[reed13k]

Well in June/July ‘94 I was on the Independence as OOD with 100-110 MPH winds (ran between two typhoons and the northern one turned back on us) and we had waves breaking over the bow. Granted it was a 60s carrier and not the current super carrier but still....

XO was ticked because I was grinning ear to ear as he was getting sea sick....granted he was a brown shoe....

The small boys took a ton of damage on that one. At least one Japanese destroyer lost a mast, 2 sonar domes lost.

We lost the rescue helo... set it down too late as winds picked up...was too high to fold the blades back and ended up breaking the stay for the forward blade and completely bent it back over airframe.

[rktman]

Rode some nasty stuff in the North Atlantic on a destroyer escort. Later tail end of a hurricane in the gulf on a reserve training destroyer. Reserves had a tough time with it. Me? 😂🌊👍🏼🇺🇸

[New Perspective]

HAHA, I survived a couple typhoons when stationed on a 95' patrol boat in the South Pacific. Nothing like feeling good and eating as much food as you want because everyone else can't stomach a cracker:)

Definitely survival of the fittest when the ocean is in charge but I loved every minute of it.

[neodad]

The only time I was seasick was when we skirted Super Typhoon Omar in the South China Sea. Same winds, same rollers, green water over the bow...

[Mathews]

‘shoes and bad weather don’t mix, but if they got us up in the air and started pulling that Top Gun crap we would probably up chunks too.

[tomkat]

Love FR for stories like that .. thanks :-)