She was a beauty: 
Posted on 05/21/2017 8:08:16 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Commissioned: 20 September 1986.
She was a beauty:
Your eyes are better than mine if you spotted them on the stern.
I would have guessed amidship, with a set on each side, but I found a decent picture of the ship from the side, and I didn’t spot them there.
Does that replace baling wire or duct tape??
True. Drop the Bunker Hill into any large WW2 naval battle and she would come out on top after completely destroying the enemy.
Never served in a Tico, but a couple of Sprus, which is basically the same hull. My basic gripe is that there is just not enough crew to fight the ship AND conduct damage control. Neither class has seen sustained combat, so no data to show survivability. Automat6ion is nice, but takes bodies to fix things, and they cost too much to consider them disposable. Just MNSHO.
Not bailing wire, but GT is far better (stronger, stickier) than DT, though at 8.50 - 9.00 for 35yds it is more expensive.
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