Guided missile destroyer Jamaran-2 launched by Iran

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Good job you didn't have the responsibility for launching the eels on your boat

lol ... no that was someone elses job ... what's a eel anyway?

I'm thinking it means torpedo or counter measures, but seriously "no"

I was a soundman on nuc's, but I was a lookout on the diesel boat and did fail to see a helicopter one time, due to looking at how beautiful the blue Pacific ocean was.

The ood let me know it too

I clicked on the news on Bings front page that a new guided missile destroyer had been launched in Iran and that picture came up and my first thought was wow I can't believe they built something that nice.

Glad to hear they haven't ... I'll edit the picture

[geetrue]

ah ha!

Mystery solved ... that ship in the photo was built for Iran, but never made it into their navy: navysite.de/dd/ddg995

USS SCOTT was the last but one KIDD class guided missile destroyer. Originally built for Iran, the ship was first named NADER

www.seaforces.org/usnships/ddg/DDG-995-USS-Scott.htm

Guided Missile Destroyer: DDG 995 - USS Scott . Type, Class: Guided Missile Destroyer; Kidd - class; planned and built as DD for Iranian Navy as Nader

www.navsource.org/archives/05/995.htm
Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-995 August 8 1979. Decommissioned December 10 1998. Transferred to Taiwan on May 30 2003.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by geetrue

I'm thinking it means torpedo or counter measures, but seriously "no"

Rgr that....eel = torpedo

[nikimcbee]

Ya'll are wrong. They are called targets.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Ya'll are wrong. They are called targets.

Damn straight.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by geetrue

I was a soundman on nuc's, but I was a lookout on the diesel boat and did fail to see a helicopter one time, due to looking at how beautiful the blue Pacific ocean was.

Reminds me of an old tale of a US boat which was observing a Russian exercise, it was making a regular quick periscope check when the XO noticed the sea had suddenly become quite calm and flat. He angled the scope up just in time to see an ASW helo lowering its dipping sonar on him.

I believe the quote from the CO after that was:

"Gentlemen, in light of this mornings events I am inclined to remind you that we are supposed to be observing their anti-submarine exercises, not participating in it."

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Reminds me of an old tale of a US boat which was observing a Russian exercise, it was making a regular quick periscope check when the XO noticed the sea had suddenly become quite calm and flat. He angled the scope up just in time to see an ASW helo lowering its dipping sonar on him.

I believe the quote from the CO after that was:

"Gentlemen, in light of this mornings events I am inclined to remind you that we are supposed to be observing their anti-submarine exercises, not participating in it."

An oldie but still a goodie