The Junk Yard Navy (Big Pics)

TLAM Strike · 05-14-10, 11:24 AM

Post your pics...

Weiss Pinguin · 05-14-10, 11:33 AM

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That's just incredible

What type is that?

Platapus · 05-14-10, 11:45 AM

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

TLAM Strike · 05-14-10, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

That's just incredible

What type is that?

Victor III class.

Here are some more...

^I think that is a SSBN or SSGN

Jimbuna · 05-14-10, 11:50 AM

Fantastic shots

TLAM Strike · 05-14-10, 11:59 AM

Thanx Jim

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

^Albanian Whiskeys

^Yemeni Navy Osa

Jimbuna · 05-14-10, 01:36 PM

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

Oberon · 05-14-10, 01:50 PM

B-39 in the River Medway, Kent

Uboat wrecks from First and Second World Wars in same river

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

AVGWarhawk · 05-14-10, 01:56 PM

The US has her ghost navy/junk yards:

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.

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 · 05-14-10, 02:09 PM

^The nuc boneyard

^ 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 · 05-14-10, 02:10 PM

Ahh... the ghost fleet... Ive seen it.

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 · 05-14-10, 02:45 PM

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

AVGWarhawk · 05-14-10, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

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

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.

Jimbuna · 05-14-10, 03:40 PM

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.

SteamWake · 05-14-10, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Post your pics...

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

05-14-10, 11:24 AM	#1
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	The Junk Yard Navy (Big Pics) Post your pics... __________________

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	man, back in the day, we would have killed for pictures like that. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Fantastic shots __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-10, 11:59 AM	#6
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Thanx Jim Not sure if they are building this one up or tearing her down... ^Albanian Whiskeys ^Yemeni Navy Osa __________________

05-14-10, 01:36 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Clemenceau in a breakers yard at Hartlepool approximately 30 miles south of me. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-10, 01:50 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	B-39 in the River Medway, Kent Uboat wrecks from First and Second World Wars in same river Some 26 WWI uboats were brought into the Medway and abandoned where they presumably remain under the mud to this day.

05-14-10, 01:56 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The US has her ghost navy/junk yards: 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. 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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-14-10, 02:09 PM	#10
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	^The nuc boneyard ^ 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. __________________

05-14-10, 02:10 PM	#11
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Ahh... the ghost fleet... Ive seen it. 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) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

05-14-10, 02:45 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm suprised the RN aren't buying some of these with the intention of refurbishing them __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-10, 03:40 PM	#14
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!