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Platapus
07-25-08, 05:46 AM
"Aussie sub sinks US warship off Hawaii"
And I thought they were our allies?
How come this aint in the news???
To Arms! To Arms!
Attack those aussie bastards!!!!!!!
Send in the bombers!!
Crack the missile codes!
PUSH THE FRICKIN RED BUTTON!!!!
oh it was just an exercise? Sorry, my bad :oops:
Uh can we help you rebuild your country. :88)
that's what we should have done with the Clemenceau instead of a costly dismantling , bring it off the cost and send it two or three torps to make it a reef for the fishes
Jimbuna
07-27-08, 07:49 AM
Don't you just love it:
"For Australia in particular, this exercise has been a successful demonstration of the ongoing capability of the Collins Class submarine," Mr Fitzgibbon said.
A ship lying at anchor and a submarine class plagued with technical problems since it's building.
Not to mention the difficulty in finding enough qualified crew to sail them. :hmm:
Sorry TJ mate....couldn't resist :lol: :up:
@jpm1
Probably no need to waste any torps on her mate....she'd have probably scuttled herself at the first hint of a warship approaching :rotfl:
Just a friendly joke fellas...bored on a Sunday morning and all that ;)
Raptor1
07-27-08, 09:59 AM
that's what we should have done with the Clemenceau instead of a costly dismantling , bring it off the cost and send it two or three torps to make it a reef for the fishes
A reef with all that Asbestos, lead and other harmful materials? :D
baggygreen
07-27-08, 06:00 PM
Don't you just love it:
"For Australia in particular, this exercise has been a successful demonstration of the ongoing capability of the Collins Class submarine," Mr Fitzgibbon said.
A ship lying at anchor and a submarine class plagued with technical problems since it's building.
Not to mention the difficulty in finding enough qualified crew to sail them. :hmm:
Sorry TJ mate....couldn't resist :lol: :up:
@jpm1
Probably no need to waste any torps on her mate....she'd have probably scuttled herself at the first hint of a warship approaching :rotfl:
Just a friendly joke fellas...bored on a Sunday morning and all that ;)Very funny cos its all true!:lol:
bookworm_020
07-27-08, 09:00 PM
"Aussie sub sinks US warship off Hawaii"
And I thought they were our allies?
How come this aint in the news???
To Arms! To Arms!
Attack those aussie bastards!!!!!!!
Send in the bombers!!
Crack the missile codes!
PUSH THE FRICKIN RED BUTTON!!!!
oh it was just an exercise? Sorry, my bad :oops:
Uh can we help you rebuild your country. :88)
Considering it took thirty years for the US Navy to say sorry for shooting up Sydney harbour in WW2, a little payback was in order!:)
Don't you just love it:
"For Australia in particular, this exercise has been a successful demonstration of the ongoing capability of the Collins Class submarine," Mr Fitzgibbon said.
A ship lying at anchor and a submarine class plagued with technical problems since it's building.
Not to mention the difficulty in finding enough qualified crew to sail them. :hmm:
Sorry TJ mate....couldn't resist :lol: :up:
@jpm1
Probably no need to waste any torps on her mate....she'd have probably scuttled herself at the first hint of a warship approaching :rotfl:
Just a friendly joke fellas...bored on a Sunday morning and all that ;)I agree with you. At least they know that the torpedo launch systems work though!:rotfl:
baggygreen
07-27-08, 10:02 PM
the next question, is can the torp systems launch with a crew of 7???
Thats about all they've got...
If i wasn't marrying such a family-oriented lass, and not already a reservist, and not about to become a national level umpire, then i'd go the civvy-entry into subs!
;)
Jimbuna
07-28-08, 11:59 AM
the next question, is can the torp systems launch with a crew of 7???
Thats about all they've got...
;)
Nice one :lol:
FIREWALL
07-28-08, 12:15 PM
that's what we should have done with the Clemenceau instead of a costly dismantling , bring it off the cost and send it two or three torps to make it a reef for the fishes
A reef with all that Asbestos, lead and other harmful materials? :D
Sell it to someone else. Then it's their problem. :p
Then we can all YELL at them. :p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Sailor Steve
07-28-08, 12:41 PM
"Aussie sub sinks US warship off Hawaii"
And I thought they were our allies?
