It's incredible how leveled and calm an aircraft carrier looks, while sailing through the same waves that are trashing a destroyer like a 20 foot dingie.
This is easy going sea for carriers. Usually the escorts ship fall in behind the large ships in the calmer wake. There are days when carriers take a nosedive.
As a Retired US Navy Sailor, who has served on Frigates, Destroyers and Cruisers, I can say that was a calm day for the Small Boys. Best sleep I got at sea was when we were pitching and rolling like that. And watching this video, I have to admit, I miss it.
Yeah I was on fast frigates and that's nothing compared to the hurricanes that we went through!!! Had to tie myself in my bunk for 3 days just to get some sleep but I wouldn't trade my Navy days for nothing and the worst mistake I ever made was getting out!!! I lived in paradise, Hawaii and pretty much lived on the beach! A Arizona desert rat that learned to surf!!!
Spent 21 years in the Navy. All my ships were destroyers or frigates. This video brings back some great memories. That looked like a fun ride. As a matter of fact I was stationed on a previous USS Dewey which was a Coontz class destroyer, DDG45.
"Helmsman..." "Aye, Captain?" "Dive." "But Sir, we're in a destroyer. " "Helmsman?" "Aye, Sir?" "If I order you to dive, we dive. Do you understand me?" "Aye Sir. Right away, Sir."
Ok :-) My step Dad was cool and forward gun on a PT boat in WW II! God rest his soul and that of all who served in all our efforts to keep , freedom alive.
That's nothing I served on a frigate when oneday the captain thought it good to do a RAS in a hurricane. Sailing next to the supply ship we hit a wave, we hit the supply ship. I was on the bridge when the wave hit the bridge windows. We were in the water not just a wave. We lost a seaman that day holding the measuring lines. But the interesting thing was that the support frigate behind us someone took photos and we were at a 45⁰ angle with our props in the the clear above the waterline. It must have been when I experienced that wave hitting us in the bridge. Strange was that you don't actually feel it when on the ship. Man it was crazy. Captain lost his position when we berthed.
I was part of the RD project at GE gear and propulsion division. We built the first high speed reduction gearing for the gas turbines on all DDG DESTROYERS to meet 2 requirements . In the beginning we were told the U.S. NAVY wanted a ship that could batten down and go through hurricanes or typhoons with no problem. Second, a ship the Admiral could water ski behind
The OOD (Officer of the Deck) might pass a command to the Conning Officer to "Rig for Dive" preparatory to taking her down. Good thing her gas turbines are marinized, with all that salt spray being sucked in. And no, that pitching/porpoising's not bad at all.
It's amazing how far ships have gone, from the galleons in the 1600s where the crew had to manually scrub the deck to modern day ships that simply dive into a wave and get cleaned in a second. Much more efficient 😂
@Crom the Wise HORRIBLE. Herman CVs just got added into the game while Russian cruisers got buffed to the nines. Subs are not as much of a problem for me because I’m a German Cruiser player, but they’re still awful. So long story short, getting hailed on by new players trying out the AP bombs on German CVs while absolutely being absolutely wrecked by overpowered shells from the disproportionately huge guns of Russian Cruisers. All while trying to maintain your focus on the DDs camping around the map because of said new CVs. Nobody pushes coherently, and nobody supports anymore. BBs are just big shooting ranges for torpedo planes too, so why would they. Seriously looking for some new people to play with though mate. So if you come back, we could Division up and be UNSTOPPABLE. What’s you Tier by the way?
In august 1971 departed Brisbane Australia headed for Auckland New Zealand on board the good ship USS Turner Joy DD-951,One of 18 DD'S with a Hurricane bow for what ever good it did HaHa. The ship was under water more than on top all external ladders were ripped off, mount 51 turret maintenance cover was caved in by many inches and a whole lot more I was a SF-2 needless to say we had a lot of fun putting humpy back together again. Regards, Rick Andersen SF-2 at the time
Sure do miss being at sea. Funny when your on active duty in the Navy and attached to a ship all you want to do is pull in to a port someplace, party some, do your jobs then head home not enjoying being at sea with watches and drills to much. Then you get out and after a while start to realize how lucky you are to have traveled the world by way of war ship and had experienced different cultures and traveled the vastness of our ocean's. Makes you a better, more rounded and more worldly person. Hell of a once in a lifetime experience. Thankful for sure. Cool video. Carrier was sailing smooth. Lol. Was on a Frigate. Perry class. Was hardly ever smooth . Fin stabilizers would break just about everytime we got in bad weather. 30+ degree rolls is no joke either.
