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Russian warship to visit San Francisco
SFGate.com ^
| 6/11/10
| Carl Nolte
Posted on 06/11/2010 11:27:30 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
A Russian warship will pay a rare visit to San Francisco later this month.
The guided missile cruiser Varyag left Vladivostok on June 4 bound for San Francisco and will arrive on June 20 for a five-day stay.
The cruiser sailed in company with the Russian navy tanker Boris Butoma and the salvage tug Fotiy Krylov. It was not clear whether these two ships will accompany the Varyag to San Francisco.
The Russian ships are commanded by Rear Adm. Vladimir Kasatonov, and the purpose of the visit, which may include other California ports, is to promote U.S.-Russian military cooperation, according to a spokesman for the Russian Pacific Fleet.
No one at the port of San Francisco could remember the last time a Russian naval vessel visited the West Coast, though merchant ships from the Russian Far East occasionally call at San Francisco Bay.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: russian; sanfrancisco; warship
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This could be interesting..
No nukes aboard, I'm sure..
Get me Jack Bauer, just in case.
To: NormsRevenge
The “Rear Admiral” better be careful in SF!
SF Locals.. Please to not kick drunken Russian sailors.. They’ll be gone soon.. and their fun money
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:29:51 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:30:19 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: ilovesarah2012
I bet he ain’t on the salvage tug..
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:30:32 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: NormsRevenge
San Francisco....home port for the Rooskies, isn’t it?
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:30:41 AM PDT
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(We bury Democrats face down so that when they scratch, they get closer to home.)
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
Is this the same San Francisco that rejected the mooring of the USS Iowa and wanted to ban the Blue Angels?
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:31:13 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: NormsRevenge
oh come on. the headline writer wasn’t even trying.
russian rear admiral to visit san francisco. will sail missile cruiser directly into the bay with help from a little tug.
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:31:15 AM PDT
by
sten
To: Tijeras_Slim
To: NormsRevenge
San Francisco rejected the USS Iowa, accepted the Russian navy. Amazing,,,,
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:32:09 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: ClearCase_guy
This place is merciless. ;)
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:32:42 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: Joe 6-pack
Is this the same San Francisco that rejected the mooring of the USS Iowa and wanted to ban the Blue Angels?My first thought as well.
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:33:08 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:33:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:35:10 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: NormsRevenge
It figures that the only Navy allowed in SF is the Russians, I hope they shoot the place up.
To: NormsRevenge
"The cruiser sailed in company with the Russian navy tanker Boris Butoma and the salvage tug Fotiy Krylov."
ROTFLMAO, It has to bring along a tanker and a salvage tug to make the trip??? Bwaaaahhhh!!!
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:35:42 AM PDT
by
Dem Guard
("Throw the trash out on November 2nd!")
To: NormsRevenge
Didn’t SF do something about not permitting the Blue Angels to perform there?
Or am I thinking of recruiting?
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:38:02 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: sonofstrangelove; SunkenCiv
To: NormsRevenge
This is the guided missiles cruiser Moskva, the sister ship of the Varyag.
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posted on
06/11/2010 11:38:56 AM PDT
by
Philo1962
(Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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