What navies do when a hurricane comes?

[Goat]

Try it in a 'Can....

[sonar732]

I remember seeing a picture of a submarine in Charleston that was purposely sunk pierside because they couldn't get out to see in time before Hugo came.

[Henson]

We leave.

Those on sea duty leave with the boat, and the ones on shore duty get about a two hour heads up on evacuation orders so we can get a head start.

[Driftwood]

Had the priviledge of touring the DDG USS Higgins (deck tour only) last weekend during Fleet Week in SF. Can't imagine what it must be like riding out a hurricane/typhoon in one of those ships....... Especially after watching The Perfect Storm!

[SkvyWvr]

Originally Posted by Goat

Try it in a 'Can....

A Ticonderoga crusier is nothing but a heavy can.

[Seadawg23]

Well, given enuff warning which in todays age is almost common. Out to sea and get the hell outta the way. My friend on the Uss Truman sailed north when a hurricanne came thru in 2003 i think it was. Up to maine. Most ships try to leave the area within three to four days of it nearing the coast.

As far as, shore based. Nas Oceana here. We rode it out. was not that bad of a storm. Hurricane wise. The next day was clean up time. I found it funny as hell. We were out sweeping WET Leaves off the concrete with push brooms...that works like a lead balloon. And of course moving sandbags etc etc.

if it is bad enough the base personnel will get moved inshore. As for the planes they head away. All our jets went to Kansas and Oklahoma. USAF bases to ride it out.

[Kapitan]

Smaller the ship the bigger the problem god help them guys on tugs and smaller vessels.

[FERdeBOER]

Thank you, guys, very interesting information.

Is allways a pleasure to ask things here.

[ASWnut101]

heres a question for Kapitan (and him only):p


1.Which is faster: Alpha Class or Seawolf
2.Which carries more nukes(total in each missle combined): Typhoon or Ohio
3.Why does Russia have so many active types of subs?
4.What is the diameter of an Ohio's prop?
5.Which american submarine was attacked by a polar bear?

Answer right and you get a cookie!

P.S. no googling or searchengineing

for the rest of you:

1.which is longer, Kilo or Kilo improved?
2.How many active Spruance DD's are there in american service?
3.How many propellor blades does a Nimitz CVN have on each prop

ps. NO GOOGLEING OR SEARCHENGINEING!!!

FIRST TO GET COORECT GETS A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by ASWnut101

1.which is longer, Kilo or Kilo improved?

The improved one is slightly longer, I believe.

2.How many active Spruance DD's are there in american service?

None any more. They sure did some neat things with them while they were still around. One of the fascinating things to me about ships, is how soon after they're built, they usually start modifying ships, so that they all have the baseline, but then there's all kinds of weird things on top of it. In that sense, each ship is unique.

3.How many propellor blades does a Nimitz CVN have on each prop

Five blades each. Do I get a cookie? I'm hungry.