First with the Ford Class Carrier model ?
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kevin
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I did that a couple times in the old AAV7s in the 1980s.
Always a little nervous when that big hunk of steel drops off the ramp into the water.
Always a little nervous when that big hunk of steel drops off the ramp into the water.
Haha , I bet !
what sea state can those operate in ?
I gathered from that video they launch with the ramp higher for departure ?
We only launched liberty boats , lulz , and I'm realizing that in all those years on that ship , I never witnessed the launch process of any of those motor-whaleboats .
They'd have to crane them off the elevators .
Got in and out of them plenty of times . They're absolute dogsh!t .
The worst was navigating the breakwater @ Ft Lauderdale . Might as well of swam back to the ship .
That slow-mo of that CH-53 was pretty cool .
what sea state can those operate in ?
I gathered from that video they launch with the ramp higher for departure ?
We only launched liberty boats , lulz , and I'm realizing that in all those years on that ship , I never witnessed the launch process of any of those motor-whaleboats .
They'd have to crane them off the elevators .
Got in and out of them plenty of times . They're absolute dogsh!t .
The worst was navigating the breakwater @ Ft Lauderdale . Might as well of swam back to the ship .
That slow-mo of that CH-53 was pretty cool .
kevin
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I don't what the full capabilities were, the few times we launched was under calm seas off Coronado, San Diego.
I served during peacetime 1985 - 1989. Sitting in the back of the AAV7 sucking up engine fumes waiting for the buoyancy to kick in were probably the most nerve racking moments I remember.
Didn't like the CH53s either, this one broke my camera with the dirt kicked up.
I served during peacetime 1985 - 1989. Sitting in the back of the AAV7 sucking up engine fumes waiting for the buoyancy to kick in were probably the most nerve racking moments I remember.
Didn't like the CH53s either, this one broke my camera with the dirt kicked up.
Very interesting... did not know how many issues they had!
I was shocked to learn while reading Pig Boats: The True Story of the Fighting Submariners of World War II by Theodore Roscoe, that US submariners essentially went 2 years without a reliable torpedo in the Pacific, following the attack on Pearl Harbour. Even worse, initially the failures were blamed on the crews by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance!
As my dad would say, "put the bloody bureaucrats in harms way and then see how long it takes to get things resolved!"
I was shocked to learn while reading Pig Boats: The True Story of the Fighting Submariners of World War II by Theodore Roscoe, that US submariners essentially went 2 years without a reliable torpedo in the Pacific, following the attack on Pearl Harbour. Even worse, initially the failures were blamed on the crews by the Navy Bureau of Ordnance!
As my dad would say, "put the bloody bureaucrats in harms way and then see how long it takes to get things resolved!"
