The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!

[Hozer]

New Jersey: Turns out the Navy put the wrong type of anodes for brackish water of the Delaware river so new aluminum anodes, fixing all the leaking through-hull fittings and blank off plates, welding some new sheet steel near the bow area.
A lot of work in the Holland Tunnel area too. Of course, tip top paint job.
Absolutely ridiculous amount of work. Looks really great.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Why is the outboard prop 4 blades and not 5 like the other?

The Iowa-class had four-bladed outboard screws and five-bladed inboard, and also had alternating twists so they counter-rotated. Apparently it was a vibration reduction measure due to the very long prop shafts - something like 350 feet long.

 

[Hozer]

JFK starboard shot and New Jersey overhead while on approach to 27 at Philly.
The Navy Yard has a bunch of FFG 7's and Flt 1 Tico's still.

 

[Griz882]

JFK starboard shot and New Jersey overhead while on approach to 27 at Philly.
The Navy Yard has a bunch of FFG 7's and Flt 1 Tico's still.



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The yard is down quite a lot. Last time I was there the basin was practically full!

 

[Hair Warrior]

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Look closely and I can see where we got the NWU Type I pattern.

 

[Gatordev]

Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?

 

[Griz882]

Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?

 

[Hozer]

Look closely and I can see where we got the NWU Type I pattern.

All former Task Force Uniform members should be tracked down mercilessly and imprisoned aboard de-commed vessels for eternity for their crimes against humanity.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Dumb question for the shoes...how do they get the lines through the carrier bow's hawse pipe and up onto the flight deck? Does someone dangle down there to get a line that's fed out and through and then hauled back up to the flight deck?

Toss a messenger line to the pier first, then haul the lines back.

Lines don’t go to the flight deck. The focsle on a carrier is an indoorsy affair.

 

[Gatordev]

Toss a messenger line to the pier first, then haul the lines back.

Lines don’t go to the flight deck. The focsle on a carrier is an indoorsy affair.

Right, but how do you get the messenger lines out of the focsle. If you look at Hozer's picture, there's no "cut out" to toss the line, just the two hawse pipes (and the anchor hawse hole). So are the messenger lines lowered to a tug?

I mentioned the lines from the flight deck because if you look at the picture, there are lines run up to there from the focsle. I understand those are just untended lines that got left there and that wouldn't be normal, but they had to get up there somehow.

 

[hscs]

Right, but how do you get the messenger lines out of the focsle. If you look at Hozer's picture, there's no "cut out" to toss the line, just the two hawse pipes (and the anchor hawse hole). So are the messenger lines lowered to a tug?

I mentioned the lines from the flight deck because if you look at the picture, there are lines run up to there from the focsle. I understand those are just untended lines that got left there and that wouldn't be normal, but they had to get up there somehow.

Hozer’s correct.

What you are seeing on the ex-JFK is likely some yard specific thing, not related to mooring.