Ship Photo of the Day

[AllAmerican75]

Another piece of history found! The “Sammy B” (USS Samuel B Roberts, DE-413) from the fascinating Battle of Leyte Gulf - is now the deepest shipwreck ever discovered.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/25/uss-samuel-roberts-sammy-deepest-shipwreck/

What a storied name for a ship. I hope they bring back the Sammy B name with the next class of FFGs. I had the good fortune to serve on the latest incarnation of Sammy B (FFG 58) when I was on my first ship. The story of her bad day in the Gulf is phenomenal. I got to hear her skipper tell it during a presentation at NPS. Going into AUX 3 nearly 30 years later and she was still not quite right. Everything had shifted up about 6-12 inches.

 

[number9]

Another one I spotted off the coast of Martha's Vineyard; I think it's the megayacht Viva. I felt like I had to post it given the naval aviation connection:



My guess is the helicopter is an EC120B?

 

[Griz882]

Another one I spotted off the coast of Martha's Vineyard; I think it's the megayacht Viva. I felt like I had to post it given the naval aviation connection:

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My guess is the helicopter is an EC120B?

Martha’s Vineyard…I wonder if I could rig the Griz-O-Copter with a homemade anti-ship missile and score a kill? I’ve never liked mega-yacht owners in any case…they make me jealous.

 

[number9]

Martha’s Vineyard…I wonder if I could rig the Griz-O-Copter with a homemade anti-ship missile and score a kill? I’ve never liked mega-yacht owners in any case…they make me jealous.

Fly down to 1B2 and let's give it a try

 

[Griz882]

Fly down to 1B2 and let's give it a try

Found another potential “must visit,” 02MA….a single ship helipad on Cuttyhunk Island!

 

[Gatordev]

My guess is the helicopter is an EC120B?

That's either a -135 or a -145. I can never tell when the doors are open. The -145 has an extra window, which it looks like that one has. The stabs are different too. If that is a -145, it shows just how big that boat is.

 

[Randy Daytona]

The largest ship ever sunk by a mine, and the only British dreadnought sunk of WW1, was HMS Audacious, a 26,000 ton King George V dreadnought. It had a mine explode directly on under the keel on 28 October 1914. Armed with 10 (5x2) 13.5” cannons, it was one of the most modern battleships in the Royal Navy. Upon its sinking, it would be the closest to parity the Kaiser’s fleet would ever reach.




Audacious as completed, 1913


The crew of Audacioustake to lifeboats to be taken aboard Olympic

 

[Randy Daytona]

Interesting article from War on the Rocks about China’s ability to convert ships for military duty, in particular roll on / roll off ships. Pictured is the Bo Hai Jing Zhu, length 179 m, beam 28m, displacement of 34,000+ tons.

Mind the Gap: How China’s Civilian Shipping Could Enable a Taiwan Invasion - War on the Rocks

Recent months have seen much discussion of the “Davidson Window” — the idea, based on recent commentary by the then-commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific

warontherocks.com

China’s merchant shipbuilding industry is the world’s largest, building more than 23 million gross tons of shipping in 2020(U.S. yards built a mere 70,000 tons the same year, though they typically average somewhere in the 200,000s).

 

[Randy Daytona]

USS Mayrant, DD-402, a Benham class destroyer commissioned on 13 September 1939. It fought throughout the war, afterwards being used as an atomic target.

A native of Santee, South Carolina, he first served in the South Carolina Navy before joining John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard. From the Naval History and Heritage Command:

Description: Who, as a Midshipman serving under John Paul Jones in Continental Ship Bonhomme Richard, led the attacking party that captured HMS Serapis on 23 September 1779.

Mayrant, John

John Mayrant was born in the parish of St. James Santee, South Carolina, in December 1762. During the American Revolution he resided in Charleston, S.C., and in May 1778 was appointed a Midshipman in the South Carolina Navy. After sailing in the sloop Tartar to Havana, Cuba, and from there in...

www.history.navy.mil

USS Mayrant (DD-402) at anchor with painters over the side, circa 1939-1941.


Circa 1942, location unknown.


The Mayrant at Charleston April 27 1944.

 

[Randy Daytona]

The USS Texas (BB-35), a veteran of both WW1 and WW2, being repositioned for major repair and then on to its new birth as the only surviving Dreadnought battleship.

Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for $35M repairs

 

[Griz882]

The USS Texas (BB-35), a veteran of both WW1 and WW2, being repositioned for major repair and then on to its new birth as the only surviving Dreadnought battleship.

Leaky battleship in Texas begins trip for $35M repairs

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Very cool. Is it the USS North Carolina that’s in concrete?

 

[Flash]

Very cool. Is it the USS North Carolina that’s in concrete?

She's stuck in the mud so they built a cofferdam around her to repair her hull and refilled it when they were done:

 

[jmcquate]

here's the Texas high and dry.

 

[hlg6016]

Very cool. Is it the USS North Carolina that’s in concrete?

Japanese battleship Mikasa - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Not US Navy, But this old lady is set in concrete.

 

[Griz882]

She's stuck in the mud so they built a cofferdam around her to repair her hull and refilled it when they were done:

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That’s it! Thanks.