To: catbertz
Having anchored there a couple of times, I remember watching videos of the Phuket tsunami wondering what would have happened to a ship in the bay. I don’t think it would have been good.
3 posted on
03/11/2011 4:35:36 PM PST by
GATOR NAVY
("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
To: GATOR NAVY
Spent many great months in Yokosuka back in the 60’s. I was on a tender.
As a matter-of-fact, Piedmont Pier in Yoko was name after our ship.
To: GATOR NAVY
"Having anchored there a couple of times, I remember watching videos of the Phuket tsunami wondering what would have happened to a ship in the bay. I don’t think it would have been good."
Depends on the ship.
The ships we sailed on might have just ended up 3 miles inland look for a tow truck! lol
9 posted on
03/11/2011 7:43:06 PM PST by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: GATOR NAVY
The Tarawa was 900ft long, 95ft wide.
Deck was 90ft above the waterline and the top of the mast was 190ft.
40,000 tons.
She had but 28ft of draft.
The wave that hit Japan today was 33ft. That wave would have carried that enormous ship a long way inland.
11 posted on
03/11/2011 7:47:49 PM PST by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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