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Old 06-10-2014, 08:21 PM   #1
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Navy ships

Anyone see Navy ships off Marshfield I counted 10, just anchored out there not moving just sitting there weird

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Old 06-10-2014, 09:32 PM   #2
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They came through the canal around 4:30. I was finishing a conference call at the lot behind Friendly's. There were a bunch of old timers taking video and pictures. Must have been vets from when those ships saw action.

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Old 06-11-2014, 07:11 AM   #3
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Didn't see the ships that you guys are talking about. But have in the past.

If your talking 10 of these, they were most likely the small boats about 90 feet or so that the midshipmen at Annapolis use. They frequently cruise up this way in numbers from 6 to 10.

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The US Navy no longer has enough ships to put 10 in one place at one time away from a major port.

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Didn't see the ships that you guys are talking about. But have in the past.

If your talking 10 of these, they were most likely the small boats about 90 feet or so that the midshipmen at Annapolis use. They frequently cruise up this way in numbers from 6 to 10.
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There was deff ten I counted while fishing one was at least a destroyer
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Old 06-11-2014, 08:32 AM   #6
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Cool - any pics?

It has been a while but I once saw a couple of Figs, a DDG, and DD, with some foreign flag vessels 20 miles off Gloucester once

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Old 06-11-2014, 10:49 AM   #7
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Any Hull #'s?

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Not able to see that far they where about half to a mile out but cool site to see my son was in aww I have found out it was a training session for them just wonder why off Marshfield when u got the whole ocean lol
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If those are the boats then they are Yard Patrol YP boats. John is correct they are used primarily for training.

I did two days training on one out of Newport RI to the Submarine base in Groton CT. Training was Radar Navigation and Piloting. Most memorable part was getting mooned by a couple of lobstermen off beavertail.

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I think they were up here to support Obama's visit to Worcester for the graduation ceremony he spoke at.

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Old 06-11-2014, 12:37 PM   #11
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Those Yard Patrol craft come through the Canal several times every summer.

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Those Yard Patrol craft come through the Canal several times every summer.
Some of those are Canadian Navy.I've taken photos of them previously.If I can dig them out I'll post them.
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Yeah I have seen them go thru in years past. Pretty cool.
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Old 06-13-2014, 07:00 AM   #14
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If you really want to find out whats going on with them, put a red light in your bedroom window. If they are Navy someone from the ship will show up.

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They put a different guidance package on those missiles that resolves some of the issues with (re)using Tomahawk as an anti-ship missile.

Still has limitations (ships moving @ 30 knots can travel far when it takes a missile an hour to get there) but it puts a temporary tool back in place for US Navy ships that can't do what US Navy ships are supposed to do, reach out and break other ships. USN Cruisers and Destroyers have hardly any Anti-Surface Warfare capabilities today as they have focused on Air Defense and Land Attack for the past 20 years.

Good article on this missile: http://www.informationdissemination....n-of-tasm.html

BTW - Want a good Woody - check out the videos on the Navy's railgun

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