Posted on 01/29/2007 7:41:32 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough
That was the same training cruise that we shelled a Japanese freighter with the 5" main battery salvos. Fortunately, we only bracketed them; no hits.
The floating target was about 180 degrees away...OOPS!
Oh, and one of our two destroyer-escorts sideswiped a Japanese lumber ship while pulling out of port at Eureka; that cost them several weeks getting repairs in Hunter's Point.
Unforgettable voyage for a young man!
The skipper still holding a grudge in '64? That could have been a bad career move...
It sounds like a memorable cruise.
I carry a 406 epirb and life raft on my 28 foot open boat, seeing as how I cruise the Bahamas with my children aboard, or at least used to. I didn't relish the thought of seeing them floating at sea in only life jackets if anything had happened.
I knew personally some folk who that happened to, who died of hypothermian waiting for a resucue plane that never came. 'Course, they were lost when their plane went down, but the principle is the same.
One thing that I wonder, they are always saying the USCG spent X number of dollars and man hours conducting this or that search...aren't the guys getting paid no matter what they are doing? The fuel expended by SAR aircraft and vessels is another thing entirely, though.
How about these hikers in the mountains in winter who may not have much money. Could they buy a good radio beacon for $200 or so? What is the entry point for such an item?
You asked me a question I don't know the answer to. I am fairly certain that there is no cheaper EPIRB than the 406's, which are around $500.
I notice that we have the ability to track some terrorists through their cell phones, so possibly there is some cell phone related device than can fix a position? One thing I do know is that an accurate hand held GPS can be bought very cheaply...anyone who is in cell phone range can call for help with a very exact position. I understand that you can now also buy an antenna to attach to a cell phone which can add range if you can figure a way to get it higher up.
Ramius, what solutions do you hear of for such things?
Ok. The ship did not have a wreck. NO wreckage found. No sign of anything floating. Weather condition not too rough. Nothing to be found. Like he was devoured by a tsunami or somthing. Let's dismiss alien abduction also!
Logical deduction: Did he really sail? Possible still on land? Are we searching land? Guess not.
I am sure, the loaded MS guys can ask the coastguard for a sub to go under and search the area!
But I'm still on the idea that he did not sail.
good point and merited too..........
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