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Navy's sea sick move (Navy Ships drag race at sea)
NY Post ^
| 3/04/2010
| Andy Soltis
Posted on 03/04/2010 7:42:19 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Edited on 03/04/2010 7:44:22 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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A Navy captain turned the Pacific into the world's strangest drag strip -- ordering two warships to stage a bizarre race that one sailor said nearly ended in tragedy, a high-ranking military official told The Post yesterday.
"Multiple witnesses interviewed by the [inspector general] and the commanding officers of both ships all stated that the ships were racing," said Pacific Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Jeff Davis.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: cg63; ddg56; dragstrip; eyeplucking; fagmilitary; hollygraf; navair; navalofficer; navalvessels; navy; navyships; pacificfleet; pacificocean; pinkpanties; race; usnavy; uspacflt; usscowpens; ussjohnsmccain
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To: sonofstrangelove
Women Drivers!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:44:12 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: sonofstrangelove
I don’t think they want to know what we used to do in F-4s & F-111s...
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:48:57 PM PST
by
Mr Rogers
(I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I would like to know who won the race.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:48:58 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Several careers ended, I am sure - the juiciest thing in Naval History since the Cat Futch Incident!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:51:09 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: sonofstrangelove
One of the ships was skippered by Capt Holly Graf, who was recently relieved of command for abusing her crew.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:51:29 PM PST
by
behzinlea
To: sonofstrangelove
To: ConorMacNessa
I agree. But who won the race?
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:52:42 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: ConorMacNessa
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:53:32 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Don't know, don't care. But obviously not someone who should be in command of anything larger than a one-man rowboat!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:56:14 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I admire a Navy Captain with a sack. I cringe at the thought of a seaman ratting her skipper out for getting within 300 feet of another ship. UNREP must be hell for twits.
“Sound Collision...the sky is falling, the sky is falling....
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:56:49 PM PST
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: Royal Wulff
It must have been one hell of a race.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:57:06 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:57:27 PM PST
by
Falcon28
(Allen West - 2012)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Gaydar is returning a signal.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:58:46 PM PST
by
joelt
To: ConorMacNessa
I am opposed to women commanding ships and make no apologies for it.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:58:50 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Falcon28
So the CO of Cowpins lost command due to this, not using the “F-bomb as earlier stories noted
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posted on
03/04/2010 8:00:58 PM PST
by
edcoil
(If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
To: Falcon28
And we want to put women on submarines now too?
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posted on
03/04/2010 8:01:14 PM PST
by
swaimh
("... shall not be infringed." The most important four words of the Second Amendment)
To: sonofstrangelove
Not nearly as dangerous as a DD or even a CG refueling under weigh from a carrier. Or an ammunition ship transferring bombs and missiles to a carrier while under weigh.
And those are not so dangerous as landing on the carrier at night.
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posted on
03/04/2010 8:01:54 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: joelt
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posted on
03/04/2010 8:01:57 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: sonofstrangelove
Sorry, I don’t see the danger here. Is the ship in the lead going to throw on the brakes? This might be an issue if the trailing vessel was closing at a crazy rate.
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posted on
03/04/2010 8:02:01 PM PST
by
joelt
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