Yea, I didn't stay on active duty a day longer than I had to, but am grateful for the 4+ years I had. I was on an LPH, if we were ever to roll 30 degrees I don't think we would have rolled back. Being at sea had its moments. . . going through the Straits of Aden with Africa on one side and southwest Asia on the other, then Suez and Gibraltar, was pretty exciting. The travel was fantastic, between sea and overseas shore duty (Diego Garcia) I circled the earth.
Wtf ? WiFi? you think we just fucking do nothing all day and twiddle our thumbs while somehow connected to WiFi in the middle of an ocean, thousands of miles away from anything.
Rode around the outside of a hurricane on a 27 year old destroyer . Was like 5 times the biggest roller coaster ride you ever rode on, and for most of a day continuously. You were okay if you stayed in one place and held on.
This really brings back memories. Back in the 80's I spent a couple of weeks on the Constellation setting up some new systems for the air wing. We hit the edge of a typhoon about halfway to Pearl and, the day after the storm blew over us, I found myself standing on the hangar deck, watching one of the strike group DDs taking blue water over bridge. Man, I've never appreciated aircraft carriers so much...
On my first ship we did something similar, but in was in the middle of the night and we were approaching France. When the ship's bow took the same nosedive as that ship did, water got through one of the ventilation shafts and flooded our berthing. We spent half the night removing the water while a fellow shipmate was singing "In The Navy"
kempmt1 People tell me that Seaduty is the worst part of navy service. Everybody hates it. I'd rather be on a nice base with typing duty. Get to run and jog when I want, Lift weights when I choose, go shopping and have a life worth having. People tell me Seaduty is just the opoosite, its the pits. I go through basic in 3 months, preparing for everything right now. You gonna tell me they're all lying?
The reason I didn't stay in for 20. I rode subs until shore duty. When time to go back to sea they didn't need nuke electricians so they wanted me to change rate to gas turbine specialist. I said no thanks ... my luck I would have ended up on a Spruance class tin can in the North Atlantic.
@@jimmymac4559 thanks for the reply. I have a deep respect for serviceman. Indeed it has its benefit if the system however imperfect exists and you just need to follow it. I started managing people and have to lay down the rules and maaaan... It's hard as hell. Take care.
I served on a FF,two DD and a LPH. I love riding a Grayhound in big strom and rough seas.Never been sea sick.Would be in the engine when the screws would break the surface of the ocean.Miss those days..
@@Rasheed1494 There was a WWII documentary titled, "Victory At Sea" several decades back. It contained a LOT of film showing ships practically going under. Check this link: tinyurl.com/y47n9wzj
Retired Navy vet here. I served on 4 Navy ships in my day (FFG49/CG52/LSD39/LSD47) & this video shows what an adventure it is at sea. My 1st ship (FFG49) was sent out to photo/observe/gather info on the inside of a hurricane. That was some scary stuff. Coming out of that storm we had serious damage (cracks in superstructure (upper decks) where you could actually see through outside. But we made it. On my next ship (CG52) we were in same situation as this video but in a storm & ppl on carrier (USS Midway) said they lost sight of us several times as it looked like we were completely underwater. But we made it. These ships maybe small but they are durable, well built & can get the job done. I've been retired for over 20 years now & there isn't a day that go by that i don't miss it. Go NAVY!
My dad was on the USS FDR in the early 60’s. He said they went through a hurricane once when coming back home to Jacksonville. They anchored off shore to wait it out. He said it was surprising what how Mother Nature could stir that carrier up every now and then.
I loved being in the "tin can" Navy as it was called back in the day. My first ship was the USS Hepburn (FF-1055). I used to sleep like a baby when the weather was like that. Joined up in '77, retired in '98. GO NAVY!
That feeling when the sonar dome comes out of the drink, hits free air, and then goes back underwater is something I'll never forget. CG's are narrower than DDG's so we got even crazier pitches lol!
I remember seeing a couple of those little boats disappear during a storm... then just pop up out of the water. USS Missouri BB63 87/90 Helmsmen, among other things.
Real sailors (small boys.. Destroyers, Cruisers etc) vs passengers (Big decks..Carriers, LPD, LHA etc). I served on 2 Cruisers, 1 Spruance class destroyer and 2 Frigates) over the course of 20 plus years. Sometimes, I miss those rides. Frigates are the most fun rides for sure!
The Zumwalt would have no issues. The wave would take one look, recoil in horror at the sheer fugliness of its tumblehome design, and GTFO the way. It's not that the ship doesn't want to get wet... the wave doesn't want to get all Zumwalty.
