Posted on 07/28/2012 7:24:10 PM PDT by moonshot925
AVONDALE, La. — The USS Somerset — the last of three Navy ships named for 9/11 attack sites — was christened Saturday in honor of the passengers and crew of the plane that crashed before terrorists could reach their intended target.
Passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 stormed the cockpit and thwarted an attack on Washington, but the plane crashed in Somerset County, Pa., killing all 40 passengers and crew members.
“The men and women of Flight 93 ... thought they were going to San Francisco to work, to play, to learn; to live their lives in peace while others guarded them,” said Navy Rear Adm. David Lewis. “Instead they found themselves in a war, on the front lines, in the opening battle. It was a new kind of war, one with new rules, maybe no rules at all. They had no preparation, no training, no guidance.
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Ships Weapons:
2 - Mk 31 Mod 1 RAM Guided Missile Weapon System
2 - Mk 46 Mod 1 30mm Gun (Ship version of Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Gun)
4 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/navy/amphibious/lpd17.html
I think the 30 mm canons should take care of Imadinnerjackets boats
Must be a file photo.
This is the basic armament for an LPD.
2 - Mk 31 Mod 1 RAM Guided Missile Weapon System
2 - Mk 46 Mod 1 30mm Gun (Ship version of Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Gun)
4 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
Consider also that these guys are usually hanging around with a carrier battle group and all the associated bells and whistles.
Now we’re talking!
4 50 bmg mouse guns!
I would think the .50 caliber machine guns could do that job.
There would also be all the small arms in the armory.
Yep.
Here is a picture of Somerset.
you bet!
That **** is just plain wrong. :(
I drive through his old district every time I visit my childhood home.
I always saluted ol john with one finger when I drove through
What defenses does she have? I don’t see much. One RFM battery and two CWIS.
We better fit something else there pretty damn quick.
Interesting to note...HMS Somerset was the British ship of the line that Paul Revere had to row past in order to spread the alarm to Lexington and Concord. No connection, obviously...but there it is.
They seem to have it covered.
Nice to see ‘’Ma Deuce’’ is still going strong. There are legions of dirt bags from Nazis to jihadis taking a permanent dirt nap courtesy of the M2 .05 Browning Heavy Caliber Machine. Long may she shoot, straight and true.
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