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Posted on 01/31/2017 3:15:45 AM PST by C19fan
I rode a few gators back in the day in formation crossing stormy seas. It always amazed me watching the Barnstable County LSTs rising up and plunging down, almost disappearing under the spray. And the ironic thing was that they had very “long legs” being diesel ships, and because they could stay at sea for months, they were also used for ELINT platforms places like the Bering Sea, with some spooks and spook containers brought on board. Geez, I always thought that would be some hellacious duty, driving in “gator squares” for weeks at a time in rough seas in an LST....
This will bring back memories for any sailors who experienced a storm at sea in small boys. The weather decks are secured, rig for heavy rolls.
“Navy Ships in Storms”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRizSDoOJa0
This might be true, but sailors as far back as the 16th century understood that taking a (far) northern Atlantic passage in the winter was a fool’s errand.
The most common and fastest (sailing) route across the Atlantic from Europe and western Africa is south of the northern horse latitude and west from the Cape Verde islands. Thousands of sailing vessels make this trek every year. That’s not to say they couldn’t come across the northern Atlantic, but combined with frigid temperatures and unfavorable easterly weather conditions, it’s not often something undertaken except by the largest oceangoing vessels.
“I hope John Kerry’s not out sailing around in his yacht.”
I hope he is.
[This will bring back memories...]
Anyone who has ever been aboard a ship in the North Atlantic during the winter will tell you it puts the awe in awesome.
John Adams (young Quincy, too) crosses the Atlantic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YHl_0P2EJ4
Back in 1964 my mom & I were sailing home from Naples to NYC on the USS Constitution. We hit an atlantic storm that pitched the liner so much the water (and my 9 yr old self in my tube) in the pool was running from one end to the other with each wave. It was so awesome! Then they made me get out.
Could you imagine if a storm this size were just off the coast of New York City. The tidal surge would create havoc.
;)
(Has there ever been a bigger douche nozzle?)
LST-1156
Displacement:
2,590 tons (light),
5,800 tons (full load)
Length: 384 ft 0 in (117.04 m)
Beam: 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m)
Draft: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Installed power:6,000 shaft horsepower
Troops: 395 (15 officers and 380 enlisted men)
That’s a big cork....
In the earlier days of transatlantic crossings, in 16th and 17th centuries, some estimate that ten percent of ships were lost. But they kept coming.
Yes, like Sandy.
That you rode out a hurricane in the open sea on an aircraft carrier is pretty darn noteworthy!
Waaaaiiit, whaaat? You sailed on Old Ironsides? And there was a pool???
That’s a big cork...
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No, that is a MUCH bigger ocean.
And yes, it does get angry - like an old man trying to send back soup...
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