@BattleshipBoi Yeah, I know... I made parts for the daggone thing. Still doesn't change the fact that it's the ugliest thing ever to ooze off a drafting table in the history of naval architecture. Saw one in Bath in person. "Fugly" don't describe it.
@@Reaghansdad1 I really wanted to like that ship. Wanted to see US military engineering crank out something amazing. But what we got was something like a 1980s GI Joe toy built with a Northrop Grumman budget. It is a true WOMBAT- Waste Of Money, Brains, and Time.
My old man saw a destroyer in WW2 take a worse nose dive . It hit a mine while doing 30 knots on convoy duty. It took the bow off and it drove itself straight under water in less than 10 seconds. They picked up 12 crew.
This something that I love about modern warships. The line between destroyers, frigates, cruisers blurs with each new update brought to any one of them. And now, we're starting to reach the point where they can even become submarines!
@Jaime Powell that's what my granddaddy said about the destroyer escort he served on in WWII lol Though when it's you're job to hunt submarines I guess it helps being under water most of the time
I'm a plank owner on one of her sister ships, USS Momsen DDG 92, and I retired while serving on another sister ship, USS Halsey DDG 97.. they are beautiful ships and I really miss being on them!
@@zacharywindover9840 ww2 DDs are awesome yes don't get me wrong But these modern DDGs aren't paper tigers, they got enough firepower to take out a ww2 fleet
I had a friend who was in the Navy and started out on a carrier, when he re-enlisted he got on a destroyer....he always said that was the best thing he ever did for his military career. He liked the "family" aspect of the smaller ship.
My first and only ship was a carrier. Ruined it for me. Too much politicking and multiple “ol’ boys” clubs. By the time I got out, I was glad it was over. If I would have had a smaller ship, I might actually have re-enlisted.
You should see this with a typhoon. The carrier does what that DD was doing. And the DD and other escorts play submarine. They all have nonskid painted half way up the bulkhead.
@@deeho5494 heavy seas are really no danger to surface combatants unless they lose rudder authority. You attack the waves head on in heavy seas with the ships centerline perpendicular to the wave. If you lose rudder and get turned parallel to the waves you run the risk of capsizing.
@@deeho5494 Back in the day you had to be careful. When the ship went nose in the screw would come out of the water. With no water for the screw to push it can cause the engines to RPM much higher than they are designed for. My Grandpa was on a Subchaser in WWII and got caught in a Typhoon. He was in the engine room lashed to his post for hours eating saltines and controlling the throttle for every time the screw came out of the water.
I was on the USS Independence back in the 70's. We were refueling from USS Truckee's port side, USS William D. Hawkins (DD-873) was refueling to Truckee's starboard and making some white water as the bow dug in and came back up...more fun to watch that flight ops!
That Carrier has such an amazing stabilization systems to counteract the rolling and pitching motions caused by waves and it almost makes the carrier appear as if it were on land when compared to the destroyer.
*Captain falls out of bunk* Captain calls bridge: Helm! What is happening? Helm: *Dubstep* Captain calls engine room: Engineering! What is happening?! Engine room: *Dubstep intensifies*
Submarine Captain: Any vessel can dive, but only a sub can rise again. Destroyer Captain: Hold my beer. XO: Sir, no alcohol allowed on the bridge of a US Navy destroyer. Destroyer Captain: Hold my coffee...
My cousin Dwight Willard, was aboard the USS Hancock aircraft carrier during the Vietnam war and he used to tell me one of the scariest things he saw was green water coming over the bow of his ship! Imagine that, I don't know the distance from the deck to the water but those must have been some big ass waves!
I was on the Hancock during that period, in fact for two tours from Alameda to Yokosuka Japan, enroute to Vietnam. Recall that water over the flight deck in mid-Pacific for a 24 -36-hour period. That hardest part to get comfortable with was the hard landing when the bow came down in a 60 ft trough. Very difficult to walk about on deck, let alone sleep in bunk. That was in the fall of 1965
I saw something similar happen to an aircraft carrier, the Enterprise. We were crossing the Atlantic and they were alongside us a couple maybe 2000 meters off the port side. The seas were really rough. I was in the smoke pit and we were watching the Enterprise off in the distance and we watched the bow dip low and a wave broke over her top. When you consider that the bow of an an aircraft carrier is about 80 feet above the waterline under normal conditions it was really an impressive sight.
I have no idea how naval aircraft put up with that kind of treatment. Rain, wind, water, getting tossed about. Also, rogue waves have been reported to exceed 100ft in height. Even without a bow dip, some waves could reach the deck of a carrier. That'd be a hell of a sight.
