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[Pags]

In Massachusetts Bay she sailed under her own power in '97, I don't think she's left Boston since she last arrived in 1934.

Yeah, timing sounds about right. A guy I knew from NROTC did a MIDN cruise on her for that event and was telling stories about being up in the yards working the sails. Current Jokers should ask Whisper about it.

Since it's @Flash I feel ok quibbling that going out in to the bay counts as leaving Boston (crossing the Charles into Cambridge counts as leaving BOS) but not Mass. Maybe that's what you meant

 

[Flash]

Since it's @Flash I feel ok quibbling that going out in to the bay counts as leaving Boston (crossing the Charles into Cambridge counts as leaving BOS) but not Mass. Maybe that's what you meant

Masshole!

 

[Griz882]

Masshole is a state of motor vehicle operation or attitude, or both but rarely a matter of nautical location.

The Constitution just finished a prolonged yard spell in the old dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard. There is an entire navy detachment there to not only man her, but keep her squared away. She is pulled out twice a year (July 4 and Navy Birthday) to turn her around and makes a trip that keeps her entirely within Boston’s city limits (out to Fort Constitution and back). I have done the trip twice, it is actually quite fun. If you are in Boston you can show your military ID and they will ring you aboard with the appropriate number of bells and announce your arrival. Full tours of the entire ship are rare, so if one if ever offered I recommend you take it.

A beautiful old warrior.

 

[jollygreen07]

I was amazed by how small she was. I think she was considered a 5th rate.

By number of guns she was commissioned originally a 5th rate. She typically carried enough guns to be considered a 4th rate. I believe the Brits had to tell their Frigate Captains to stop engaging our "Frigates" because they were simply outclassed by the much heavier American ships. Our Frigates were closer in size and weight of broadside to a Razee (HMS Indefatigable is a famous example of this type of ship) than the two 38 gun ships she faced in her most famous engagements.

 

[jmcquate]

than the two 38 gun ships she faced in her most famous engagements.

Java and Guerriere?

 

[jollygreen07]

Java and Guerriere?

Yessir!

 

[nittany03]

By number of guns she was commissioned originally a 5th rate. She typically carried enough guns to be considered a 4th rate. I believe the Brits had to tell their Frigate Captains to stop engaging our "Frigates" because they were simply outclassed by the much heavier American ships. Our Frigates were closer in size and weight of broadside to a Razee (HMS Indefatigable is a famous example of this type of ship) than the two 38 gun ships she faced in her most famous engagements.

That was the point. Everything they couldn't run from, they outgunned. And everything that outgunned them was too slow to chase them down.

 

[Pags]

That was the point. Everything they couldn't run from, they outgunned. And everything that outgunned them was too slow to chase them down.

Unless you’re USS Chesapeake.

 

[jmcquate]

It was all about the wind. Who had the weather was paramount. The only way to maneuver.

 

[Griz882]

It was all about the wind. Who had the weather was paramount. The only way to maneuver.

Unless you kedge your way clear of a fight like Old Ironsides did when facing Guerriere!

 

[nittany03]

Unless you’re USS Chesapeake.

In which case, you end up getting turned into a gift shop in England.

 

[hlg6016]

Masshole is a state of motor vehicle operation or attitude, or both but rarely a matter of nautical location.

The Constitution just finished a prolonged yard spell in the old dry dock at Charlestown Navy Yard. There is an entire navy detachment there to not only man her, but keep her squared away. She is pulled out twice a year (July 4 and Navy Birthday) to turn her around and makes a trip that keeps her entirely within Boston’s city limits (out to Fort Constitution and back). I have done the trip twice, it is actually quite fun. If you are in Boston you can show your military ID and they will ring you aboard with the appropriate number of bells and announce your arrival. Full tours of the entire ship are rare, so if one if ever offered I recommend you take it.

A beautiful old warrior.

The crew is known for their motivation runs through the neighborhood and holding morning colors complete with cannon, The local Yuppies complained to the city council about the noise and disruption and where basically told to pound some sand and suck it up.

 

[Randy Daytona]

The largest Kriegsmarine vessel to survive WW2, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. Famous for being Bismarck's escort during the sinking of the Hood, Prinz Eugen fought in a number of battles to include shelling Russian positions in the Gulf of Riga. Prinz Eugen also survived 2 atomic blast from as close as 1200 yards.

697 ft length, 71 ft beam, 17,000 tons. 136,000 HP gave 32 knots.
8 x 8" rifles, 12 x 4.1" secondary, 12 torpedo tubes (4 triple mounts).
Commissioned: 1940 Sunk: 1946

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

 

[Randy Daytona]

And the largest Imperial Japanese Navy ship to survive WW2, the battleship Nagato. She was the flagship of the Japanese fleet until the commissioning of the Yamato; it was on the Nagato that Admiral Yamamoto gave the order to attack Pearl Harbor. She was sunk as a target in the atomic bomb tests of 1946.
According to Wikipedia, she is now one of the top 10 diving wrecks, only 110 ft below the surface.

738 ft length, 113 ft beam, 45,000 tons maximum after refitting with torpedo bulges. 80,000 HP gave 25 knots.
8 x 16" rifles, 18 x 140mm secondaries.
Commissioned: 1920, Sunk: 1946 (target, Operation Crossroads)

https://thediplomat.com/2015/08/imperial-japans-last-floating-battleship/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Nagato

Center Force sorties from Brunei Bay, Borneo: six heavy cruisers head to sea, followed by Yamato, Musashi and Nagato

Nagato in foreground at the beginning of the blast surge during the second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll

 

[nittany03]

Ah, the late 40's and 50's . . . when chucking nukes left and right for science wasn't yet seen as problematic.