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USS Little Rock Departs Montreal After 3 Months Stuck in Ice
gCaptain ^ | April 2, 2018 | gCaptain

Posted on 04/03/2018 6:11:29 AM PDT by artichokegrower

One of the U.S. Navy’s newest littoral combat ship is finally underway to her homeport in Mayport, Florida after spending the winter stuck in ice in Montreal.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: littlerock; navy; usn; usslittlerock
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US Navy foiled by global warming.
1 posted on 04/03/2018 6:11:30 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Don’t think I’d want to be that skipper.


2 posted on 04/03/2018 6:21:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone
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Great leadership by the Captain of the ship. What incompetence.


3 posted on 04/03/2018 6:29:48 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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how many new American citizen’s by marriage will the crew bring?


4 posted on 04/03/2018 6:30:35 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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.. By the time repairs could be made in early January, however, winter ice had already set in and the ship and her crew were stuck pier-side for the winter.

based on that statement, I don't think the skipper can be faulted

5 posted on 04/03/2018 6:32:55 AM PDT by SGCOS
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> US Navy foiled by global warming. <

More likely it’s Russian collusion of some sort.


6 posted on 04/03/2018 6:36:33 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: hal ogen

It appears that the ship was commissioned in Buffalo in December. The photo https://www.stripes.com/news/us/uss-little-rock-departs-montreal-after-trapped-by-ice-for-3-months-1.520135 shows ice already forming.

On the way out to sea, the ship stopped in Montreal for a scheduled stop and some repairs where it got iced in.

I haven’t been in the Navy, but I would think the Commander doesn’t decide where to dock the boat.

Instead, I’d blame America for not doing a good enough job enhancing global warming.


7 posted on 04/03/2018 6:37:15 AM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: artichokegrower

We don’t have icebreakers? Canada doesn’t have icebreakers?


8 posted on 04/03/2018 6:40:45 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: artichokegrower

LCS: Little Crappy Ship. Can’t fight, can’t run, can’t do much of anything. The Navy’s F-35.


9 posted on 04/03/2018 6:44:23 AM PDT by pabianice (LINE)
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To: hal ogen
Great leadership by the Captain of the ship. What incompetence.

Who christens a ship in Buffalo, NY in December? That is the boneheaded move that is the issue with this.

10 posted on 04/03/2018 6:45:41 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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Montreal for three months? Not bad duty if you’re a young sailor ... some of the prettiest women in Canada reside in Montreal. However, what likely happened only a skeleton crew remained on board and the rest of the crew were bused or flown back to their home port.


11 posted on 04/03/2018 6:47:58 AM PDT by BluH2o
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Do they need bubblers around the ship to prevent ice damage?


12 posted on 04/03/2018 6:50:52 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: BluH2o

Could be worse. I’m enjoying The Terror on AMC. Fictional account of the real life fate of The Erebus and The Terror, stuck in the ice looking for the Northwest Passage


13 posted on 04/03/2018 7:03:48 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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Who plans naval ship repairs for winter in Canada?


14 posted on 04/03/2018 7:10:04 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: artichokegrower

There are worse places to be stuck than Montreal.


15 posted on 04/03/2018 7:15:43 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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I can imagine the CNO at his desk, writing:

"Note... to... self:....... To... avoid... further... embarrassment... for... the... Navy,... Littoral... Combat... Ships... must... be... kept... away... from... combat... and... can... only... be... deployed... in... warm... climates..."

16 posted on 04/03/2018 7:32:35 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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New order from the USN: No littoral combat ship is allowed to approach anything littoral.


17 posted on 04/03/2018 8:15:38 AM PDT by freefdny
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To: ealgeone

We have precisely two. We have a few icebreaking tugs, and none of the great lakes breakers are still in commission.

Polar Star and the Healy are it. Canada’s got loads of breakers.

We’re supposed to get some new ones. The keel on Star was laid in 1970.


18 posted on 04/03/2018 8:18:06 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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Who christens a ship in Buffalo, NY in December?

The ship had just finished construction and trials in Lake Michigan. It stopped in Buffalo for commissioning next to its museum-ship namesake. As it turned out, it wasn't going to get out of the Great Lakes in time to make it up the St. Lawrence anyway.

19 posted on 04/03/2018 8:30:38 AM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

None of the Great Lakes breakers are still in commission? Then I wonder what phantom ships have been breaking ice in Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, the St. Mary’s River in northern Lake Huron, and the Straights of Mackinac between lakes Huron and Michigan for the past 3 weeks. I’m certain that the USCG and the CCG would like to know that they don’t have any ice breakers in the Great Lakes any more.


20 posted on 04/03/2018 8:35:37 AM PDT by Grognard49
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