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Newly commissioned USS Little Rock stuck in Montreal, Canada for the winter
CTV News ^ | January 21, 2018 | Canadian Press

Posted on 01/21/2018 2:38:19 PM PST by Taipei

MONTREAL -- A newly commissioned Navy warship will be wintering in Montreal after its journey to Florida was interrupted by cold and ice.

A Navy spokeswoman says the USS Little Rock was commissioned in Buffalo on Dec. 16 and was expected to make its way to its home port in Mayport, Fla.

Instead, the 118-metre Freedom-variant vessel has been moored in Montreal since Christmas Eve due to unusually heavy ice conditions.

Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson says the Navy has now decided to leave the ship in place until the winter weather improves.

While there's no departure date scheduled, she says the St. Lawrence Seaway is generally navigable by mid-March.

Hillson says the crew are doing well and will focus on training and readiness while they wait to travel to warmer waters.


TOPICS: Canada; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; maritime; navy; usnavy
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To: SamuraiScot

I thought Us naval vessels were climate change proofed!!!


41 posted on 01/21/2018 3:45:53 PM PST by MGunny
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To: Safetgiver

No, the so called commander is NOT a woman.

The Lt. Commander was identified in the first paragraph of the article a Navy spokesperson. The article did not state, nor even imply, that she is the commander of the vessel.


42 posted on 01/21/2018 3:46:40 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: ifinnegan
"It is interesting. I’m wondering why it was in Montreal at Christmas."

Perhaps it has something to do with Montreal night life?

43 posted on 01/21/2018 3:47:48 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: canuck_conservative

Testing on the Great Lakes.


44 posted on 01/21/2018 3:47:50 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: DoodleDawg

Confused the spokesperson name as being commander — total brain fart...apologies.


45 posted on 01/21/2018 3:49:51 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: jjotto; Bonemaker

Testing was all done by then.

Post #43 makes more sense.


46 posted on 01/21/2018 3:52:26 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: meatloaf
Except the ice may crush the aluminum hull.

The hull is steel, the superstructure is aluminum.

47 posted on 01/21/2018 3:52:50 PM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Sasparilla

“...On the bright side… it won’t be involved in a collision...

Yet.”

Astute observation. Maybe brass told them to heave to but they just heaved.


48 posted on 01/21/2018 3:53:00 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: dinodino
Montréal is a really fun city, even in the winter

Lots of high quality strip clubs.... or so I've heard.

49 posted on 01/21/2018 3:59:50 PM PST by llevrok (DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
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To: Bonemaker

But they speak funny, eh?


50 posted on 01/21/2018 4:02:53 PM PST by llevrok (DACA = Democrats Against Citizen Americans)
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To: dinodino
I was gonna say, this would be an excellent opportunity for cultural exchange and diplomatic outreach to our friends to the north.

Just make sure everyone's getting paid on time and grant shore leave for almost everyone. What could go wrong? :)

51 posted on 01/21/2018 4:03:44 PM PST by OKSooner (Joan Rivers, RIP)
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To: SamuraiScot
Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson . . .

Something tells me that this might turn out to be the core of the problem.

Lt. Cmdr. Hillson is the Public affairs spokesperson at the Pentagon. She didn't have anything to do with the circumstances of the ship.

52 posted on 01/21/2018 4:08:07 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: freedumb2003

......well, I can answer that one. If your tied to the dock all winter on a Navy Warship most likely you will want to hang yourself..............depending on your c/o and you job on board. If you have a boots and saddles type Captain it will be drills, training 24/7.

If your in a great liberty port, you might survive (mentally).

And, it depends on your job. I was the only postal clerk on board and my off hours were mine. No one messes with the PC. Not even the Captain!


53 posted on 01/21/2018 4:10:38 PM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: llevrok

Oui. But they also speak a universal language.


54 posted on 01/21/2018 4:15:38 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: llevrok
But they speak funny, eh?

This is Montreal. You mean to say mais ils parlent drôle, hein?

55 posted on 01/21/2018 4:22:55 PM PST by Lower Deck
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To: bubman

Canada is terrible at the surrender thing even when they should.

They have a tendency to instead do the impossible which nobody else could and kick tail.

Vimy is a good example. Afghan is a newer example. So much done in afghan that the delta commander told pentagon that he didn’t want to be deployed without them anymore.

As for the ship being stuck. They have good looking ladies there, but they’re usually French heh.


56 posted on 01/21/2018 4:24:17 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: OKSooner
Just make sure everyone's getting paid on time...

I understand your government shutdown may put a crimp in that.

57 posted on 01/21/2018 4:24:54 PM PST by Lower Deck
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To: llevrok

I did my basic training near there, about 45 mins away. We were confined to quarters for the first four weeks, but once they let us loose, ya there was lots of stuff.

Strip clubs aren’t my thing, but even if you walk too far the wrong way on ST Catherine’s street, the men start whistling at you.


58 posted on 01/21/2018 4:28:11 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

I know, I live here in Montreal!


59 posted on 01/21/2018 4:29:59 PM PST by bubman
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To: IndispensableDestiny

“A series of errors by Panama Canal pilots navigating the littoral combat ship Montgomery through a pair of locks last year caused a deep gash in the aluminum hull, a Navy probe determined.”

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-montgomery-probe-20171110-story.html


60 posted on 01/21/2018 4:33:18 PM PST by meatloaf
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