And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I'm sure some Navy guy out there will help us understand what is going on here, a line of destroyers at (apparently) full speed in a line, going past the ship they are there to protect. Close to port in safe waters, and the screen is peeling off after a long tour at sea?
Air Power/Sea Power Demonstration Day. We couldn't call them Air Shows. Invite Foreign Dignitaries/VIPs aboard for the day and show the flag. This might also be part of a Tiger Cruise where family members of the various ships crews are invited to sail aboard for the last leg home from deployment and they are showing off to them. All great fun, and a great morale booster. Especially fun if they clear the area and fire the Phalanx Antiaircraft System. On on a calmer day the DDG would spool up the turbines as it exited and create a rooster tail almost as high as the ship. Very impressive.
I suspect that ScottJ has called the circumstance correctly. A carrier battle group consists of many different types of ships and they typically surround the carrier, to provide antisubmarine and antiaircraft protection, to act as plane guards, etc., (rescuing aircrew who have to leave an airplane that stops flying). A carrier has multiple huge propellers and bodacious horsepower, and I don’t think you’d want to sail too close astern. I don’t think your own screws would be able to get a very good grip in all that disturbed water. These are not heavy seas. The smaller ship is simply riding up one side of a swell and plunging down the other.
P.S. On my first midshipman cruise we docked at Powell River, and tied up next to HMCS Kootenay. She had a lot of volume in her forward hull (which would have mitigated some of the plunging we see here), and the edges of her decks were rounded to more effectively shed water, and prevent ice from accumulating. Kootenay was Restigouche-class, but see here for better explanation of her hull: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Laurent-class_destroyer.
I'm sure some Navy guy out there will help us understand what is going on here, a line of destroyers at (apparently) full speed in a line, going past the ship they are there to protect. Close to port in safe waters, and the screen is peeling off after a long tour at sea?
ReplyDeleteAh, dont worry little destroyer, any ship can be a submarine once.
ReplyDeleteHaze Grey and Under...water?
ReplyDeleteSo if the seas were that heavy, why not follow in the carrier's wake?
ReplyDeleteand miss a great photo-op?! Anyway, short of a replenishment date, cooks & bakers took advantage and called light rations day.
ReplyDeleteAir Power/Sea Power Demonstration Day. We couldn't call them Air Shows. Invite Foreign Dignitaries/VIPs aboard for the day and show the flag. This might also be part of a Tiger Cruise where family members of the various ships crews are invited to sail aboard for the last leg home from deployment and they are showing off to them. All great fun, and a great morale booster. Especially fun if they clear the area and fire the Phalanx Antiaircraft System. On on a calmer day the DDG would spool up the turbines as it exited and create a rooster tail almost as high as the ship. Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that ScottJ has called the circumstance correctly. A carrier battle group consists of many different types of ships and they typically surround the carrier, to provide antisubmarine and antiaircraft protection, to act as plane guards, etc., (rescuing aircrew who have to leave an airplane that stops flying). A carrier has multiple huge propellers and bodacious horsepower, and I don’t think you’d want to sail too close astern. I don’t think your own screws would be able to get a very good grip in all that disturbed water. These are not heavy seas. The smaller ship is simply riding up one side of a swell and plunging down the other.
ReplyDeleteLooks to be a gaggle of tourists on the carrier flight deck.
ReplyDeleteP.S. On my first midshipman cruise we docked at Powell River, and tied up next to HMCS Kootenay. She had a lot of volume in her forward hull (which would have mitigated some of the plunging we see here), and the edges of her decks were rounded to more effectively shed water, and prevent ice from accumulating. Kootenay was Restigouche-class, but see here for better explanation of her hull: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Laurent-class_destroyer.
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