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BobR

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It floats!!!
« on: October 12, 2013, 08:18:12 PM »
No, not that.

The carrier named after the accidental President.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-ford-drydock-flooded-20131011,0,7552846.story


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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2013, 08:41:38 PM »
First of a class?

Nobody ever tells me nuttin'! We gotta whole new class of carriers now?
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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2013, 08:51:31 PM »
One of the major "improvements" is they took away the steam catapults and have installed the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). My brother in law is an engineer at General Atomics, if it wasn't for this and some medical stuff they are working on, they would be in a lot worse shape than they are now.

http://www.ga.com/emals


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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2013, 08:56:20 PM »
Well, between the nuclear power, and like ducks and wood, it floats, the supercarrier is therefore a witch...

Our enemies don't stand a chance.  =D
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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2013, 09:01:57 PM »
Wow, I wonder what is the cycle time of an EM catapult as compared to steam.  I would imagine that taxi time of the aircraft and shuttle attachment is still the time-limiting bottleneck of the launch process though, and not the catapult cycle.
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2013, 09:25:52 PM »
Word is with repositioning and resizing of the island they can launch and recover at the same time.
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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2013, 09:33:53 PM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on October 12, 2013, 08:56:20 PM
Well, between the nuclear power, and like ducks and wood, it floats, the supercarrier is therefore a witch...

Our enemies don't stand a chance.  =D
But does it weigh the same as a duck?  You are gonna need some big scales.
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2013, 09:35:01 PM »
I'm sure it will trip over something during its launch....

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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2013, 10:23:23 PM »
I understand that Iran just launched the missile boat IRIS Lynette Fromme.
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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2013, 10:49:22 PM »
Carriers are impressive machines. If you've never been up close to one do so at your earliest opportunity.
I remember mooring at the carrier piers at Norfolk for some reason or another. Climbing up out of the hatch with a Nimitz class Super Carrier tied up across the Pier you just keep looking up and up and up and up...
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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2013, 10:56:15 PM »
My first duty station out of AE "A" school was ships company onboard the USS Forrestal. The first time I arrived at pier 12 in Norfolk the Forrestal was on one side and the USS America was on the other. The canyon they made between them was pretty impressive, and windy. As a young pup straight off the farm (nearly) it was quite an impressive sight.

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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2013, 11:00:30 PM »
When were you on the Forrestfire in Norfolk? One of the wife's brothers was on it when it was in Norfolk in 1991 (I think). He freeloaded off of us most of the time he was there
Maybe you knew him, there was what, only 4-5000 men on board? =D
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2013, 11:23:26 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on October 12, 2013, 10:49:22 PM
Carriers are impressive machines. If you've never been up close to one do so at your earliest opportunity.
I remember mooring at the carrier piers at Norfolk for some reason or another. Climbing up out of the hatch with a Nimitz class Super Carrier tied up across the Pier you just keep looking up and up and up and up...

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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2013, 12:42:30 AM »
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When were you on the Forrestfire in Norfolk?

I took my first stroll down Pier 12 to board the Forrestal in 1972, I left her in 1975 while on a Med cruise.

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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2013, 01:36:54 AM »
More pictures of the flooding of the drydock and floating of the ship.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-pictures-flooding-the-ford-20131011,0,3036534.photogallery

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« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2013, 06:20:06 AM »
What's with the protective edging on the props?  Are they seriously afraid someone will slice themself in half walking past them

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« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2013, 01:29:19 PM »
Quote from: BobR on October 13, 2013, 12:42:30 AM
I took my first stroll down Pier 12 to board the Forrestal in 1972, I left her in 1975 while on a Med cruise.

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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2013, 01:35:07 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on October 13, 2013, 06:20:06 AM
What's with the protective edging on the props?  Are they seriously afraid someone will slice themself in half walking past them

stay safe.

protection for the prop blades. Wouldn't wan't Joe the yardbird knocking an edge off with the skid loader bucket.
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2013, 12:29:01 PM »
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Carriers are impressive machines. If you've never been up close to one do so at your earliest opportunity.

I think I'll run down to the Denver Docks and take a look at  Colorado's new carrier, the CSS Lark Bunting.  The Colorado Navy is very proud of this new vessel.

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Re: It floats!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2013, 01:31:23 PM »
Are those the docks on Cherry Creek lake?
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