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2nd Zumwalt-class destroyer christened in honor of Navy SEAL
Seattle PI ^
| June 18, 2016
| Patrick Whittle / AP
Posted on 06/18/2016 4:02:14 PM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:02:14 PM PDT
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jazusamo
To: jazusamo
and Capt. KIRK will be the Commander
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:07:03 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: jazusamo
15,000 tons!
Isn’t that a lot for a destroyer?
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:07:05 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
>>Isn’t that a lot for a destroyer?
Yeah. These Zoomie destroyers are more like cruisers. But everything is getting bigger, so a giant destroyer that’s packed with all sorts of goodies is OK with me!
(I can’t believe I just said a nice thing about a surface ship. I must be getting old.)
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:11:29 PM PDT
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Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:12:00 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose November 8, 2016)
To: yarddog
I think so, Navy guys help us out.
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:13:12 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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06/18/2016 4:14:13 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:14:56 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Hillary Milhouse Clinton: I'm not a c-c-c-crook! Crook! Yeah, that's the c-word I was looking for!)
To: SandRat
and Capt. KIRK will be the Commander That was USS Zumwalt. The CO for this one may not have been selected yet.
To: yarddog
The “destroyers” are suppose to be able replace frigates, and to some extent, even cruisers.
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:17:17 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: jazusamo
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:29:44 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: gaijin
Thank you for the pictures. We have lost many good men, and I don’t remember how they looked,but Michael Monsoor’s visage is on my mind and my heart all the time. I also remember how his casket looked covered with all those tridents.
Gone too soon, never forgotten.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/graphics/monsoor1.jpg
To: yarddog
“Isn’t that a lot for a destroyer?”
When did we start complaining about more ammo to kill our enemies?
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
max americana
(fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
To: jazusamo
As President George W. Bush said of the event during the April 2008 Medal of Honor ceremony, “The procession went on nearly half an hour, and when it was all over, the simple wooden coffin had become a gold-plated memorial to a hero who will never be forgotten.”
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06/18/2016 4:54:48 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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To: definitelynotaliberal
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:56:41 PM PDT
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gaijin
To: definitelynotaliberal
Amen, thanks for the post!
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posted on
06/18/2016 4:57:57 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Better to be named for an MOH awardee than the usual faithless politician.
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posted on
06/18/2016 5:32:16 PM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: yarddog
It is. Historically speaking, post WWII/Korea destroyers were 4000 - 9000 tons displacement (the Tin Can sailors can, will, and should correct me if I am wrong)
These Zumwalt class “destroyers” are about the same displacement as a Baltimore class medium cruiser (some call it heavy, but I don’t think it was) from WWII.
These are the biggest destroyers ever, and I am surprised they were designated as such.
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posted on
06/18/2016 5:48:19 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Embrace your Curmudgeonliness.)
To: rlmorel
They need a big platform for the rail gun
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posted on
06/18/2016 5:50:05 PM PDT
by
Despot of the Delta
(It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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