Little Google Earth fun for ya

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

if someone could get 20-30 people, we can actually "borrow" a battleship or a cruiser.. how hard is it to get these ships seaworthy :hmm::hmm:??

would be quite the journey, but somehow seems like a real political mess as stated above

Originally Posted by sonar732

What was your rate, time served, and boats? Might've crossed paths in Bangor.

(MT) Missile Tech, 1998-2007, USS Florida SSBN/SSGN 728, USS West Virginia,

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

(MT) Missile Tech, 1998-2007, USS Florida SSBN/SSGN 728, USS West Virginia,

Ok...after my time. Congrats on getting out and becoming a civi at the yard!

Yeah im just a young buck! Yeah I dont mind one bit as a matter of fact the yard is having a huge hiring fair this year if anybody is looking

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

(MT) Missile Tech, 1998-2007, USS Florida SSBN/SSGN 728, USS West Virginia,

STS 2 (SS) USS Salmon SS-573, USS Ethan Allen SSBN 608 (B), USS Sam Houston SSBN 609 (B) 1963-71

Welcome aboard mate ...

Did you see one of those grave yard boats use to be a SSBN with the missle deck cut out up in Bangor?

I think that was mine ... they sunk the Salmon though off of Long Island ... good-by best boat and crew I've ever known.

Which graveyard? I didnt get the chance to look last night as I want to.

[Fish]

Did you found the Admiral Kuznetsof?

69° 2'25.06"N33° 4'10.76"O

[lesrae]

I've posted these before, but here are some RN boats, past and present...

Plymouth:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=k&z=20&om=0

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=k&z=19&om=0

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=k&z=18&om=0

Rosyth:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=k&z=17&om=0

Faslane:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...wloc=addr&om=0

Gosport:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...&t=k&z=19&om=0

[sonar732]

Avondale Shipyard with San Antonio Class being built

29°55'48.19" N 90°10'50.64" W

Ingalls Shipping with another San Antonio

30°20'52.87" N 88°34'08.24" W

NAS Pensacola with Blue Angels

30°21'01.04" N 87°18'50.07" W

Delta Pier Bangor Washington with Ohio in Dry Dock and two pierside

47°44'34.56" N 122°43'54.22" W

I need to have better time management so I have some more time to look at all these! With my car, my family, work and all the other crazy stuff I havent had to look at all these. oh well here comes the weekend!

[sonar732]

The USS Iowa NE of San Fran and East of Mare Island

38°04'03.87" N 122°05'53.00" W

Originally Posted by sonar732

The USS Iowa NE of San Fran and East of Mare Island

38°04'03.87" N 122°05'53.00" W

Why has this BB not been pulled back up to Iowa as a Memorial?

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

Why has this BB not been pulled back up to Iowa as a Memorial?

One phrase...Mississippi River lock and dams.

The Iowa would be to large to either navigate the Mississippi in certain spots which stops barge traffic for low water levels, and too large to even think about getting into one of the locks. Right now, the states who utilize the Ole' Miss are trying to drum up support to expand the locks for bigger barges and more revenue.

With as much dredging and pumping of silt from the Ole Miss and Missouri, you would think that this wouldnt be a problem at all.

[sonar732]

Originally Posted by Urspankd

With as much dredging and pumping of silt from the Ole Miss and Missouri, you would think that this wouldnt be a problem at all.

A series of 29 locks and dams on the upper Mississippi, most of which were built in the 1930s, is designed primarily to maintain a 9 ft (2.7 m) deep channel for commercial barge traffic.[4][5] The lakes formed are also used for recreational boating and fishing. The dams make the river deeper and wider but do not stop it. No flood control is intended. During periods of high flow, the gates, some of which are submersible, are completely opened and the dams simply cease to function. Below St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi is relatively free-flowing, although it is constrained by numerous levees and directed by numerous wing dams.