? Squidi? Squidae.

WTF?  Tell Jackstar that he’s a big fat pussy for hiding behind your skirts.

[Jackstar]

WTF?  Tell Jackstar that he’s a big fat pussy

He's probably no more than four bong hits away from believing that he's actually Elvis now. I don't think you want to lead him on like that.

for hiding behind your skirts.

... hiding?

[Kidnostad3]

He's probably no more than four bong hits away from believing that he's actually Elvis now. I don't think you want to lead him on like that.

... hiding?

Judging by your blather, I’m thinking you’re four bong hits ahead of him. 

[Jackstar]

Judging by your blather, I’m thinking you’re four bong hits ahead of him.

Ahead of him? You are aware, you are talking about Elvis, right?

Wait right there, don't nobody move: I got to go hit the head.

Judging by your blather

I have a dream that my four little children future ex-wives will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin nor by the quality of the iridescence of their scales, but by the content of their posts on an obscure web forum dedicated to the radio broadcasting career of a deep cover psyop mastermind, now deceased and presently paying the price of what is clearly a deeply disturbing form of public penance.

Now, that's my area!! Elvis may have been cool, but he wasn't helping his mother embarrass the deserving deceased on stage, live and on record cool, now was he? I honestly wouldn't know, I didn't listen to all those remastered albums.

What I'm telling you is, I don't know if they make drugs this strong. I really don't. But I'll take half of what Elvis would have. HALF.

[Kidnostad3]

Ahead of him? You are aware, you are talking about Elvis, right?

Wait right there, don't nobody move: I got to go hit the head.


I have a dream that my four little children future ex-wives will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin nor by the quality of the iridescence of their scales, but by the content of their posts on an obscure web forum dedicated to the radio broadcasting career of a deep cover psyop mastermind, now deceased and presently paying the price of what is clearly a deeply disturbing form of public penance.

Now, that's my area!! Elvis may have been cool, but he wasn't helping his mother embarrass the deserving deceased on stage, live and on record cool, now was he? I honestly wouldn't know, I didn't listen to all those remastered albums.

What I'm telling you is, I don't know if they make drugs this strong. I really don't. But I'll take half of what Elvis would have. HALF.

So, Jackstar finally hooked up with a chick who knew what “DP” meant without his having to draw stick figures on her cocktail napkin.  Nice.  Just remember, never bite Jackstar on the tit because if you do he’s gonna call the police on your ass.  Jus’ sayin. 

[Jackstar]

hooked up with a chick who knew what “DP” meant

Dude, I told you this story! We were in the place by the thing with the stuff!

You don't have to make up a story to get me to tell you a story again.

Nevertheless... flattered. Horrified. Still flattered.

[Jackstar]

You don't have to make up a story to get me to tell you a story again.

She won't tell the story, she seems too embarrassed--I think it's an act. I'll give it a few minutes and then I'll tell her that if she doesn't, I'll make up a terrible joke about squids, jumbo shrimp, and her cocktail napkin collection.

This should work. It's already a pretty bad joke just so far--and it can get so much worse. Step Two is posting it on "The Internet," which of course just means right here, in some instantly forgotten thread. But she won't know that, if I just say "I'm gonna post a graphic description of your seasnatch on The Internet" while leering ominously, that's a threat she has to take seriously. She seems to not be aware of Reddit at all--I think it's an act.

She knows what's at stake here. So we probably won't be going to Step Three. Step Three is, I suddenly text the full joke in its fullest and most obscene glorty to her mother during Sunday dinner hour. Don't think I won't do it--this has all happened before, and if it were fully up to me, it would happen every Sunday.

So, I think I can persuade her on this here. Sure, I could just threaten to withhold sex and ensure compliance within an hour or so, but I'm getting old and time is running out, Harry Potter's remaining trips to the Chamber of Secrets are, in fact, limited. To say nothing of what even a moment's intentional celibacy would do to my brand value, let alone, my immensely fragile superego.

As you can see... things have progressed well past any hopes/fears of police involvement. I am however considering having them sell tickets to the public at $555,420 a seat.

