Five Carriers in Norfolk-all at once!

[Feuer Frei!]

Nice Pic! News article dated from the 8th of Feb, but still...:yeah:

http://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/lincoln.jpg

http://news.usni.org/2013/02/08/navy-lincoln-refueling-delayed-will-hurt-carrier-readiness/five-carriers-in-norfolk

[fireftr18]

Beautiful pic, nice to see them together. But did they forget the lesson we learned on Dec 7, 1941. :06:

[CaptainHaplo]

Looks like two LHD's in the background as well.... and those are no lightweighters on tonnage. Would make Scapa Flow into a historical slideshow if a Uboat turned up!!!!

[Cybermat47]

All we've got in Sydney is one destroyer, one submarine, and several frigates.
:-?

Although my dad once visited a Russkie sub there.

[August]

Beautiful pic, nice to see them together. But did they forget the lesson we learned on Dec 7, 1941. :06:

Good question but I don't believe so because there are some key differences between then and now:

That is not some far flung territorial base, it is our front yard.
We're a lot better at detecting approaching enemy fleets than we were in 1941.
We're a lot better at killing them once they are detected.
None of our enemies possesses half the navy the IJN could field at the start of the war.
The carriers are in fact much better placed to protect against torpedo attack than they were on battleship row.

[Stealhead]

The most serious threat to them in that location would be a cruise missile or a MIRV aimed at the base.Neither of which is very likely the MIRV could only result from a Russian ICBM attack and the cruise missile would have to be submarine launched.

Well thinking about it a surprise submarine launched cruise missile attack is relatively feasible.Of course doing so would be serious act of war and incur a reaction that most nations could not sustain.

[em2nought]

Probably parked 'em that way so they can say "look what we have to do because of sequestration". :har:

[Stealhead]

Probably parked 'em that way so they can say "look what we have to do because of sequestration". :har:


Ah they wont get rid of them they will just cut down the crew size and say to the people that get cut "thank you for your service to the US Navy we know that many of you have dedicated 10 or and some of you nearly 20 years of your life to the Navy but you are not eligible for retirement pensions now have a nice day and life and enjoy your 90 day temp card."

[Feuer Frei!]

A directive from the Obama Administration . For routine inspections. That's why they're parked in there together.
That was the original story. Fabricated, apparently.
Here, allegedly is the real story:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2013/02/the_truth_behind_the_aircraft.shtml

[Betonov]

Looks like a fair or a public BBQ going on on the flight deck of the second one :hmmm:

Or most probibly a covered maintainance operation :)

[Cybermat47]

Hang on, looks like there are seven carriers there!

[Feuer Frei!]

Hang on, looks like there are seven carriers there!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship
That's the 'other' 2

[Cybermat47]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship
That's the 'other' 2

Thanks. Two of those are going to enter service with the RAN pretty soon.

[Mork_417]

Really nice picture. Wish it was big enough for wallpaper.

[Feuer Frei!]

Really nice picture. Wish it was big enough for wallpaper.

This'll sort you out. high-rez incoming:

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/files/2012/12/Fleet-000-US-VA-Norfolk-20121220-N-ZN152-189.jpg

:salute:

[Mork_417]

NICE!!!! Thank you sir. :up:

[CaptainHaplo]

A directive from the Obama Administration . For routine inspections. That's why they're parked in there together.
That was the original story. Fabricated, apparently.
Here, allegedly is the real story:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2013/02/the_truth_behind_the_aircraft.shtml

:shifty: Now there is an unbiased article... its all about the "cuts". :shifty:
What do you expect from MPR....

There are no "cuts" - there are reductions in the GROWTH of budgets....
But facts can't be allowed to get in the way, can they, Feuer?

[Herr-Berbunch]

CVN-69 - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
CVN-77 - USS George W. H. Bush
CVN-65 - USS Enterprise
LHD-5 - USS Bataan
CVN-72 - USS Abraham Lincoln
CVN-75 - USS Harry S. Truman
LHD-1 - USS Wasp
LHD-2 - USS Essex

Then three more vessels I can't identify.

LHD-7 - USS Iwo Jima

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Looks like good place to park midget sub with nuke onboard! :nope:

[Synthfg]

Why bother bringing your own nuke
a bit of rewiring on any one of the tea kettles present there and you can make the whole dockside uninhabitable for the next few thousand years

[Herr-Berbunch]

Why bother bringing your own nuke
a bit of rewiring on any one of the tea kettles present there and you can make the whole dockside uninhabitable for the next few thousand years

Is that how long it's going to take people to live back in Hiroshima or Nagasaki? :hmm2:

[Armistead]

The harbor is public, anyone can boat right by all the ships there. They do keep a net around most of the ships, but almost to the ships. They do have armed guard stations with machine guns at the end of each pier, cameras and no telling what else. However, riding by in a boat, one could easily turn toward the ships and be on them in about 5 secs. I've gotten within 50ft passing by and drew no attention.

[Jimbuna]

This'll sort you out. high-rez incoming:

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/files/2012/12/Fleet-000-US-VA-Norfolk-20121220-N-ZN152-189.jpg

:salute:

Great picture, my lad sent me these last year (taken with his phone).

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/2013/image0315.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/image0315.jpg/)

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5834/image0316.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/541/image0316.jpg/)

[RickC Sniper]

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/col...aircraft.shtml

From that article:
The USS Bush was not ordered into port for "routine inspections." It had been undergoing tests of its ability to have aircraft, which it does not presently have. Its cruise was canceled because of the sequester.


Why does the USS Bush not have the ability to carry aircraft?
:-?

[TLAM Strike]

Reminded of:
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/7244/g294131.jpg

and this:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9822/g701512.jpg