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Reply #285 on: January 10, 2019, 08:21:21 PM
I got to go on the CVN 78 (USS Ford) today.  After my meeting, I walked around the ship a bit.  I saw the AAG (advanced arresting gear) and a few other systems, walked up to the bridge, and walked around the flight deck.

Docked across the pier from the Ford was the Enterprise.  Sort of sad to see it empty and partially stripped.  In with the new, out with the old, I guess.

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Reply #286 on: January 10, 2019, 08:47:45 PM
I got to go on the CVN 78 (USS Ford) today.  After my meeting, I walked around the ship a bit.  I saw the AAG (advanced arresting gear) and a few other systems, walked up to the bridge, and walked around the flight deck.

Docked across the pier from the Ford was the Enterprise.  Sort of sad to see it empty and partially stripped.  In with the new, out with the old, I guess.

very cool!  :bigthumb:

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Reply #287 on: January 11, 2019, 08:18:24 AM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.


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Reply #288 on: January 18, 2019, 07:07:58 AM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.


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Reply #289 on: January 20, 2019, 09:26:42 AM

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"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 #290 on: January 21, 2019, 07:20:29 AM
Cutting edge ASW in World War I.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"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 #291 on: January 21, 2019, 08:08:03 AM
^Cool.

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Reply #292 on: January 24, 2019, 07:02:42 AM
Fifth Battle Squadron at sea.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"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 #293 on: January 25, 2019, 02:57:20 PM
Is EMRG electro-magnetic gun tech? Wasn't the US Navy doing that, but decided to abandon it?

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Reply #294 on: January 25, 2019, 03:22:13 PM
They couldn't see what the attraction was.

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Reply #295 on: January 25, 2019, 07:31:36 PM
It can be a bit polarizing.

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Reply #296 on: January 25, 2019, 08:26:18 PM

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Reply #297 on: January 26, 2019, 12:45:54 PM
https://www.facebook.com/HistoryBites/videos/288623028678544/?t=31

Declared to be the only color footage taken of Pearl Harbor attack.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"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 #298 on: January 29, 2019, 12:28:00 PM

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Reply #299 on: January 29, 2019, 07:40:42 PM
Great article Mirth!  :bigthumb:

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