Posted on 12/15/2016 6:14:07 AM PST by artichokegrower
The United States Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced destroyer USS Zumwalt arrived at her new homeport in San Diego last Thursday following a three-month journey from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.
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Clipper ships in the 1850s used to do it in 90 days but hey great pictures anyway.
The “State of the Art” rust bucket broke down in Panama on its transit from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Anybody catch the name of the tug? I’m thinkin’ if ain’t under warranty, someone should be getting a refund.
$800,000 a round for the new guns, It has broken down at least twice and I expect it it to expensive to drive. I wonder what Arlie Burke would have to say?
If we went to war...how many of those puppies could we afford to lose..??
$3.96 billion (excluding R&D costs).... That’s a lot of scratch.....
That’s true, but that was straight sailing. They didn’t have to do post-yard shake-down cruises, sea quals, and INSURV (inspection for readiness, including crew readiness)in Gitmo. Ships coming out of the yards have to jump through many hoops to be considered fit for combat (I know, what is the Zumwalt’s excuse).
The number of the tug #10 which is a bad sign.
That’s a crazy looking sub.
Hmmm. I think I read that only 3 are being built so we probably can’t afford to lose any one of them. Of course if the other 2 are as reliable as this one they’ll be in drydock someplace.
Great pictures - thanks for posting. I love that bridge - used to cost a pretty penny in the ‘70’s for toll - no idea what it is today. Love San Diego period! Oh! and the ship is fine too! Love the name!
Korax: [the tribbles squeal as he pours some of his drink into Cyrano Jones’ glass] The Earthers like those fuzzy things. Don’t they?
Cyrano Jones: [accepts drink, laughs nervously] Oh, yes.
Korax: Well, frankly, I never liked Earthers. They remind me of Regulan bloodworms.
[the Klingons laugh]
Chekov: That cossack!
Scott: Easy, lad. You ought to be more forgiving.
Korax: Though... I just remembered. There is one Earth man who doesn’t remind me of a Regulan bloodworm. That’s Kirk. A Regulan bloodworm is soft, and shapeless. But Kirk isn’t soft. Kirk may be a swaggering, overbearing, tin-plated dictator with delusions of godhood. But he’s not soft.
Scott: [as Chekov gets up] Take it easy, lad. Everybody is entitled to an opinion.
[Chekov sits down]
Korax: That’s right. And if I think that Kirk is a Denebian slime devil, well, that’s my opinion, too.
Scott: [as Chekov gets up again] Don’t do it, mister, and that’s an order.
Chekov: But you heard what he called the Captain!
Scott: Forget it. It’s not worth fighting for. We’re big enough to take a few insults.
[swaps Chekov’s empty glass with another]
Scott: Now, drink your drink.
[Chekov sits down and obliges]
Korax: Of course, I’d say that Captain Kirk deserves his ship. We like the Zumwalt. We, we really do! That sagging, old rust bucket is designed like a garbage scow.
[Scotty’s ears perk up]
Korax: Half the quadrant knows it; that’s why they’re learning to speak Klingoni!
Chekov: [outraged] Mr. Scott!
Scott: [to Korax] Laddie... don’t ya think you should... rephrase that?
Korax: [in Scottish brogue] You’re right. I should.
Korax: [normal voice] I didn’t mean to say that the Zumwalt should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away AS garbage!
[Korax laughs. Scotty stands up, decks him, and a brawl ensues]
The guns are useless. They are not going to make the ammo for them anymore.
They are going to have to a more standard weapon.
Come back for a visit - no longer a toll bridge !
Hate to date myself but I can remember riding the Coronado Ferry before the bridge.
Well, in that case, glad you are around to tell the tale :) !
The clipper ships sailed around ‘The Horn’ too.
IIRC they averaged 18 knots!!
And a teeny crew of 142. That’ll make damage control fun, especially when they take a hit and lose 25-30 dead or wounded. The USS Cole had about 290.
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