The latest update I heard is that she was towed into Pearl Harbor for damage assessment. That was last week.
Posted on 03/01/2014 3:53:34 PM PST by GATOR NAVY
Good luck to them. I wouldn’t want to be in high seas with no ability to maneuver.
When I was on CTF 76 staff in the mid-70s, we were embarked in the USS Juneau enroute to Korea for an exercise. We were steaming off the west coast of Japan when the contaminated fuels tank slopped some fuel out the overflow vent, which was in the main engine room. The vent was supposed to direct the fuel into the bilges, but somehow, the vent ended up right over the number one engine. And when it vented fuel, the fuel spilled onto the engine and ignited.
We were dead in the water, with smoke throughout the entire ship, before they got the ventilators shut down.
Instead of going to Korea for the planned exercise, the Juneau had to go to Sasebo for emergency repairs.
Prayers and best wishes to our comrades in the Canadian Navy.
Wow, I didn’t know Canada still had a navy
//kidding
Well, I wasn't too far off
As of 2012 Canada’s navy operates 15 surface combatants
Makes sense to transport family if there is available space. During the Cuban Missile Crisis my ship was tasked with evacuating some military dependents and civilian contractors from GTMO. That's a bit different from a change of assignment, though.
44 years old is not really all that old for a ship, particularly a supply ship. What’s really sad is that the Canadian Air Force is still flying Sea King helicopters that are even older than this.
My father did a few stints on a couple of these (Protecteur, Provider, Preserver) ships over the years, although I can’t remember for sure exactly which one. Preserver was retired some time ago, IIRC.
The latest update I heard is that she was towed into Pearl Harbor for damage assessment. That was last week.
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