Boats
 

Boats, in this case bigada boats. Where's our carriers. They don't wear a red and white striped shirt to pick they out of the vast ocean.

Wherever trouble is, we'll be there! ...in about two weeks

No carriers in/around the sandbox?:eyebrow:

The Navy promised one will be there soon... with a wistful postscript of, if we only had a dozen more of these 10 Billion dollar boats.

Our first carrier the USS Langley, a 13,000 ton converted battleship in 1927, which was it's 7th year in service. Notice the lack of super structure above deck and the lack of side walls on the hangar deck.
Our second carrier, the USS Lexington built in 1927, had the Conning Tower superstructure typical of carriers ever since. But armored hanger deck walls and steel flight decks didn't come until WW II.

The Langley was a collier.

Bruce's comment got me looking for pictures of the hangars in modern carriers. And I came upon this one. Does anyone know what the different colored shirts mean in this photo of an "all hands" meeting in a hangar 3 years ago? You've got purple, green, red, blue, and camo. Hi Res picture here.
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The different colors represent different jobs on the flight deck.
Purple Fuel
Red Ordinance
Green Catapults and Arresting Gear
I Think

Right, my bad. The 2nd and 3rd carriers, Lexington and Saratoga, were built on battle cruiser hulls. :thumbsup:

If that ain't correct it's damn close.

I think the AirBoss wears yellow. Maybe.





ETA: Very good explainer here.

From that link not everyone with the same color shirt has the same duties or area of responsibility, like I figured they would. The colors seem to separate by authority and areas of expertise. The yellow shirt yells, hey blue shirt get away from the bombs and fuel. :haha:

I guess a Jet-Ski is a boat. :D

Testing ability of aircraft against ships, with the new 2,000lb bombs.

If you own a boat you should have a garage for it. ;)

I wonder how they Planned to cool the motor over the road? Or how the boat controls would hook to the car systems like steering and brakes. Designers like Stevens fan the flames of desire, then dumps reality on the engineers... and yes, the bean counters.

Too many moving parts. 'Tis not boatswains mate proof.

What do you do with the car part at the boat ramp once the boat's been launched? Presumably taking with it the "over the road" (and up the ramp and into the parking lot) power plant (but leaving the winch...)?

Boat ramp? This ain't no city slicker toy, this is to go where no man has built a ramp before, where men are men and ramps are vacant. You have to see the Big Picture, otherwise you can't fit all the advertising copy in.

She looks like the Royal Clipper.
Here's her insides.
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All that opulence just a tiny hole away from being the fanciest submarine in the ocean. :eek:
Holy shit, 56,000 square feet of sail.

Speaking of submarines, this is close...

How much money did we sink into killing Castro? Now he's playing 2nd base for the Yankees.

They say it's small and "quiet." I wonder what it used for propulsion. With a range of 110 miles, I'd assume a gasoline or diesel engine. And I don't think of either of those as being "quiet."

According to this PDF, it was gasoline powered and was very dangerous because the fumes would settle in the bottom of the boat.

That's probably 1950s 'quiet'. As in 'quiet to the ear'. It would probably be noticed from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off by a modern sub's listening equipment.

Gondolas are for tourists and wimps.
But the flimsy little wires on the rudders don't look too safe. :eyebrow:

Battleship...

We wanted no part of the war in Europe, but after a U-Boat sunk the Lusitania president Wilson told Germany knock it off, no more passenger ships or we'd come over there. Germany complied until the Russians collapsed, then the Germans said you're not the boss of me, figuring the could beat England and the U-Boats would keep the US from coming to the fight. That's why this U-Boat was in NY.

In the interest of full disclosure, Wilson did want a war and the Lusitania was carrying munitions.

Yes Wilson did, but 70% of the country did not. Strange as it may seem, back then the peoples wishes were honored by politicians.
Killing 1100 civilians is not justified over a few bullets... ok, 170 tons of bullets.

Looks like US industrial centers about the same time... and China now.

Kind of boatish so I'll sick it here, although it could go in WTF as well.

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As far as desirability of that post, it's right up there with Kamikaze Pilot, and bomb vest carrier. :rolleyes:

That's cool, you can have your little dinghy transported to safer waters, and not risk ocean travel. They must have divers setting up some kind of cribbing to cradle the boats when the water's pumped out. Something to keep them from moving in rough weather.

I think they use cases of freshly picked prunes.

:headshake That would make them too salty.

Smooth sailing...

Smooth seas do not make strong sailors.

6 days do not a week make.

Four funnel ships look easy to roll over.

funnel cakes as well

Vincent boats? Not only your boat, but your little lawnmower too. Muhahahaha.

Washington bids farewell to an old destroyer

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So long USS Barry (DD-933), we hardly knew ye.

It's too bad we're losing her. You could spend an overnight on her, and while I never did, our Boy Scout troop spent one or two nights on board over the years.

That would've been cool, especially for a kid.

I thought they were just renaming it the USS Barack.

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For the boats, cleaning the Grand Canal. Bet that smells wonderful. :greenface

Everybody gets a yacht...

Kayak completes solo voyage from Australia to New Zealand...

...sans kayaker.

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In days of old when a sailor was keelhauled, he would be tied to ropes going under the ship and dragged from one side to the other. Fast enough so he might be able to hold his breath, but they dragged him across those barnacles, squirts, and mussels. :thepain:

But hey, no worries. :rolleyes:

The fleet...

At 790 ft long, with an 88 ft beam and 32,000 GRT, she was the biggest ship in the world for 5 years.
Compared to today's 1188 ft long, 217 ft beam, 227,000 ton monsters, that's tiny.

When you absolutely, positively, want to get there quickly...
but absolutely, positively, don't have to get there.