Perhaps it has something to do with Montreal night life? 
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.
I thought Us naval vessels were climate change proofed!!!
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.
Perhaps it has something to do with Montreal night life?
Testing on the Great Lakes.
Confused the spokesperson name as being commander — total brain fart...apologies.
Testing was all done by then.
Post #43 makes more sense.
The hull is steel, the superstructure is aluminum.
“...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.
Lots of high quality strip clubs.... or so I've heard.
But they speak funny, eh?
Just make sure everyone's getting paid on time and grant shore leave for almost everyone. What could go wrong? :)
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.
......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!
Oui. But they also speak a universal language.
This is Montreal. You mean to say mais ils parlent drôle, hein?
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.
I understand your government shutdown may put a crimp in that.
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.
I know, I live here in Montreal!
“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
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