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Post by imhidingshh on Feb 19, 2016 18:47:50 GMT
Can't go into too much detail about my encounters with the Ruskies, but they were shit when I was in the mob and I'd never ever go to sea on anything of theirs. Me either....on both points. Some very questionable sea worthiness, particularly on their smaller craft- Udaloys, Osas, Nanuchkas, etc. Spoke to some of the sailors when a Destroyer came in for Navy Days in Devonport (when I say spoke, we got them shitfaced and sent them back to the ship). One of them said that a couple of the guns on board were made of wood to make the ship look better, and that not everyone on board had their own toothbrush. |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Feb 19, 2016 19:04:12 GMT
Go Russia!
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Snorelacks
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 19, 2016 19:28:15 GMT
Me either....on both points. Some very questionable sea worthiness, particularly on their smaller craft- Udaloys, Osas, Nanuchkas, etc. Spoke to some of the sailors when a Destroyer came in for Navy Days in Devonport (when I say spoke, we got them shitfaced and sent them back to the ship). One of them said that a couple of the guns on board were made of wood to make the ship look better, and that not everyone on board had their own toothbrush. That wouldn't shock me at all! I remember when the Baku was in the Med and had 2 Yak 38s crash right into the drink. Both pilots survived, but it was good intel video. |
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Post by imhidingshh on Feb 19, 2016 20:20:43 GMT
Spoke to some of the sailors when a Destroyer came in for Navy Days in Devonport (when I say spoke, we got them shitfaced and sent them back to the ship). One of them said that a couple of the guns on board were made of wood to make the ship look better, and that not everyone on board had their own toothbrush. That wouldn't shock me at all! I remember when the Baku was in the Med and had 2 Yak 38s crash right into the drink. Both pilots survived, but it was good intel video. Bet Jeremy Beadle loved that footage!! |
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 19, 2016 20:34:42 GMT
That wouldn't shock me at all! I remember when the Baku was in the Med and had 2 Yak 38s crash right into the drink. Both pilots survived, but it was good intel video. Bet Jeremy Beadle loved that footage!! I have to admit that I was forced to look up who Jeremy Beadle was since I'm a naïve Yank.  |
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Post by imhidingshh on Feb 19, 2016 20:36:07 GMT
Bet Jeremy Beadle loved that footage!! I have to admit that I was forced to look up who Jeremy Beadle was since I'm a naïve Yank. Sorry, should've realised. |
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 13:59:16 GMT
USS Nimitz (CVN-68)  |
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 14:06:20 GMT
USS Coral Sea (CV-43) last Midway class carrier.  |
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Post by Vince Cable's Exotic Spresm on Feb 20, 2016 14:08:36 GMT
 The only thing the Royal Navy has that might be called an aircraft carrier. |
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 20, 2016 14:35:48 GMT
Here's a pic of the USS Essex that sailed by while I was eating my breakfast in San Diego a few weeks ago. 
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 14:37:33 GMT
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)  |
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 20, 2016 14:41:42 GMT
Here's a pic of a Soviet Foxtrot we did multiple passes on near Portugal. You can see all the sailors looking up at us.
The Soviets built these for export and the Libyans had a few of these, but they weren't a very proficient Navy and we joked that they used them mostly for diesel generators for their ports since they hardly went out to sea. These were nearing the end of their service in the early 90s. 
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Post by dreadzyn on Feb 20, 2016 14:46:50 GMT
German Battleship Tirpitz  |
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 20, 2016 14:47:17 GMT
Here is the Soviet Marshall Nedelin that the Soviets used when they test launched ICBMs over the Pacific. this pic was taken flying out of Misawa Japan when the Soviets were conducting exercises in the Sea of Japan. 
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 14:47:39 GMT
German U-Boat (U-995)  |
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 14:50:20 GMT
German Battleship Scharnhorst  |
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Post by Snorelacks on Feb 20, 2016 14:52:20 GMT
Here's one of a Soviet Tango. This class of sub replaced the Foxtrot and was much quieter. They used to commonly deploy these around Gibraltar which is where I think we took this pic in the early 90s.
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Post by Aschenblume on Feb 20, 2016 14:56:35 GMT
Admiral Golovko (PN-118)  |
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Post by Cap'nKaitoGhost on Feb 20, 2016 16:36:55 GMT
Can't have a ship thread without this one.  .jpg) |
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Post by imhidingshh on Feb 22, 2016 18:20:22 GMT
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Saw her anchored off Bahrain when we were tied up, she's that long I had to turn the Periscope about 30 degrees! We had some drinks with some of the crew in our hotel and we were talking about jobs on board, US Carriers have crew and their only job is to fill vending machines!! They also have people who are life guards in case anyone falls overboard, and they also said that they have ghettos on board and the OOD has to go with an armed guard when they do rounds (not sure about that one though). |
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