favorite surface ship - Page 2

Konovalov · 01-23-06, 01:28 PM

I really like this.

sonar732 · 01-23-06, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

1) Flight II Arlegh Burke DDG (bumped to the top since my buddy now serves on USS Winston Churchill DDG81)

2) Oliver Hazard Perry FFG
3) Udaloy DDG
4) Ticonderoga CG

Especially since the WC DDG81 just nabbed those pirates off Somalia!

Bort · 01-23-06, 07:07 PM

The Hamilton Class High Endurance Cutters

They used to carry sonar, 5"/38cal Gun, 2 triple torpedo tubes, and for a very short time Harpoons. But all the goodies were removed and replaced with an OTO Melara 3 inch and a CIWS. Talk about a downgrade...

diver · 01-23-06, 10:15 PM

5. Absalon class FSS - Is it a frigate? Is it an auxilary? who knows, but i like it

4. Wasp class LHD - All you need to liberate a small country

3. Oliver Hazard Perry FFG - First class of warship i ever stepped on

2. Type 23 Duke class frigate - So pretty

1. Arleigh Burke DDG - So sexy, and powerful

01-24-06, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

That would be a sight!
The USS Constitution and the HMS Victory in a mock combat drill together.

Well, since Constitution regularly sails around it's home port and Victory is embedded in concrete and can't move at all, guess who wins?

My personal favorite would have to be the late-WWII Gearing class destroyer, but only because I served on one.

Bill Nichols · 01-24-06, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by Mustang

That would be a sight!
The USS Constitution and the HMS Victory in a mock combat drill together.

Well, since Constitution regularly sails around it's home port and Victory is embedded in concrete and can't move at all, guess who wins?

Constitution is no longer allowed to sail, too much risk of structural damage. Only thing she does now is the annual 'turn around', with tugboat assist

Linton · 01-24-06, 04:11 PM

Hms Cornwallis of course.She was a 74 gun ship of the line built of teak in Bombay in 1812 for the RN.She lasted until 1960 when during a dockyard clearance at sheerness she was cut up.i say cut up but the teak was wet and very thick so the contractors resorted to gelignite!!!She fired some of the last shots in the war of 1812,was converted to steam propulsion and served in the Crimean war.such a sad loss !!

Takeda Shingen · 01-24-06, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

Mustang and I have similar tastes!

HMS VICTORY

Me too.

Kapitan · 01-24-06, 05:34 PM

did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

and so is HMS Belfast

01-24-06, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitain

did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

and so is HMS Belfast

Did you know USS Constitution is still the flagship of the U.S. First Fleet?

diver · 01-24-06, 10:34 PM

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did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

And as a result you are not allowed to take your camera onboard. God forbid you reveal Britains military secrets from 1805.

Bill Nichols · 01-24-06, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by diver

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did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

And as a result you are not allowed to take your camera onboard. God forbid you reveal Britains military secrets from 1805.

You can take your camera onboard (I have pics to prove it).... You just can't photograph the Admiral's quarters.

Bill Nichols · 01-24-06, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitain

did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

and so is HMS Belfast

And so is USS Constitution!

Mustang · 01-25-06, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Nichols

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Originally Posted by Kapitain

did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ?

and so is HMS Belfast

And so is USS Constitution!

Yes,
though it is hardly ever covered in American Schools these days. The very Poem "Old IronSides" which is first listed in the Favorite Poems thread is why the USS Constitution was never decomissioned.

She was at an end of her service and upon her scrapping, a writer named Olver Wendell Holmes came up with a Ballad to try and stave off the ceremony. Little did he know that his Poem would so deeply move the Coast and the Naval Authority that they would hold off her Decomissioning for 208 going on 209 Years.

I for one agree, I think Naval tonnage should be sunk rather then scrapped but then again I never was one to believe in recycling. I mean, if you rename a vessel that's bad luck as is, but to melt it down and make it into a computer.
Bad Ju-Ju!

Kapitan · 01-25-06, 02:14 AM

no... but its good to know we have such relics in our fleets makes for good storys and good propaganda.

01-23-06, 01:28 PM	#16
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01-23-06, 07:07 PM	#18
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	The Hamilton Class High Endurance Cutters They used to carry sonar, 5"/38cal Gun, 2 triple torpedo tubes, and for a very short time Harpoons. But all the goodies were removed and replaced with an OTO Melara 3 inch and a CIWS. Talk about a downgrade... __________________ GT Aerospace

01-24-06, 04:11 PM	#22
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hms Cornwallis of course.She was a 74 gun ship of the line built of teak in Bombay in 1812 for the RN.She lasted until 1960 when during a dockyard clearance at sheerness she was cut up.i say cut up but the teak was wet and very thick so the contractors resorted to gelignite!!!She fired some of the last shots in the war of 1812,was converted to steam propulsion and served in the Crimean war.such a sad loss !! __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

01-24-06, 05:34 PM	#24
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,131 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	did you know HMS Victory is acctualy still a commissioned warship with the royal navy ? and so is HMS Belfast __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

01-25-06, 02:14 AM	#30
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,131 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	no... but its good to know we have such relics in our fleets makes for good storys and good propaganda. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

01-23-06, 10:15 PM	#19
diver Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	5. Absalon class FSS - Is it a frigate? Is it an auxilary? who knows, but i like it 4. Wasp class LHD - All you need to liberate a small country 3. Oliver Hazard Perry FFG - First class of warship i ever stepped on 2. Type 23 Duke class frigate - So pretty 1. Arleigh Burke DDG - So sexy, and powerful