The Junk Yard Navy (Big Pics)

[TLAM Strike]

Post your pics...

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[Weiss Pinguin]

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That's just incredible :o What type is that?

[Platapus]

man, back in the day, we would have killed for pictures like that. :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

That's just incredible :o What type is that?

Victor III class.

Here are some more...


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^I think that is a SSBN or SSGN

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[Jimbuna]

Fantastic shots :rock:

[TLAM Strike]

Thanx Jim :up:

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Not sure if they are building this one up or tearing her down...

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^Albanian Whiskeys

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^Yemeni Navy Osa

[Jimbuna]

The Clemenceau in a breakers yard at Hartlepool approximately 30 miles south of me.

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[Oberon]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4019157232_9741e5e466.jpg
B-39 in the River Medway, Kent

Uboat wrecks from First and Second World Wars in same river

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Some 26 WWI uboats were brought into the Medway and abandoned where they presumably remain under the mud to this day.

[AVGWarhawk]

The US has her ghost navy/junk yards:

http://media.hamptonroads.com/cache/files/images/344561000.jpg

http://www.rpadden.com/168/Gage-finalvoyage09-07-23.jpg

http://www.elaw.org/assets/images/places/uk.ghost.fleet.jpg

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The just cut the USS Orion into scraps here in Baltimore about 2 years ago. One fella I work with on the Torsk was a crewman on the USS Orion. He hated to see her go.
http://tendertale.com/tenders/118/118-3.jpg

http://www.usstorsk.org/weekend/orionscrap2/as18scrap15.jpg

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We are allowed to do ship strips for parts on the Torsk. Many of the same parts were used across the ships/subs. Other than that these are auctioned to be cut up or used to create an artificial reef.

[TLAM Strike]

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^The nuc boneyard

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^ When a smokeboat knows the end is near it finds a nice shady spot to contemplate it life before being towed to the breakers or out to sea for a SINKEX.

[Task Force]

Ahh... the ghost fleet... Ive seen it.:yep:
http://media.hamptonroads.com/media/content/pilotonline/2007/05/ghostfleetenglandfull.jpg

http://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/James-River-Ghost-Fleet-300x225.jpg

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http://www.navytimes.com/xml/news/2010/03/ap_ghost_fleet_ships_033110/033110_ghost_fleet_iowa_800.JPG
except the BB is a museam ship now.

Yep, this is where your ships go america! lol (well, some of the ghost fleet is actualy a reserve fleet, that bb is also in a "if needed" status IIRC)

[Jimbuna]

I'm suprised the RN aren't buying some of these with the intention of refurbishing them :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm suprised the RN aren't buying some of these with the intention of refurbishing them :DL

Some are still in good shape Jim. They get mothballed but are still loaded with toxins that pollute. The James River fleet has been complained about for years. Those that are on the block for sale to scrapyards are opened evey now and then for stripping of items. A group from the Torsk Volunteer association will make a trip to strip what parts we can use on the Torsk. Some get salvaged and used as a museum. Others sold for scrap that usually make razor blades.

I would drive by the USS Coral Sea in Baltimore everyday as she was scrapped for blades.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/cv-43/s03.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I don't know if that's a picture of her at the bottom of your post but if it is, the bugga isn't viewable. :hmmm:

[SteamWake]

Post your pics...





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is that a bunch of beer bottles on the horizontal stab?

[ajrimmer42]

fantastic pics, I love anything like this. :yeah:

[ETR3(SS)]

is that a bunch of beer bottles on the horizontal stab?I see a bunch of wood blocks or parts of the boat on the stern planes, but nothing resembling a bottle. Also note the dumpster placed on the hull. $20 says it ended up at the bottom of the drydock the slightly humorous yet extremely dangerous way.:dead:

[TarJak]

This site has some excellent pics: Portsmouth Submarine Graveyard (http://www.cyberheritage.com/sub_graveyard_portsmouth/)

From elsewhere:

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/06/1-1.jpg

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[krashkart]

From elsewhere:

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/06/1-1.jpg

:o

That is gigantic.

