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It looks like USS San Francisco (SSN 711) got underway from Guam, headed for Bremerton. That is going to be one long surface transit... Good luck, guys.
posted by Bubblehead at 5:27 AM
I'm Joel Kennedy -- a married, 49 year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life. Politically, I'm a moderate realist. In Idaho, that makes me a Democrat. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me. Don't call me at home.)
15 Comments:
From what I know of submarines that must be one uncomfortable ride home. Wonder why they just did not put her on one of those ships like brought the Cole home?
8/17/2005 5:34 AM
Money, pure and simple. Paying for the lift ship that brought the Cole home would have been significantly more expensive than just slapping a makeshift dome on the 711 and having her drive herself back. Sailor's comfort (or safety, if you listen to some folks opinion about this plan) is secondary...
8/17/2005 7:39 AM
Thanks for the link on this one. I was able to email Danny Hagar, a former shipmate of mine from the Miami. I just had to tell him "good job."
RM1/SS
8/17/2005 9:25 AM
Why Bremerton?
8/17/2005 11:48 AM
RM1-
Pop over to Rontini's place, too. MMCS Hagar has been the voice for the crew over there.
ninme-
Bremerton's got the most significant shipyard facilities on the Pacific. Pearl has a SY, but there is more support and greater capability in Bremerton, if I remember right (Rob might correct me on this point). Pearl might also just be all full up...
8/17/2005 1:02 PM
Eh, really? I mean, really? Not San Diego? I mean, I live in Seattle and I've driven past the Bremerton shipyard and it's not exactly huge.
8/17/2005 3:08 PM
A really interesting blog.- Zippy FLH.com
8/17/2005 3:25 PM
nin-
I am pretty sure that sandy eggo does not handle sub repairs. The sub capable shipyards I can recall are Pearl, Bremerton, Portsmouth (going away), and Norfolk. I am not sure about King's Bay, as I was never a boomer fairy =)
8/17/2005 3:54 PM
lol
8/17/2005 3:58 PM
(ninme sings "somebody's getting spa-ammed, somebody's getting spa-ammed")
Well, aren't we special. I've always thought of Bremerton as sort of the hall closet of navy bases. Where you stuff all the things you're not going to need very often.
How fun would it be to see a sub scootin' along the Sound, though.
8/17/2005 5:20 PM
OK, better clean out the spam. If I did this right, you shouldn't even notice the deleted posts scattered throughout this thread.
8/17/2005 9:47 PM
You missed Zippy.
8/17/2005 10:25 PM
I know... he was just so polite...
8/17/2005 11:24 PM
But I think he's the voyager ant, testing the area for a picnic, reporting back to the colony that there's food yonder.
8/18/2005 11:52 AM
Bremerton has all the capabilities. I went through a non refueling OH in 77-78 on the Drum. We were the ginney pig for how will a 637 withstand an impact of a dummy 48. 14 shots and all we got was a dented ballast tank.
8/19/2005 8:35 AM
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