God truly was with this crew.
To: Bean Counter
Pity anyone stuck with a dial-up connection. ;O)
2 posted on
01/28/2005 9:32:21 AM PST by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
To: Bean Counter
To: Bean Counter
Oh, Oh....better get Maaco!
4 posted on
01/28/2005 9:33:35 AM PST by
patriot_wes
(When I see two guys kissin..argh! Is puking a hate crime yet?)
To: Bean Counter
Amazing how beat up it looks in the first picture (dry-dock at another time) - is this typical?
To: Bean Counter
Sorry Cap'n, we don't have that much Bondo in stock.
6 posted on
01/28/2005 9:37:29 AM PST by
G Larry
(Admiral James Woolsey as National Intelligence Director)
To: Bean Counter
7 posted on
01/28/2005 9:40:00 AM PST by
WildTurkey
(When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
To: Bean Counter
I fixed the height and width of your photos. Hope you don't mind.
To: SilentServiceCPO
pictures of the San Francisco
9 posted on
01/28/2005 9:40:26 AM PST by
SilentServiceCPOWife
(Romeo&Juliet, Troilus&Crisedye, Bogey&Bacall, Gable&Lombard, Brigitte&Flav)
To: Bean Counter
Is that Fiberglass or KEVLAR?
Amazing!
10 posted on
01/28/2005 9:41:41 AM PST by
roaddog727
(The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
To: Bean Counter
It's amazing the ship didn't sink. That's a real tribute to the folks who designed and built her, I guess, in addition to the sailors on board.
To: Bean Counter
I think the body shop better schedule some time on the frame stretcher.
12 posted on
01/28/2005 9:44:52 AM PST by
blau993
(Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
To: Bean Counter
To: Bean Counter
Amazing. I envisioned some denting, not an entire front clip!
To: Doohickey
More 711 pics and a good link.
18 posted on
01/28/2005 9:55:30 AM PST by
El Gran Salseron
( The replies by this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own risk. :-))
To: judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; HipShot; ...
21 posted on
01/28/2005 9:59:47 AM PST by
El Gran Salseron
( The replies by this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own risk. :-))
To: judicial meanz; submarinerswife; PogySailor; chasio649; gobucks; Bottom_Gun; Dog Gone; HipShot; ...
0dB ping to the usual suspects.
26 posted on
01/28/2005 10:18:37 AM PST by
Doohickey
("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
To: Bean Counter
My first thought was, "Poor Old Girl!" Hope they get her ship-shape and out to sea again, soon. Or is something like this a total loss? (I know little about ships.)
Nice pix, though. Thanks for posting. One of the most exciting things I've ever seen was when we were out Whale Watching (on a rather large boat) in San Diego Bay and a Navy sub surfaced about 100 feet away from us. Seeing that up close was so awesome, and was even more impressive than all of the whales we saw that day though the Whale Salad Sammiches we had for lunch were quite tasty! (Oh, just kiddin'!) :)
29 posted on
01/28/2005 10:29:44 AM PST by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Bean Counter
Admirals Commendations all around for those guys!!!!!!!!!
God Bless the Crew of the San Francisco!!!
31 posted on
01/28/2005 10:31:41 AM PST by
Danae
(Dims, making the world brighter by comparison)
To: Bean Counter
The Chinese will gladly buy the scrap metal.
To: Bean Counter
USS Snook (SSN592) was always completely black from top to bottom, bow to stern. In drydock they would sandblast off all the old paint and marine growth, and repaint it black. I heard that there was arsenic in the paint to keep the barnacles off, but if so they would have evacuated the shipyard during painting so I doubt that was true. Here are a couple more San Franciso pics:
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) is in dry dock in Apra Harbor, Guam, January 27, 2005 to assess damage sustained after running aground approximately 350 miles south of Guam Jan. 8, 2005. The Navy former dry dock known as 'Big Blue' is capable of docking ships that weigh up to 40,000 Long Tons. The Navy certified Big Blue for the one-time docking of San Francisco. San Francisco is the second fast-attack submarine to be attached to the forward-deployed Submarine Squadron Fifteen, home ported on board Naval Base Guam.
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