How come this aint in the news???
To Arms! To Arms!
Attack those aussie bastards!!!!!!!
Send in the bombers!!
Crack the missile codes!
PUSH THE FRICKIN RED BUTTON!!!!
oh it was just an exercise? Sorry, my bad :oops:
Uh can we help you rebuild your country. :88)
Considering it took thirty years for the US Navy to say sorry for shooting up Sydney harbour in WW2, a little payback was in order!:)
And another thirty to actually initiate it. Man, for those guys revenge really is "a dish best served cold".
Just wait until we get you back for damaging the HMAS Melbourne with one of your destroyers!:rotfl:
bookworm_020
07-29-08, 12:51 AM
Just wait until we get you back for damaging the HMAS Melbourne with one of your destroyers!:rotfl:
We did damage her with one of our own first!:hmm:
Yeah but that was friendly fire. :doh:
it seems they have a lot of fun in the australian navy
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HyG9f3kMt4o
More friendly fire.:rotfl:
Sailor Steve
07-30-08, 08:26 AM
Just wait until we get you back for damaging the HMAS Melbourne with one of your destroyers!:rotfl:
I was home on leave when that happened. I didn't give it much thought until our little destroyer was part of an Australian excercise, and Melbourne was task force leader. I was on the midwatch and I took a message to the bridge at around 0200, and was surprised to find the captain there at what I thought was a very odd time. Since the forward AC was out we were all allowed to wear undershirts, and the captain was sitting in his chair in skivvy shorts, t-shirt and his red ball-cap. He first asked if he could borrow my pen to sign the message, then he said he didn't have his glasses and asked me to read it to him. We had been riding the port flank, and the message was for us to transfer to point. This meant picking up speed and becoming lead ship in the group.
We then recieved a voice message that the entire group would make a 90-degree turn to starboard, on command from Melbourne. When the signal came every ship turned to starboard except Melbourne herself, which for reasons known only to themselves turned to port. Since we were about halfway from the port flank position to the point position this put us directly in her path. Since the ships were at least a mile apart we were in no real danger, but now I knew why the captain was on the bridge at that ungodly hour: he was thinking about what happened to the poor captain of the Frank E. Evans. The entire group was then ordered to stop and wait for our leader to turn around and catch up.
We never did find out why the carrier turned the wrong way, but someone said he had heard that they had three admirals on board as well as the captain, and someone wanted to override someone else's orders. Not knowing any better, that sounds like a reasonable answer to me.
it seems they have a lot of fun in the australian navy
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HyG9f3kMt4o
"2000-ton battleship?" "Giant navy craft?"
"Hey, I don't write this stuff, I just read it on the telly!"
The USS Frank E Evans, wasn't the first DD Melbourne ran into either. Melbourne had a practise run on HMAS Voyage a few years earlier.:o
http://users.qld.chariot.net.au/~dialabull/R21%20Killer.htm
Looking at the photo's the Evans faught back a bit more than the Voyager! My father was stationed at HMAS Albatross in Nowra when the Voyager got hit and was part of the recovery team that helped ferry survivors back from the fleet to the airbase at the time. He had left the Navy the year before the Evans incident.
He also told me of several planes that went over the side during his stints on Melbourne and of one deck hand who got decapitated by a snapped arresting wire!
CV's are dangerous place to work!
Sailor Steve
07-30-08, 09:28 PM
The USS Frank E Evans, wasn't the first DD Melbourne ran into either. Melbourne had a practise run on HMAS Voyage a few years earlier.:o
I'm just glad USS Brinkley Bass wasn't the third!:dead:
bookworm_020
07-30-08, 09:45 PM
I know for a fact when the dock yard workers heard that HMAS Melbourne has rammed and sunk the Frank E Evans, that started work on a new bow section, as they had the templetes from when they did the Voyager repairs.
Blacklight
07-30-08, 10:30 PM
This is a day that will live in INFAMY !!!!
:D
Jimbuna
07-31-08, 04:21 AM
Probably an event both countries would like to put way behind them. :p
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