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Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Antonio
DoD News ^
| Jan 11, 2005
| OFFICIAL
Posted on 01/11/2006 4:53:40 PM PST by SandRat
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posted on
01/11/2006 4:53:43 PM PST
by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; AlaninSA; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; ...
GATOR NAVY TO GET A NEW SHIP.
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posted on
01/11/2006 4:54:16 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
To: SandRat
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posted on
01/11/2006 4:58:23 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: Servant of the 9
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posted on
01/11/2006 4:58:58 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: SandRat
She is a beautiful vessel!!!! Very nice-looks fast and, I hope, capable!
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posted on
01/11/2006 4:59:49 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: rlmorel
Click the URL in reply#1 and read on to get a jaw dropper.
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:03:37 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Isn't this the ship that, about six months ago, was described as so problem-plagued and bug-riddled that it might never be able to enter full service as a combatant?
To: tanknetter
Article from the Navy Times by chance?
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:10:51 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: bnelson44
Nope an Official DOD News Release
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:12:57 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: bnelson44
mighty big flag!Yeah, but shoudn't it be at the stern?
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:14:18 PM PST
by
Chuckster
(Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoset)
To: SandRat
Is there something in particular that I should pay attention to? I am generally unfamiliar with the class of ships she is replacing (having spent my time only on "bird farms") so she seems pretty fast and big, but I don't know if it is a quantum leap...
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:16:53 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: bnelson44
Article from the Navy Times by chance?
Found the
Virginia Pilot Article, which cites the Navys Board of Inspection and Survey.
To: SandRat
My tax dollars well spent. Thank you American Military for keeping my freedoms and my family safe!!
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:19:04 PM PST
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: Chuckster
Can also be flown from a gaff
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:22:36 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: rlmorel
10 knots was about as fast as the old ships could go, think of all those WWII movies about landing craft being lowered over the side to give you an idea.
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:22:46 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Chuckster
Yeah, but shoudn't it be at the stern?
No, Navy ships fly the national ensign from their masts when underway. The fly the ensign from the stern when anchored or pierside (at the same time they fly the Navy Jack from the bow).
To: tanknetter
Yeah, but shoudn't it be at the stern?
Actually, a correction might be in order to my previous comment. It looks like the San Antonio hasn't been commissioned yet (is she still a PCU, or is she "in Commission, special" for transit to her commissioning site?), so I don't know what the rules are for flying the ensign.
To: SandRat
Actually, I was thinking more of comparing it with the Austin class or Whitby Island class, which it doesn't seem much different from (apart from that rolling airframe missile thingy...:)
But a nice looking vessel nonetheless. Any vessel that can take 900 US Marines and a boatload of their gear and vehicles is tops on my list...
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posted on
01/11/2006 5:39:08 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: SandRat
Wonder what the patch looks like these days? Here's an old one:
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