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Navy photos of Submarine USS San Francisco in Dry Dock (you won't believe the extent of damage!)
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Posted on 01/27/2005 12:42:24 PM PST by Boot Hill
The amount of damage is simply staggering!
That this boat ever made it back to port is a tribute to its designers, builders, and especially to the crew and captain. How does America keep finding men like these?
High resolution version here
High resolution version here
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: grounding; guam; navy; ssn711; submarine; usssanfrancisco
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To: Calpernia
Looks like it didn't hit it head on but at an angle.
To: Darkwolf377
Gonna need more nose work than Michael Jackson. It'll cost less to set this sub right than MJ's nose, too.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:51:04 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Boot Hill
To: xrp
I wonder if the sub would be considered a total loss Likely
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:51:28 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:51:53 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(" It is not true that life is one damn thing after another-it's one damn thing over and over." ESV)
To: Boot Hill
No wonder there were so many head injuries and contusions, it must have relly thrown people on impact. Makes me wonder if certain people "driving" and important to navigation are harnessed in.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:51:54 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Calpernia; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Remarkable story and pictures!
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:52:40 PM PST
by
blackie
To: Boot Hill
How did they get home like that!
PS, slap me silly and call me Bertha, but does anyone have the link to the story about what happened??
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:53:02 PM PST
by
najida
(Life is too short not to....Oh heck, life is just too dang short.)
To: submarinerswife
submarinerswife, look at this.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:53:04 PM PST
by
Arrowhead1952
(.drawkcab si enilgat yM !!PLEH)
To: Boot Hill
Amazing they got the Boat back home!
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:53:25 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
To: WildTurkey
About half way between those two people you will see the walkway go up and over a speedbump.
That speedbump was not in the original design!
That's the buckling.
To: Boot Hill
Wow. Looking at the amount of damage on that ship, one can only be amazed.
Obviously, the Navy has got to investigate the captain to ensure that he didn't screw up at all. Since the mountain is not on their charts, I think he'll probably be cleared if there is no way he could be blamed for this. If the Navy can find that he was in no way to blame for the sub hitting the mountain, the very fact that he got it back is a testament to his seamanship, and that of his crew. If he made no mistake in the accident, than getting it back to port was nothing short of heroic and he deserves a medal.
Wow.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:53:52 PM PST
by
jude24
("To go against conscience is neither right nor safe." - Martin Luther)
To: Calpernia
I'll proudly say my elder son will be on one of these before the year is out as a Nuke. God Bless our Military.
To: Boot Hill
Amazing pics.
I haven't heard too much about this story. How did the sub hit the underwater mountain? Is the captain facing charges?
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:54:36 PM PST
by
Martin Tell
(Red States Rule)
To: Bahbah
Nope it was the engineers and the people who built it was the captain that ran it into a mountain =^)
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:54:36 PM PST
by
Tempest
(Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
To: Boot Hill
Damn, the tarp did that much damage?
Just kidding. Prayers for the families of the lost crewmen and the injured.
To: IonImplantGuru
Ping...really looks frightening to me.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:55:11 PM PST
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: lafroste
The Navy reported the depth as 525 feet.
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:55:15 PM PST
by
Boot Hill
(How do you verbalize a noun?)
To: RightWhale
Why?..they're all modular construction....just cut off the nose section..add a new one..
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:55:45 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: Boot Hill
....Looks like it ran into the Grand Canyon?
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posted on
01/27/2005 12:55:51 PM PST
by
maestro
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