Air Craft Carrier Pics

[Van]

A guy I work with has a friend in the service.

Somehow he got some amazing shots.

Check them out.

I still don't know how to attach more than 1 pic in a post, sorry..

[Van]

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[Van]

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I think the caption here is:

Damn I lost my hat,,,,turn around and get it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JohnR]

That last must've been a sea trial on the Nimitz - kick a$$ shot!

I've seen the site which has some of these photos - the B1 & the 18C but I've never seen the CVN doing a bootlegger's turn at 50mph! Schweet! Bet someone spilled some coffee

[Van]

a bootlegger's turn at 50mph

50 !!!!!

Didn't know they could do that speed !!! Holy C@$P !!!!

[Striper SniperX]

Are you serious?!?!?!?!?!?!???????

50 MPH in one of the bad boys? how do they do it.....i know cruise ships go 25 mph but thats much heavyer then a cruise!!!

awsome pictures


another few MPH and heavy seas and that thing looks like it would.....ROLL OVER..

How much $$$ is that thing worth? couple billion?

[fishsmith]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is that the new Ski-Nautique?
50mph, you could pull a barefoot skier.

Great pictures !!

[gilligan]

i got a bunch of pics i took while searving on the uss constellation cv-64. ill see if i can get some up.

[JohnR]

50 MPH - that puppy has 2 big nuclear reactors in it for power to drive 4 turbines. The official tops speed according to the Navy was something over 30 knots. Rumors had it that they could do well past 45 knots which is well over 50mph

Nothing of any size can touch them in speed.

4 billion dollars per plus 1 billion a year to run... But nothing says hello like an aircraft carrier whose single carrier wing has more and deadlier aircraft than the complete Air Forces of 90% of countries - Reach out and touch someone

[mrmacey]

of sea trials emergency surface come up from below 400 ft just like a big missle shooting out of water and you just hope theres nothing up top imagine fishing deep with big water gear and hooking one for a minute you would think you had a big one till it snapped or pulled you in!!! the land is in the background i wonder how deep it is there must be out around catalina island california

[mrmacey]

of the living quaters of the sub that tube in middle

[Striper SniperX]

I been to Battleship cove; seen the Saratoga when it came up the bay. and see the ones in newport all the time: are the newport boats old and out of serivice or are they in working order/still used??

I never seen one under it's own power... must be awsome to see them driving up close....

Its good to know we have 1,000' 50 mph. ships protecting us

[JohnR]

Any of you ever hear of or play the Naval Simulation called Harpoon?

Very cool game as you control and manuevre entire navies, from small patrol craft up to multiple fleets...

[mrmacey]

i was on for 3 years i was a torpedo man i know what a torpedo can do!! i went to okiniawia from san deigo 30 days under water visited korea japan phillipines hong kong thailand some of my best memories were service related proud to have served you have to try sea trials in a sub!!!go deep and see the pressure spraying in water around valves if one ever let go!! then they do ups and downs i thought we wouldnt pull out of!! scared me!!!

[Striper SniperX]

on the quick subject of games: "Risk!" is a Revolutonary war type Computer Game that i have played for hours at a time, very fun once you know what your doing!

and we can't forget "You sunk my battleship" game, classic that i like to play online


MrMacey, you served? in war? looks to cramped for me, i do like old submarie movies like crimsom tde and stuff.....





mike

[Van]

MrMacey:

Thats unbelievable. I would $%^# myself in that situation.

We rented K19 last weekend, apparetnly its a true story of the
russian sub whose reactor coolant failed and nearly went ballistic (literally) near the US coast

It had multiple nuclear warheads onboard also, so the explosion of the reactor would have started a chain reaction of nuclear weapons explosions..

I may have started a global thermo-nuclear war !!!!!!

Talk about scary !!!

[JohnR]

Van - the sub they filmed that on is now located down by Fox Point park in Providence. You can even take a tour of it. Crude looking sub, the russians certainly built bigger pieces of crap than the Yugo...

[Mr. Kav]

i rememeber years and years ago my dad took me on a tour of a sub called the croaker. anyone heard of that submarine. i think it was in Connecticut.

[JohnR]

Croaker - http://www.buffalonavalpark.org/

[Mr. Kav]

thanks john

[mrmacey]

the nautilus down groton conn!! van,mr kav, awsome museum for kids! after tour of museum you go on the sub and walk through it with a telphone that tells you about it and another good feature its on the thames hmmmmm!! oh one more feature its FREE!!
http://www.ussnautilus.org/ was just searching this site alot of good stuff virtual tour of sub is cool!!

[Fishpart]

I've heard a CVN can "put a 50 Knot wind over the bow any time it wants"

Most Soviet era equipment is pretty primitive when compared to even our Vietnam era equipment. Thing is it works and ther is a lot of it.

[striperjerk1]

the uss nautilas ,is a very cool tour. my son was in the subs for 5 yrs. ived been on his also the uss miami. very cool.and the dallas is stationed there.the one in the movie. red october.also been on the uss kenedy, the uss donald cook ddg75 stealth destroyer.

[Christian]

van- talking about k-19, my cousin was the assistant producer to that movie. just thought i'de brag.
ps. hes in the credits

[gilligan]

how do i shrink the picture sizes. i got a couple of interesting pics

[Striper SniperX]

Gilligan; go to your MS-Paint, Photo Shop, ImageSuite or Other Grapic design program on your PC.....Find the picture you want to Resize; look in the menu and select "Re Size Image" and then you will get to choose what size you want..Good Luck.

hope i was of some help



Or just E-mail them to me and i will be more then happy to resize them for ya.... StriperSniperXLT@aol.com

mike

[Christian]

cant post anything bigger than 800X800, which is too big nayway, go for 500X500

[gilligan]

this was my home for 2 years. had two neighbors above me and three more directly across.
thanks for the help w/ size adjustment

[fishsmith]

That brings back memories, it's the same set up on destroyers, I had a bottom rack too, I remember putting out one foot to keep from rolling out in rough seas.
Its amazing you'd keep all your belongings in the coffin locker (thats under the bed) and the 1/2 normal size stand up locker.
13 years ago that was my life, plus a whopping $680 a month.

[Van]

Hmmm.. could be a museum field trip with my son in my future.

Is it closed during these "cold" months??