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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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan
KEYWORDS: usnavy; ussfitzgerald
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Looks like battle damage photos from WWII
To: artichokegrower
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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.)
To: artichokegrower
Huge patch below the waterline.
Just Wow.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:11:57 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
To: null and void
Navy Divers and underwater welders rock!
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:22:38 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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 ______."
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:29:05 AM PDT
by
red-dawg
To: Travis McGee
That will buff right out!
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.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:34:21 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
(.)
To: DaxtonBrown
Micro-balloons and a long sanding board.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:35:16 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: red-dawg
I was a frogman (SEAL) not a navy diver, but I spent some time under USN ships....
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:35:57 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: artichokegrower
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!.
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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.)
To: central_va
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.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:48:39 AM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: Travis McGee
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...
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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.)
To: artichokegrower
Watched a clip of her going into dry dock on Youtube. Cool way to spend 9 minutes.
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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)
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.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:55:42 AM PDT
by
exit82
(The opposition has already been Trumped!)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I dunno, but I think destroyers can only have a 2-digit number, so there are only so many.
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:56:01 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: central_va
Don’t worry, China and Korea will build them for us under contract.
/sarcasm
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posted on
07/13/2017 6:56:42 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Travis McGee
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...
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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.)
To: meatloaf
So we get in a war and our enemies will repair our ships.
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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.)
To: txrefugee
This is our state-of-the-art radar/sonar equipped ship, sent to monitor North Koreas 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.
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posted on
07/13/2017 7:25:02 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
07/13/2017 7:25:35 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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