Used to love watching flat bottomed LSTs dip the ramp in "rough" seas. Had to be a fun ride. I remember getting stood up straight while laying in my rack on an LPD (USS Juneu, the perfect 10) in South China Sea Typhoon. Fun times.
I was a tin can sailor before moving to submarines. For one, taking water over the bow isn't all that unusual for a destroyer. For another, submarines are much better at it.
In March of '81, I was on the USS JFK (CV-67) coming back across the Atlantic after a Med cruise. We were taking swells over the flight deck, but the DDG that was following us so we could smooth out some of the swells was still playing like a submarine. It was pretty wild to watch it disappear and then come back up.
My condolences to the guy who's on bourd and using the toilet at that time.😅🤣 Edit: wow thanks for the thumbs up guys haha that's the most like I got 😁
@@guardrail2897 You should see what happens when they block back the plumbing on one of those things. A single guy would be a minor dusting compared to the aftermath of that.
My uncle was a tin can sailor. He says that in rough seas, you can go up a ladder by taking one step, and the ship would move underneath you, making it easy and quick to change decks.
I will never forget the first time I experienced that. I was going up a ladder and we dropped and it felt like I was flying up, took me a few to figure out what was happening but for a moment I was very confused and I had a death grip on that rail. With no windows you have no idea what is happening. The other thing that was fun was being on the bridge on an ffg and holding the bar that went across the bridge and letting your feet swing out when you went down on the other side of a wave. Should have been a bit more concerned but I was very young and dumb back then. Good times.
A old college friend of mine was a grandfather who had captained a ship in the Royal Canadian Navy. He described times where his ship briefly became a submarine in rough water
*Submarine Captain:* _"Dive Dive Dive Dive"_ *XO:* _"sir with all do respect, this is a destroyer not a submarine"_ *Submarine captain:* _"oh I'm sorry, did I stutter?"_
That ain't nuthin', man! From the bridge of my tin can, the USS Fiske, DD842, a Gearing class, Fram II, WWII destroyer. I watched waves pass clear over the bridge, meaning we were completely covered in water, while the wave traveled to the stern. I watched a DE with engine problems, we were escorting back to port, in the same storm, experience the same thing. We could see it's single screw come out of the water, while it's bow was buried in the waves. It took us all night to make it to the mouth of the river leading to our berths in Newport, RI. By that time, we were covered in ice a couple feet thick. We couldn't leave the ship to go home to our families, until we cleaned the ice off. All we had to work with, were broomhandles and dust pans! Fortunately, the Sun came out, and it warmed up enough, to do most of the work for us.
I was a submariners and so was underwater in rough seas. I am always amaze at how calm looking rough seas can be. With out seeing this ship roaring through you would never guess. Glad I wasn’t aboard... I like keeping dinner in my belly.
@@jeffreyrobinson3555 I don't remember the chow being good at all. Maybe the first week or two after a stores load when you had produce and stuff, but after that it was crap. We mostly had bad mess cooks on my boat though. And my first skipper banned desserts because he was a tyrant.
@@Kelnx oh my We had great food. Ran out of fresh stuff on WESPAC, but we did a lot more weekly ops. And one week ops we were really good All of our cooks were Philippino and were great. We had a third class cook from Kansas, and he made custom omelets and eggs for breakfast Best part of life on the boat.
Miss those days...I did 2 med cruises one of which turned into desert storm.3 or 4 trips to the north atlantic, through the Panama and suez canals a few times on an old guided missile crusier.. This video was an unusual rough sea day for them most days are much smoother..But I remember lots of nights of stuffing cloths and boots under the edge of my mattress to make my bunk a ramp so I didn't wake up on the floor..
I've never served and I appreciate those that do/did. Let me tell you about this one time in my bathtub my dingy took a nose dive like that. Best day of my life. What a ride.
Crew of CVN-74: oh this is nice look how fast we’re going in these seas Crew of DDG-105: 5 died from improperly securing for sea, 30 puked their guts out, and 1 kid lost his deck of magic cards and won’t stfu about it.
Nonsense. Not many people can even find and engage a carrier group out in open water, much less sink one. If the carrier got irresponsibly close to shore, sure, but they know better.
I remember my days aboard a destroyer escort in the north atlantic in high seas pulling up to air craft carriers when the carrier crews would watch and laugh at us going under water ! Back in 1967.
To hunt the Submarine, I must BECOME the submarine!
This comment made my day!! Lol
Barley Sixseventwo absolutely hysterical 😂😂😂💀❤️
Good one😭😭
Little do you know 😂
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In the NAVY size clearly matters.
