Ship Photo of the Day

[Randy Daytona]

^^^ Age test. You're old if you can hear the song in your head right now.

You ring?

Bernie Kopell was also Maxwell Smart's KAOS nemesis Siegried from Get Smart. Speaking of which, time for MeTV. http://www.metv.com/

 

[Randy Daytona]

Logistics - backbone of the fleet. USNS Matthew Perry (yes, one of our vertrep pilots asked why name a ship after the actor? After that, we referred to the AKE's as the "Friends" class.) length: 689 ft, beam 106 ft, 41,000 tons - and 2 gyms, an ice cream bar and your own stateroom with your own bath. Good Livin...

Sister ship the Cesar Chavez...

 

[Griz882]

Every time @Randy Daytona podts one of these I remain surprised by the use of the Puma for VertRep. No reason why, I guess I just expect to see American iron flying from a gray hull.

 

[RobLyman]

Landed on USNS Amelia Earhart a few days ago. The joke was, "Let's not get lost on the way out there."

 

[Gatordev]

Every time @Randy Daytona podts one of these I remain surprised by the use of the Puma for VertRep. No reason why, I guess I just expect to see American iron flying from a gray hull.

Contractors are cheaper. I was on a ship in he mid-90's that got UNREPed by a Kaman (albeit manned). Erickson was at Heli-Expo, but I didn't bother talking to them given the Puma hours requirement that was discussed in another thread.

 

[Randy Daytona]

Commissioned today in Japan - the JS Kaga.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703220067.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Kaga

Sister ship JS Izumo

And for perspective.

Late edit: just saw this.

 

[Pags]

Commissioned today in Japan - the JS Kaga.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703220067.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Kaga

Sister ship JS Izumo

And for perspective.

An older boat by the same name:

 

[Flash]

Commissioned today in Japan - the JS Kaga.

An older boat by the same name:
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I just looked them up, only an 18 inch difference in length between the two of them. Some pretty, uhhh....loaded names too.

 

[Pags]

Some pretty, uhhh....loaded names too.

Ya think? Something not lost on their Chinese neighbors.

 

[nittany03]

Ya think? Something not lost on their Chinese neighbors.

Or their Russian neighbors . . .

 

[Griz882]

Or their Russian neighbors . . .

Tough lessons for the Russians back then....

 

[Duc'-guy25]

Part of me says Japan has grown up and should be developed to defend themselves which should release us from that obligation. Part of me says they shouldn't even have a military.

George Friedman says we get to fight them again around 2050.

Edit: Thanks for the T-AKE love @Randy Daytona

 

[Randy Daytona]

Part of me says Japan has grown up and should be developed to defend themselves which should release us from that obligation. Part of me says they shouldn't even have a military.

George Friedman says we get to fight them again around 2050.

Edit: Thanks for the T-AKE love @Randy Daytona

Being a fan of Galactica (BSG-75), I thought it was interesting he used the term "battlestars". Great book.

 

[Griz882]

Being a fan of Galactica (BSG-75), I thought it was interesting he used the term "battlestars". Great book.

Friedman has been selling this idea since 1991. Back then he and his girl friend (now his wife) were simple, unknown professors - he at Dickerson, she at a community college - but in that copy we were susposed to be at war with Japan by now.

 

[Rockriver]

Offloaded at Subic Bay NAS (if I recall correctly).

Well, I didn't recall correctly. Make that Subic Bay NB. Landed at Cubi Point lots of time, but never Subic Bay. Too many years and too many Cubi Specials.