And, no, I'm not on hold. I can't tell this story out loud, she'll actually kill me. And as soon as the search function on this site actually works, I'm a dead man.

Dude, I told you this story!

They could never replace me.

[SpaceMeowMaid]

Post Navy I worked for over 12 years as part of a team providing integrated logistics support for the AEGIS Combat System.  That’s the System installed in all Ticonderoga Class cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class destroyers that can simultaneously detect, track and destroy multiple incoming air, surface and subsurface threats and blow a lot of shit up down range.  When I left the project the phased array radar component was the SPY-1B which was hands down the most sensitive radar in existence.  To learn that SPY-6 is orders of magnitude (30x) more sensitive is mind blowing.  Didn’t see that coming.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-takes-delivery-more-171539626.html

Thank you for the work you have done. That is completely awesome! And appreciated. Did you by any chance spend time on Kwajalein?

[Kidnostad3]

Thank you for the work you have done. That is completely awesome! And appreciated. Did you by any chance spend time on Kwajalein?

No.  Never got down that way while in the Navy.  Closest I’ve come is Australia and New Zealand as a civilian.  Thanks for the thanks but serving in the Navy was my privilege. 

[GravitySucks]

No.  Never got down that way while in the Navy.  Closest I’ve come is Australia and New Zealand as a civilian.  Thanks for the thanks but serving in the Navy was my privilege.

The Navy Lieutenant Commander I worked for at HQ/SAC in the JSTPS must have really pissed someone off. His next assignment was the clean up/containment dome down that way.

[Kidnostad3]

The Navy Lieutenant Commander I worked for at HQ/SAC in the JSTPS must have really pissed someone off. His next assignment was the clean up/containment dome down that way.

Ouch!

[Jackstar]

the clean up/containment dome down that way

Ouch!

Is it... is it... is it a LEV? I bet that stings a little. In related news--I found a cocktail napkin today.

[GravitySucks]

Post Navy I worked for over 12 years as part of a team providing integrated logistics support for the AEGIS Combat System.  That’s the System installed in all Ticonderoga Class cruisers and Arleigh Burke Class destroyers that can simultaneously detect, track and destroy multiple incoming air, surface and subsurface threats and blow a lot of shit up down range.  When I left the project the phased array radar component was the SPY-1B which was hands down the most sensitive radar in existence.  To learn that SPY-6 is orders of magnitude (30x) more sensitive is mind blowing.  Didn’t see that coming.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-takes-delivery-more-171539626.html

https://twitter.com/usnavy/status/1285967898490658825

[SpaceMeowMaid]

No.  Never got down that way while in the Navy.  Closest I’ve come is Australia and New Zealand as a civilian.  Thanks for the thanks but serving in the Navy was my privilege. 

I was there on a civilian merchant tug boat! But the missile testing was better than fireworks and I couldn't help but be a little jealous of the Ballistics Specialists. Your resume reminds me of that place

[Kidnostad3]

Damn!  That was one horrendous fire involving 14 of 17 decks.  I’m thinking the ship has got to be a total write off. 

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-top-officer-reveals-182920337.html

[pate]

Damn!  That was one horrendous fire involving 14 of 17 decks.  I’m thinking the ship has got to be a total write off. 

https://news.yahoo.com/us-navy-top-officer-reveals-182920337.html

“The island is nearly gutted, as are sections of some of the decks below; some perhaps, nearly encompassing the 844 ft length and 106 ft beam of the ship ([Naval Sea System Command’s] detailed assessment is ongoing). Sections of the flight deck are warped/bulging.”

Two days before "Bastille Day" seems like odd timing.  Just looked up why the name;  apparently Ben Franklin.

Good read, especially the parts about the volunteers.  I would start filling out the forms for appropriate medals on this one, with special notice of any of the sailors from other ships and shore.  Part of the duty of course.  No fatalities?  I don't seem to recall hearing of any.

Salut!

pate/K_Dubb 2020
"We are going to fix this shit"

[Taaroa]

https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1286348734025146373