This is why you should always film Ship Launches from a Distance!!!

Feuer Frei! · 06-03-13, 08:01 PM

Epic fail:

mapuc · 06-03-13, 08:18 PM

I didn't hear any yelling TIMBER

Markus

Mork_417 · 06-04-13, 02:01 AM

I was thinking, boy they are going to get soaked... Never imagined the wood would become missles.

desertstriker · 06-04-13, 02:24 AM

And now we have a new darwin award entry. contestent #18659788643523 please turn over in your grave.

Wolferz · 06-04-13, 08:28 AM

I can think of easier ways to stake a vampire.

Vince82 · 06-04-13, 09:18 AM

I was at a launch at the beginning of this year. I like them it's always a memorable event. But that ship was launched without the wood.

Herr-Berbunch · 06-04-13, 10:07 AM

Wasn't expecting that, and nor were they.

ETR3(SS) · 06-04-13, 10:46 AM

Looked like the stern of a Littoral Combat Ship launched out of Manitowoc.

vienna · 06-04-13, 02:06 PM

Many, many years ago, when I was about 6 or 7 years old, my Irish grandfather took me to watch a ship launch in the San Francisco area. He was an old Navy man and he knew I had a great interest in all things sea-going (my father was also a merchant marine, so I had dual influences), and he thought I would enjoy the sight. It was the old fashioned, stern-down-the-ways sort of launch, complete with a lady smashing a bottle across the bow. The ship was a freighter and I remember being awed by the sheer size of the ship out of water on the ways. I was even more impressed when the blocks were set loose and the whole craft slid down the ways into the water with a lod rumble and spalsh and then slowly drifted back and settled down. If you ever get the chance to watch a proper ship launch, it is not to be missed...

<O>

Platapus · 06-04-13, 04:07 PM

Water I was expecting, but being impaled? Yikes

I hope this was a remote camera and that no one was hurt

Rhodes · 06-04-13, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Water I was expecting, but being impaled? Yikes

I hope this was a remote camera and that no one was hurt

According yahoo, a person was filming and he escaped with only minor injuries, just scratches and bruises.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...5853.html?vp=1

other view!

Stealhead · 06-04-13, 08:11 PM

I see that and I think "If I where a termite that would have been awesome"

06-04-13, 02:01 AM	#3
Mork_417 Lieutenant Commander Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: DB-15 Posts: 851 Downloads: 263 Uploads: 0	I was thinking, boy they are going to get soaked... Never imagined the wood would become missles. __________________ Heading to AM49.(U-553)

06-04-13, 08:28 AM	#5
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I can think of easier ways to stake a vampire. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

06-04-13, 10:07 AM	#7
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Wasn't expecting that, and nor were they. __________________

06-04-13, 10:46 AM	#8
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Looked like the stern of a Littoral Combat Ship launched out of Manitowoc. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

06-04-13, 02:06 PM	#9
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Many, many years ago, when I was about 6 or 7 years old, my Irish grandfather took me to watch a ship launch in the San Francisco area. He was an old Navy man and he knew I had a great interest in all things sea-going (my father was also a merchant marine, so I had dual influences), and he thought I would enjoy the sight. It was the old fashioned, stern-down-the-ways sort of launch, complete with a lady smashing a bottle across the bow. The ship was a freighter and I remember being awed by the sheer size of the ship out of water on the ways. I was even more impressed when the blocks were set loose and the whole craft slid down the ways into the water with a lod rumble and spalsh and then slowly drifted back and settled down. If you ever get the chance to watch a proper ship launch, it is not to be missed... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

06-03-13, 08:01 PM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	This is why you should always film Ship Launches from a Distance!!! Epic fail: __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

06-03-13, 08:18 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I didn't hear any yelling TIMBER Markus

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desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	And now we have a new darwin award entry. contestent #18659788643523 please turn over in your grave.

06-04-13, 09:18 AM	#6
Vince82 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 216 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I was at a launch at the beginning of this year. I like them it's always a memorable event. But that ship was launched without the wood.

06-04-13, 04:07 PM	#10
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Water I was expecting, but being impaled? Yikes I hope this was a remote camera and that no one was hurt __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-04-13, 08:11 PM	#12
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I see that and I think "If I where a termite that would have been awesome"