Sinking of CV-66 [Archive] - SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

Linton

04-03-06, 06:05 PM

Last year the USN went to a lot of time and effort on weapons trials to sink CV-66.Does anybody have any footage so that I can wind -up some skimmers?

Kapitan

04-03-06, 06:47 PM

All i know is that it was post poined due to the hurricanes, im not sure if its been sunk yet.

Torpedo Fodder

04-03-06, 07:07 PM

All i know is that it was post poined due to the hurricanes, im not sure if its been sunk yet.

America was sunk alright, but given the highly secret nature of the sinking exercise, we're not going to be seeing any footage released for a very long time, possibly decades.

Bort

04-03-06, 08:37 PM

http://www.cvn78.com/documents/photos/cv66_after_plunge640.jpg
This is the only pic I know of that the USN released of the sinking, due to the security concerns.

GunnersMate

04-04-06, 04:50 PM

I wonder how she was sunk.

Kapitan

04-04-06, 04:53 PM

Probably testing a torpedo.

Etienne

04-04-06, 05:58 PM

There's also a political factor - Imagine papers coming out with the headline "AMERICA SUNK!" and a dramatic picture of a carrier exploding...

Plus, a video like that would surely get attached to an email, and I can just imagine how some idiots might twist it into being an Iraq war occurence or something...

TLAM Strike

04-04-06, 06:04 PM

Plus, a video like that would surely get attached to an email... I bet that video would become the 21st century's verson of the F9F crash stock footage (Ala Midway and The Hunt For Red October)! :lol:

Etienne

04-04-06, 08:48 PM

Plus, a video like that would surely get attached to an email... I bet that video would become the 21st century's verson of the F9F crash stock footage (Ala Midway and The Hunt For Red October)! :lol:

More like the new version of the USS Houston doing the emergency blow...

Subnuts

04-04-06, 08:54 PM

Plus, a video like that would surely get attached to an email... I bet that video would become the 21st century's verson of the F9F crash stock footage (Ala Midway and The Hunt For Red October)! :lol:

More like the new version of the USS Houston doing the emergency blow...

More like F9F crashes into aircraft carrier, causing it to sink, which scares a submarine out of the water, blowing up a house in the middle of desert.

TLAM Strike

04-04-06, 09:10 PM

Plus, a video like that would surely get attached to an email... I bet that video would become the 21st century's verson of the F9F crash stock footage (Ala Midway and The Hunt For Red October)! :lol:

More like the new version of the USS Houston doing the emergency blow...

More like F9F crashes into aircraft carrier, causing it to sink, which scares a submarine out of the water, blowing up a house in the middle of desert.
No blowing up a RA-5 Vigilante with an airburst out in the desert. :lol: