This guy obviously read Chapmans...

Great shots! I can't wait until October when we have fleet week, I'll be snapping tons of pictures...
 
carterchapman said:
Sure was fun landing fighters on them (in my younger days!)! Didn't have security like that back in the 70's.

Great pics.
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Jealous!!! :smt038

Pietro said:
I think the Enterprise was the first nuclear carrier ever, right?
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True.

Vince_nj1 said:
He indicated that it was north of 50 knots, with the main limitation being that the forward bulkhead could not handle the pressure of going faster.

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As for the "50+" knots referred to earlier... I am not sure. I'll do a little digging. I know a few people who were on board her. While I will not be able to tell what the real top speed is, I will see what the standard answer is for carriers and that one. The above picture is during trials. They really do that-on purpose.

Stray Cat said:
In Gary's first few pics, what does the white CG boat do? Is there another one on the stbd side?
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Ex-nuclear submariner here. The CG boat provides escort duties in the post 9/11 days. They, being more maneuverable, will approach vehicles that get too close to or are not giving the right of way to the less maneuverable warship. The chase boat IS heavily armed (for the things they are likely to come into contact with in the channels outside a Navy base). Realize that the warship's weapon systems (the big ones) are not active when they are pulling into port. There may or may not be more than one. We had one sometimes and other times we had two.

As for the armed personnel topside on the warship... I would be most worried by the fact that the people usually on the gun are E-1s and 2s with about a year in the Navy. Let's just say that, even though they have qualified on a weapon, doesn't mean they are competent on said weapon. :wow:
 
matthewmiller01 said:
As for the "50+" knots referred to earlier... I am not sure. I'll do a little digging. I know a few people who were on board her. While I will not be able to tell what the real top speed is, I will see what the standard answer is for carriers and that one. The above picture is during trials. They really do that-on purpose. /quote]



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I do know from first hand experience that the Big E COULD outrun her battle group. Also, Wiki shows a top speed of over 33 knots. The Navy's Enterprise website states that, on speed trials, she exceeded 40 mph. Other Navy websites state in excess of 30 knots.
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And how would like to pay to have carrier props like these tuned or replaced!:grin:
 

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nice pics. just think about the reaction time those E1s and E2s have to deal with, if, all of a sudden, a seemingly-innocent pleasure boat makes a hard 90 degree turn to port. Providing anti-terrorist protection while pier-side, at anchor and transiting restricted waterways is a huge issue for our fleet. people don't like high power microwaves in port and the collateral damage from .50 cals isn't popular either. At one point here, Four Suns probably had her own personal target designation and was a featured guest on more than one set of range rings.
 
when they enter new york harbor the C. G and NYPD escort with safe boats and moose boats, with rad detectors and 50 cals. and you will not outrun a safe boat i have been on them many a time the gps was reading 68 mph and my teeth where rattling, but a cool ride.
 
Going across the bay on my way up from Florida I was hailed by a warship and it made me pee my swim trunks.
 
frozen with salt said:
. and you will not outrun a safe boat i have been on them many a time the gps was reading 68 mph and my teeth where rattling, but a cool ride.
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A friend's Sonic does 90. Fusco's Skater Jet Set the next cove over tops out somewhere just shy of 200.
 
fc3 said:
A friend's Sonic does 90. Fusco's Skater Jet Set the next cove over tops out somewhere just shy of 200.
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But can they out run a 50 cal :grin:
 
Depends how well the guy on the .50 aims.
Anyway, the point was that 68 isn't that fast considering what some recreational guys are doing.
 
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My dad always told me "you might out run the chevrolet, but you won't out run the two-way".
 
Turtlesboat said:
Going across the bay on my way up from Florida I was hailed by a warship and it made me pee my swim trunks.
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I'll bet that gave your turtle a warm feeling.......:smt043:smt043
 
Last summer, while heading up the Thames River just North of New London, CT a nuclear sub was leaving the Navy base. It was surrounded by security boats with .50 cal gun mounts and Marines on them carrying all sorts of nasty looking weapons. They contacted us on the VHF and told us to stand steady while the sub passed and do NOT take any pictures. Of course my 16 y/o daughter had to use her cell phone to snap a picture; thank goodness no one noticed her stupidity. I don't think I've ever heard such a berating from my wife towards her (I have heard it towards me). I didn't have to say anything other than...that's about all for that subject, when they came back onto the bridge.
 
I was an assistant Scoutmaster back a few years when 2 of my sons were scouts, and we went on a trip to Norfolk. We were able to get an interior tour of a wolf class nuclear sub and a destroyer (via our congressman). Anyways, as we walked up to the sub, I pulled up my camera to take a pic, security guards immediately surrounded me, and told me they had to confiscate my camera! The officer that was giving the tour took them aside, and talked to them. They came back and re-iterated that we weren't to take any photos or I would lose my camera for good and that they'd let me off for now.

Anyways, the tour was incredible, and I didn't take any more pics! It definitely made one proud to be an American!

-VtSeaRay
 
Interesting comments about not taking pictures of nuclear subs. On the other side of the United States from Gary's original post, here is what we passed 2 weeks ago while cruising through Puget Sound from Port Townsend to Seattle. From my friends who have houses in the area, this is a normal return passage for subs returning to Bangor via the Sound and Hood Canal (my step son is a sonar tech based there). I can't imagine the Navy believes they are making such a public voyage through a heavily populated boating area without pictures being taken. That's Mt. Baker in the background.
 

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La Maddalena said:
Interesting comments about not taking pictures of nuclear subs. On the other side of the United States from Gary's original post, here is what we passed 2 weeks ago while cruising through Puget Sound from Port Townsend to Seattle. From my friends who have houses in the area, this is a normal return passage for subs returning to Bangor via the Sound and Hood Canal (my step son is a sonar tech based there). I can't imagine the Navy believes they are making such a public voyage through a heavily populated boating area without pictures being taken. That's Mt. Baker in the background.
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That's a Trident Class submarine (SSBN). While its not my old boat, it's the same class as my old boat. :thumbsup:
 
Vince_nj1 said:
A few weeks ago I met an ex navy gunner that was assigned to a support vessel that cruised with one of the nuclear air craft carriers. I asked what the top speed was for the air craft carrier. He indicated that it was north of 50 knots, with the main limitation being that the forward bulkhead could not handle the pressure of going faster.
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Update: I talked to my coworker who was on the 'Prise in 1989 when they put on the "Speed Screws". Needless to say, he confirmed that, at one point the boat did go 40+ mph. That was WITHOUT the speed screws. Also, he said they came off a few days later because, in fact, the seams at the bow were being stressed to the point of nearing failure. Of course, he wasn't allowed to tell me the actual top speed with the speed screws on. :wink:
 
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