[TLAM Strike]

:o

That is gigantic.
And not going to the junkyard! That is the bow of the new HMS Astute. The UK's equivalent of the US Virginia class SSN.

[Task Force]

:o

That is gigantic.

And would really suck if it flipped over.:har: would crush those cars, and maby a house.

[Jimbuna]

And not going to the junkyard! That is the bow of the new HMS Astute. The UK's equivalent of the US Virginia class SSN.

You are quite correct sir :up:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23399926-britain-launches-massive-submarine-that-can-hear-a-ship-from-across-the-atlantic.do

[krashkart]

And not going to the junkyard! That is the bow of the new HMS Astute. The UK's equivalent of the US Virginia class SSN.

That's just the bow of the sucker?? Very cool indeed. :up:

And would really suck if it flipped over.:har: would crush those cars, and maby a house.

Yes, one of the first things that popped into my mind when I saw it. :DL

[TLAM Strike]

That's just the bow of the sucker?? Very cool indeed. :up:
This is the whole thing. ;)

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8001/astuteaft470x313.jpg

[Task Force]

Cool sub...:yep:

[Jimbuna]

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7929/astutesubmarinelaunch.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/i/astutesubmarinelaunch.jpg/)

[krashkart]

Indeed, very cool sub. Question: can it fire officers out of the tubes, or just the usual assortment of weaponry? :DL

[edit] Wonder if she's been modded into DW yet? Would love to drive that one.

[TLAM Strike]

[edit] Wonder if she's been modded into DW yet? Would love to drive that one.

Coming soon in LWAMI V3.10 :salute:
... at least I think it will be... ML might have forgotten to add it in... I got to go send an email... :shifty:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=292&pictureid=2077
...and before you ask it is not playable. Sorry...

[krashkart]

I recall there being some issues in making non-playables playable. However, it is cool that someone got a start on that submarine already. Might be about time to reinstall the old beast (DW) and see what new stuff I can add to her. Thanks for the heads-up, TLAM. :salute:

[TLAM Strike]

I recall there being some issues in making non-playables playable. However, it is cool that someone got a start on that submarine already. Might be about time to reinstall the old beast (DW) and see what new stuff I can add to her. Thanks for the heads-up, TLAM. :salute:
If you look in my profile you will see several albums of the 3d models I've made for DW. :03:

[gimpy117]

Its sad too see those Fleet Boats go...but they're nearly 70 years old...way beyond their useful life. with that much metal fatigue i'm guessing its dangerous to go much below periscope depth!

[bookworm_020]

It is sad to see ships come to the end of their lives and being cut up for scrap. The Australian navy has made it a policy of late to offer retired ships as artifical reefs to any community who wants one. It has gone well, except for one or two occasions, and there is usualy a fight to see who gets one!

It is also a more honourable way for a ship to go.

[Kapitan]

looks like the RN some of them pics all laid up due to budget cuts.

[nikimcbee]

I need to upload my photos of Bremerton. I've got some great CVN photos.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Four month short of two year old thread. :hmmm:

BRAAAAINZ!

:O:

[August]

This would be appropriate for this thread:

Old Ironsides By Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon’s roar;—
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more!

Her deck, once red with heroes’ blood
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o’er the flood
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor’s tread,
Or know the conquered knee;—
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!

O, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every thread-bare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,—
The lightning and the gale!

[nikimcbee]

I wonder how much it costs to maintain one of these ships (non-sailing/ static)? The USS Ranger? is coming to Ore-gone at some point, but I don't know the timeline.:hmmm:

[em2nought]

Navies: How to go from superpower back to third world status in just a few expensive steps. :D

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Navies: How to go from superpower back to third world status in just a few expensive steps. :D:har:

You mean LCS, DDG-1000 and F-35? :D