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Reply #945 on: December 12, 2019, 12:30:21 PM
Better sale that to China too.... quick!   :worried:

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Reply #946 on: December 12, 2019, 12:45:58 PM
Crap-  :(

I hope they manage to find the missing person and keep injuries to a minimum.

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Reply #947 on: December 12, 2019, 02:45:45 PM
latest report admits this was started by a welder's torch.
This is pretty common in a shipyard, doing welding in very confined spaces.
However, in the west, at least, the shipyard has a well trained fire fighting organization for just such events.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #948 on: December 12, 2019, 02:58:21 PM
The Russians have never been great about fire prevention/control.

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Reply #949 on: December 12, 2019, 09:32:54 PM

Royal Navy battleships in heavy seas.


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Reply #950 on: December 13, 2019, 06:51:32 AM
Big of a sea running.

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Reply #951 on: December 15, 2019, 05:45:16 PM
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Australian carrier group consisting of anti-submarine aircraft carrier R21 Melbourne and destroyers D08 Vendetta and D04 Voyager , 1959



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Reply #952 on: December 15, 2019, 05:46:40 PM
Workers repair damage to USS North Carolina caused by an IJN Long Lance torpedo fired by submarine I-19 on September 15, 1942. The hole measured 32 by 18 feet.



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Reply #953 on: December 17, 2019, 07:34:34 PM
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HMS Glory operating with the British Pacific Fleet, August 1945



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Reply #954 on: December 17, 2019, 09:58:47 PM
On September 27, 1941, Nelson was hit by an Italian torpedo during an air attack forcing it to return to Britain for repairs.

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Reply #955 on: December 18, 2019, 02:15:24 PM
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HMS Renown off Scapa Flow, Aug 14, 1943



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Reply #956 on: December 18, 2019, 02:49:28 PM
Good looking ship!

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Reply #957 on: December 18, 2019, 07:49:03 PM
Yes! I'd buy her a drink and not even care if she threw it back in my face.

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Reply #958 on: December 18, 2019, 08:21:17 PM


 :2funny:

That "elite company" comment is kind of funny. I mean, come on. The J-15 isn't that great an air superiority fighter, right? And China has bubkus when it comes to carrier operations experience. It's certainly eyebrow-raising, but...

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Reply #959 on: December 18, 2019, 11:21:54 PM
President Xi reminds me of a constipated Jackie Chan.

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