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Damaged Destroyer USS Fitzgerald Moves to Dry Dock in Japan -PHOTOS
gCaptain ^ | July 12, 2017 | Mike Schuler

Posted on 07/13/2017 6:02:04 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The USS Fitzgerald has entered dry dock at a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan to continue repairs and assess damage following its June 17 collision with a merchant vessel off the coast of Japan.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) entered dry dock July 11 at the Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka base.

(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan
KEYWORDS: usnavy; ussfitzgerald
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Looks like battle damage photos from WWII
1 posted on 07/13/2017 6:02:04 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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2 posted on 07/13/2017 6:06:19 AM PDT by null and void (This is how socialists work: Erase the past, Bankrupt the present, Steal from the future.)
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To: artichokegrower

Huge patch below the waterline.

Just Wow.


3 posted on 07/13/2017 6:11:57 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: null and void

Navy Divers and underwater welders rock!


4 posted on 07/13/2017 6:22:38 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee
Yes, they rock, Yugely.

Brings back memories, I still hear it sometimes.

"There are divers over the side.
Do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea
while divers are over the side of the USS ______."

5 posted on 07/13/2017 6:29:05 AM PDT by red-dawg
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To: Travis McGee

That will buff right out!


6 posted on 07/13/2017 6:31:01 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: null and void

This is our state-of-the-art radar/sonar equipped ship, sent to monitor North Korea’s nuclear tests. How the hell did they not see an enormous oil freighter? Was everyone on board asleep? Perhaps we should replace sailors with robots until Obama’s Navy is decommissioned.


7 posted on 07/13/2017 6:34:21 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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To: DaxtonBrown

Micro-balloons and a long sanding board.


8 posted on 07/13/2017 6:35:16 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: red-dawg

I was a frogman (SEAL) not a navy diver, but I spent some time under USN ships....


9 posted on 07/13/2017 6:35:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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One of the biggest threats to national security is that their is only ONE dry dock in the US capable of building/repairing a CVN. One!.
10 posted on 07/13/2017 6:36:05 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Not to worry. Our reps were in china recently to get them to build floating dry docks for us. We built lots of them during WWII.


11 posted on 07/13/2017 6:48:39 AM PDT by meatloaf
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I noticed the number “62” on the damaged Navy ship.
When did the Navy start reusing numbers ?

“62” was the BB New Jersey’s I think...


12 posted on 07/13/2017 6:50:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Watched a clip of her going into dry dock on Youtube. Cool way to spend 9 minutes.


13 posted on 07/13/2017 6:53:12 AM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

BB-62 was the New Jersey’s number, but in the battleship class, which no longer exists.

For the Fitzgerald’s class of ship, the Fitzgerald’s number of 62 is unique to her.


14 posted on 07/13/2017 6:55:42 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I dunno, but I think destroyers can only have a 2-digit number, so there are only so many.


15 posted on 07/13/2017 6:56:01 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: central_va

Don’t worry, China and Korea will build them for us under contract.

/sarcasm


16 posted on 07/13/2017 6:56:42 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Well...the New J and her sisters still exist.
Remember when the Gipper had them refurbished, rearmed and returned to duty ?

We toured the Missouri a few years ago. The mingling of 1940s technology and modern missile controls was interesting to see...

17 posted on 07/13/2017 7:03:19 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: meatloaf

So we get in a war and our enemies will repair our ships.


18 posted on 07/13/2017 7:09:13 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: txrefugee
This is our state-of-the-art radar/sonar equipped ship, sent to monitor North Korea’s nuclear tests. How the hell did they not see an enormous oil freighter? Was everyone on board asleep?

These are among many questions that need to be answered. There are multiple, redundant systems onboard the Navy ship, both electronic and personnel that should've detected the cargo ship and evaded it, but these all failed. Some Freepers have offered reasonable explanations, and others some explanations that defy logic and seamanship. Data will be available in both electronic, written, and by oral testimony. All of this should be neatly summarized in the final report, and a clear picture should be available.

19 posted on 07/13/2017 7:25:02 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
It is DDG-62.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy

20 posted on 07/13/2017 7:25:35 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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