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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: AKcurly on July 11, 2003, 04:08:19 PM
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ANCHORS AWEIGH (http://www.dailypress.com/dp-reagan_anchors.htmlstory)
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Magnificent. Aircraft carriers truely are a necessary weapon for modern countries.
However, why does the deck look so dirty and discolored in the picture? Is that sea-salt?
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Originally posted by davidpt40
Magnificent. Aircraft carriers truely are a necessary weapon for modern countries.
However, why does the deck look so dirty and discolored in the picture? Is that sea-salt?
Well, it's undergone several trials at sea, so it's no longer "spic & span" clean. Dunno about the dirt - exhaust/oil? Rubber marks from landing? I imagine there's quite a bit.
However, today it joins the fleet. :)
curly
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Kind of funny that Reagan and soon, Bush Sr. get their own aicraft carriers while Carter only got a submarine named after him. I wonder what Ford will get, laundry ship?
Ack-Ack
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It seems like a bad idea to name it after someone still living. It's just another step closer to naming ships after politicians currently in office. A little too royal for my tastes....
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Kind of funny that Reagan and soon, Bush Sr. get their own aicraft carriers while Carter only got a submarine named after him. I wonder what Ford will get, laundry ship?
Ack-Ack
USS Reagan is the last of its line. USS Bush will be the first of a new line of CVs.
curly
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Originally posted by Chairboy
It seems like a bad idea to name it after someone still living. It's just another step closer to naming ships after politicians currently in office. A little too royal for my tastes....
I just think it's a little bland to be honest.
I think a major capital ship like that should have a more inspiring name.
like... the Saratoga, Yorktown, Lexington etc etc
Tronsky
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Originally posted by -tronski-
I just think it's a little bland to be honest.
I think a major capital ship like that should have a more inspiring name.
like... the Saratoga, Yorktown, Lexington etc etc
Tronsky
What could be more inspiring than the man who led the successful fight to defeat soviet communism?
;)
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New arresting gear. The Reagan has one less arresting wire - the thick cables that help bring the plane to a screeching halt - than previous ships. A normal Nimitz-class carrier has four such cables. But the new system has three that are spread differently. The Navy says the three wires will do a better job catching the planes than the old system.
Copyright © 2003, Daily Press
Can anyone explain why three wires are better than four? Being just a dumb non-engineer, I don't see how that is possible?
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Naval Aviators are taught to 'trap' on the third of the four wires. By using that as the middle wire and pushing out the outer 2 wires you can more efficiently stop aircraft that are short, normal, or long on their approaches. In the current design the first wire is never used.
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Originally posted by davidpt40
Magnificent. Aircraft carriers truely are a necessary weapon for modern countries.
However, why does the deck look so dirty and discolored in the picture? Is that sea-salt?
I am willing to bet that the surface of the flightdeck has a temporary layer of non-skid on it and it has been fully re-covered once the Reagan returned to port. You have to understand that running sea trials a ship doesn't have its full complement of crew. I know the deck apes are chomping at the bits to get to that flight deck. Chances are though that a contractor was hired to resurface the flight deck. When my ship was in the yards (Jonathon Ship Yard, Norfolk, VA) we had them resurface our main deck with non-skid. And woe to the man that fell after that stuff was applied and dried. The bumps on the deck were as sharp as glass until they were worn down by normal usage.
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Interesting. Very interesting!
Thanks Diablo!
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Originally posted by AKcurly
ANCHORS AWEIGH (http://www.dailypress.com/dp-reagan_anchors.htmlstory)
Technically, this is incorrect too. The ship 'launches' whenever the hull is finished to free up the dry berth for the start of another ship. The correct term is commisioned. And its a CVN, not a CV, where the N designates it as being nuclear powered.
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Originally posted by Syzygyone
Interesting. Very interesting!
Thanks Diablo!
You are quite welcome there Syzygyone.
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Originally posted by -tronski-
I just think it's a little bland to be honest.
I think a major capital ship like that should have a more inspiring name.
like... the Saratoga, Yorktown, Lexington etc etc
Tronsky
Battleships are named after states, cruisers after cities, destroyers after heroes (typically naval) and CVs use a mix of names (aviation pioneers, politicians, events & etc.)
All USS names are chosen by the secretary of the navy (except in Aces High.)
The Bishop CVs are named AHS Torque-1, AHS Torque-2 and so on. :D
curly
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Originally posted by AKcurly
USS Reagan is the last of its line. USS Bush will be the first of a new line of CVs.
curly
Actually, the Bush, aka CVN-77, is the last of the Nimitz-class.
Check the following links:
Site 1 (http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/nimitz/)
Site 2 (http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-cv.html)
Site 3 (http://www.northropgrumman.com/tech_cd/nn/nn_aircraft.html)
Sorry, got a bit carried away. Also, FYI, the Reagan was already launched, it is going into service after trials (my dad is a foreman at a ship building company and would kill me if I made the mistake of getting commision and launch reversed).
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Originally posted by AKcurly
Battleships are named after states, cruisers after cities, destroyers after heroes (typically naval) and CVs use a mix of names (aviation pioneers, politicians, events & etc.)
All USS names are chosen by the secretary of the navy (except in Aces High.)
The Bishop CVs are named AHS Torque-1, AHS Torque-2 and so on. :D
curly
lol Torque 1 and 2 eh?
Tronsky
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Originally posted by GScholz
This bit surprised me a bit. What special equipment or acomodations would be needed for females onboard a warship? :confused:
Apart from not bunking with men I have never heard of any special acomodations being given to women onboard our warships.
Well, IIRC. they can't pee standing up, and have to sit down every time :eek: So that's a bunch of extra toilets or "heads" as them Navy dudes call em. And, man, don't you know how much space those feminine napkin dispensers take up?
:eek:
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Originally posted by GScholz
Well thank you Mr. Obvious.
Last time I checked the Navy didn't use anything else than "heads" on warships. Ever tried pissing standing up in heavy seas? Messy. (Granted a CVN dosen't move that much though).
I was a guest on a Carrier a few years a go during a port visit. There ARE stand up urinals on that ship. Our group, Reservists on a day off, went to see the harbor area and got tours of the big ship and a boomer tied up along side. This was in San Francisco. We didn't get the see the warhead or reactor area of the boomer but did see the bridge with a couple instruments covered up. Both were very impressive to us Army pukes. :)