Visiting on board Naval Ships.....

[RAL's_pal?]

Reading some of these strings brings to mind a question.....

How many ships have you been on, visited, etc., and how young/old were you, or what year?


My dad took me out to his ship when I was 8 years old. It was a can (still exists) and we had to take a launch out to it because it was moored out in the bay. I was given a tour of the ship and remembered how scary the vertical ladder was to the fireroom. We later had lunch in the Chief's Mess. About 19 years later the ship came into the Naval Station and we went back on board to look around, but by then the ladder to the fireroom was no longer scary.

[SnowLeopard]

Oh, Gee, count them all?

Well, in no particular order: an Adams DDG when I was in junior high;a time or two to the La Salle, same time period; a diesal sub, probably a Guppy when I was younger than that; adult years: fleet tugs, YP's, patrol boats, research trawlers, frigates, DD, DDG, LST, LSD, an SSN somewhere along the line .......................

................................ but you know, I don't think I've ever been on a carrier.

Little thing on the SSN. I got momentarily lost on it but then I remembered the diagrams I had memorized over the years, reoriented myself, and went on my way.
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(Major Amasova reaches forward on the control panel and ejects a mine, destroying their chasers. "How did you know about that?"--007
"I stole the plans to this car (sub) two years ago."--Anya Amasova, (wtte), "The Spy Who Loved Me")

[AviramDj]

2 usa carriers, 3 types of british war ships, and 80% of the israeli navy ships . I was almost on each and every israeli ship . what i did there i cant tell .

Dj and your nationality is? Israeli?

[Dreadnought]

Ok this may take awhile I must compile a list...

[RAL's_pal?]

Hmm, I thought many more members of this board had visited museum ships.... What about you, HatTopper, you must have put some footprints across some of these gray beasts at one time or another???

[Sandman]

Has anyone visited or worked on a US warship, and then seen a Russian warship of the same catagory? I have heard the Russian ships have poor welding, rough workmanship. I am interested in the CIC as well. I have seen pictures inside an AEGIS warship, and DAMN!!! That thing is awesome!!! Star Trek, and Hollweird could not do a more impressive command center! How do Russian CICs compare?

[TopHatter]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

Hmm, I thought many more members of this board had visited museum ships.... What about you, HatTopper, you must have put some footprints across some of these gray beasts at one time or another???

Here's a quick list

1 battleship, 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer, 2 submarines, 1 Victory-ship, 1 Kriegsmarine submarine:

USS Alabama
USS Intrepid
USS Growler
USS Edson
USS Drum
SS American Victory
U-505

[Dreadnought]

Ok my list:

CV
JFK (CV-67) Philadelphia 1990's mothballed
Forrestal (CV-59) Philadelphia 1990's mothballed
Saratoga (CV-60) Philadelphia 1990's mothballed
Shangri La (CV-38) Philadelphia 197- 1980 mothballed
America (CV-66) Philadelphia 1990's mothballed

BB
Iowa (BB-61) Philadelphia 1978 Mothballed
New Jersey (BB-62) Philadelphia / New Jersey 1967 mothballed (first time ) Weekly basis now
Wisconsin (BB-64) Philadelphia 1978 Mothballed

DD
Fiske DD-842 Philadelphia mothballed 1979
Johnston DD-821 Philadelphia mothballed 1979

CA
Des Moines (CA-132) August 2006 Philadelphia mothballed

ACR
Olympia (CA-15) 1978 Philadelphia on display

Liberty Ship
USS John W Brown "Brownie" August 2005 Philadelphia on display

Sail
CA Thayer 1998 San Francisco
Kalmar Nykel 2002 Delaware

Subs
Becuna (SS-319) Philadelphia on display 1981


Want list...lol

BB
Alabama
North Carolina
Massuchusettes
Missouri
Texas

DD
Farragut (Not likely since brand spankin new)
Joseph P. Kennedy

CV
Kittyhawk
Intrepid
Ronald Reagan

Any floating/museumed
PT Boat.

Crusier
Salem

[Dreadnought]

Originally Posted by Sandman

Has anyone visited or worked on a US warship, and then seen a Russian warship of the same catagory? I have heard the Russian ships have poor welding, rough workmanship. I am interested in the CIC as well. I have seen pictures inside an AEGIS warship, and DAMN!!! That thing is awesome!!! Star Trek, and Hollweird could not do a more impressive command center! How do Russian CICs compare?

Cant say that I ever have. I have been in a few CIC's and a few CEC's though.

[glyn]

[quote=Sandman;269778]Has anyone visited or worked on a US warship, and then seen a Russian warship of the same catagory? I have heard the Russian ships have poor welding, rough workmanship.


There has been a great deal of propaganda by the west claiming that Soviet (now read Russian) equipments are inferior in concept, design and manufacture.
It is true that they don't add frippery or creature comfort as a close look of the wartime T-34 tank will show, but in nearly every case what 'they' had was closely comparable to what we had - except their numbers were greater than ours. In several fields they have on occasion led the world, so much credit must be due to them, in all fairness.

[AviramDj]

im a low life liar.
And yes im israeli . i thought my posts clearly show that :-)

Originally Posted by AviramDj

im a low life liar.
And yes im israeli . i thought my posts clearly show that :-)

lol i asked you because the name aviram seems a lot indian to me, avi, avik , avy etc indian names :D

well i havent seen any ships yet just a college kid , hopefully my aim will take me there so that i'll be able to cruise the planet with star cruisers.oh yes luxury cruisers .

i'm looking forward to see some In boats in goa maybe this year .. lets see if luck permits.

[RustyBattleship]

Welllll, since I worked for the Navy for 39 years, I have been aboard quite a few ships. All kinds of ships from Attack Carriers, through all four Iowa class Battleships, Heavy Cruisers and on down to Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts and even wood hulled Mine Sweepers.

So it would be a waste of all our times for me to try to list each and every individual ship. Actually the only "Museum" ships I have been on was the USS Sawfish, a WW II sub we used to have at the Naval Station until it was replaced by the USS Roncador, an LST converted into a museum display ship berthed in the Milwaukee River next to Gimble's Department Store, the Lane Victory that has been totally restored and takes trips out to Catalina Island 2 or 3 times a year, and 3 of the 4 Iowas for specific conversion into museum ships (they're using my designs when I was registered as Dreadnaught Consulting).

Oh, and the Berkley, a San Francisco Ferry Boat now in San Diego.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by RustyBattleship

So it would be a waste of all our times for me to try to list each and every individual ship.

Probable translation..... " I can't remember all their names "

When I was going down to San Diego to do 1 or 2 day jobs, sometimes I had to cross a few ships to get to the one I had the work on. I'd still check on their names out of curiosity.