Posted on 12/25/2010 5:21:57 AM PST by Islander7
Thermite ,Spell check LOL pulled the "H"
I rode the Benjamin Stoddert (another Adams class, DDG-22) through a typhoon and I thought she did VERY VERY well. Cut through 30ft wave like they were barely there. And yes, it was a rough ride...we were order to use our belts to strap ourselves into our racks to prevent injury. We saw blue water out the portals on the mess deck.
That said, nobody was eating or sleeping anyway. Even the saltiest of sailors were sick.
My assessment is based on the fact I was accustomed to flat-bottom amphibs at the time. Ever see 2,000 Marines sea-sick at the same time? It's a mess like you would not believe.
The Adams class wasn’t too bad, been through 30 ft seas on the ... Bennie Stoddert myself. Any destroyer sized ship is going to rock and roll... a lot!! A good OOD sure helps a lot. As long as she keeps the stacks pointing up in the end it’s all good. Sure did spend a lot of time talking to God sometimes though.
Jack
The good ol Bennie Sweat:)
Considering they’ve started retiring and scrapping Ticonderoga cruisers, I don’t think we’re going to see a refund.
“Ever see 2,000 Marines sea-sick at the same time? “ That’s certainly a vivid image. I’ve had the same experience except I saw blue water from the bridge to starboard and nothing but shy to port. That was not in a storm. The conn got crossways to the seas. A gunner’s mate noticed the inclinomter coming back to 45 degrees on that roll. When the ship heeled over on her side I was wondering if she was coming back up. She didn’t seem to be in a hurry.
In rough weather we often had waves breaking over the signal bridge.
Well, the coed crew will have plenty of time to have fun in the port, so there is an upside after all.
Could you have done that now with the petite crew members that I have seen on so many of these naval vessels?
I have seen a lot of termites but I never would have suspected them of using aluminum.
“I have seen a lot of termites but I never would have suspected them of using aluminum.”
Enough IT WAS A TYPO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was accustomed to flat-bottom amphibs at the time. Ever see 2,000 Marines sea-sick at the same time? It’s a mess like you would not believe.
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Did an APA(45) from 57-60.
We carried about 1800 Marines, with many (and some crew members) exercising their right to an empty stomach. Course didn’t take much of a storm, usually rough seas did the job. Used to make it a ‘habit’ of serving ‘greasy’ food when troops embarked.
Then an LST(1157) 60-62.
Both ‘exciting’, fun rides in a typhoon...the LST would rock & roll in a strong breakwater.
On the T (1157) vividly remember the bow would come up out of the water then ‘slap’ back down and start a ‘header’. About that time the stern would be out of the water with the screws squealing, this would go on for a long while. Don’t really remember strapping into racks but would wear a seat belt while sitting a circuit...
Fun times, actually enjoyed it very much....
“Ran aground” is proper naval parlance.
Why are we fixing the broken ones anyway?
Here we go again. The 911 nutjobs will get all over this post
Thas OK, I tout youz wuz from Brooklyn.
On the USS Skinny Titty (Schenectady) LST-1185 for a little while back in the mid-790’s. Saw the same thing my dad talked about during rides on the earlier LST classes during the Korean War.
Fun seeing the whole ship bend up and down when you’re inside the cargo deck during heavy seas. Front goes up, middle goes down, stern goes up; middle goes up, bow goes down, stern goes down ..... Twists as she rocks too..
Got royally seasick lifting ether-filled 3-inch WWII era AA shells up high in the ready reserve ammo room off Catalina Island for gunnery practice in 1975 on the LST-1185. 4 hours rocking back and forth in the dark while breathing ether, gun fumes, and vomit? (Yeah - They were still using WWII-packed gun shells in 75. And the shell casings were really filled with gas. )
Can’t see that on a sub - only indication below when the sub rocks is the oscillating up and down levels of the two steam generators as she rolls at periscope depth.
“Here we go again. The 911 nutjobs will get all over this post”
LMAO inside job.
“Thas OK, I tout youz wuz from Brooklyn.”
LOL I should have said more.
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