The Destroyer, it’s rough seas today.
The Carrier, it’s calm seas today.
@@aishitekurenai2041 ever heard of bombers?
It may also bebecause carriers are purposefully built to be a stable plateform, with all the bells and wistles to help.
@@aishitekurenai2041 aircraft carriers are the strongest ship typ at sea. I carrier can easly sink the destroyer when it is not right next to him
What ouki Dono means are the integrity of the structure
The Submarine, I don't know what this fuzz is all about
It's incredible how leveled and calm an aircraft carrier looks, while sailing through the same waves that are trashing a destroyer like a 20 foot dingie.
Considering it’s double the length and a bit over 10 times the displacement, I’d say it makes sense.
This is easy going sea for carriers. Usually the escorts ship fall in behind the large ships in the calmer wake. There are days when carriers take a nosedive.
It’s mainly the speed causing the nose dive not the size of waves
HOWEVER OUR CARRIER FORRESTAL DURING HURRACAINE HUGO WAS BEING TRASHED BY 75FOOT WAVES YOU FELT LIKE THE SHIP WAS FALLING HUNDREDS OF FEET.
DAMN THE TORPEDOES , FULL SPEED AHEAD , SURFING THOSE WAVES IN THE NAVY !!!!!!!!!
As a Retired US Navy Sailor, who has served on Frigates, Destroyers and Cruisers, I can say that was a calm day for the Small Boys. Best sleep I got at sea was when we were pitching and rolling like that. And watching this video, I have to admit, I miss it.
I was Royal Navy
Regular service sailors (Matelots)
Were called skimmers
Sir thank you for your service
@@theo847sqn Thank you for your nation's service my friend.
I never thought I'd be saying it when I was living it but I miss it too.
Yeah I was on fast frigates and that's nothing compared to the hurricanes that we went through!!!
Had to tie myself in my bunk for 3 days just to get some sleep but I wouldn't trade my Navy days for nothing and the worst mistake I ever made was getting out!!!
I lived in paradise, Hawaii and pretty much lived on the beach! A Arizona desert rat that learned to surf!!!
Carrier: “My, what a beautiful day!”
Destroyer: *Sounds of painful screaming*
Most sailors who have served on a tin can are not "screamers." Some would say they're among the toughest guys in the Navy.
😄🤣😂😂
Muffled screaming
@@TricksterDa123 It’s a joke
@@evann5451 Fine.
“My father is German so I’m like half U-Boat”
So this means I’m half U-boat 1/4 Lancaster and 1/4 atomic bomb
@@alexanderroblox4557 nOiicee lol
You mean: ... half "Das Boot" ?! 😉🥶✌🏼
So you are a J-boat?
@@alexanderroblox4557 thats japanese sub, u boats are like half u-boat, 1/4 lancaster bombs, and 1/4 depth charges
Hornets on deck are like... "LOOK AT MEEEE DADDY!!!....."
AWACS were like, "Ya i seen them coming already." 😂
Matsimus, wow, strange seeing you here
It's neat to see another channel creator leave a comment.
now for some reason i feel bad for them
I see this guy everywhere for now on im saying hi to my fellow Canadian lol
Spent 21 years in the Navy. All my ships were destroyers or frigates. This video brings back some great memories. That looked like a fun ride. As a matter of fact I was stationed on a previous USS Dewey which was a Coontz class destroyer, DDG45.
I was on Dewey 75-79 an OS
Thank you for your service sir
That looks like the deck would drop right out from under a sailor. How many times did someone hit their head on the overhead?
"Helmsman..."
"Aye, Captain?"
"Dive."
"But Sir, we're in a destroyer. "
"Helmsman?"
"Aye, Sir?"
"If I order you to dive, we dive. Do you understand me?"
"Aye Sir. Right away, Sir."
Aye sir. Right away, Sir.
"Das muss das Boot abkönnen!"
(“The boat has to be able to do that!")
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Ok
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My step Dad was cool and forward gun on a PT boat in WW II! God rest his soul and that of all who served in all our efforts to keep , freedom alive.
Aircraft carrier: we can carry planes
Destroyer: but can you do this?
Takes a tropical cyclone to do it, but yeah, they can.
Cant like its at 69!
@@viruspter1dactl 69 is now ruined youre welcome
@@revan5775 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ok. This is a funny one
That's nothing I served on a frigate when oneday the captain thought it good to do a RAS in a hurricane. Sailing next to the supply ship we hit a wave, we hit the supply ship. I was on the bridge when the wave hit the bridge windows. We were in the water not just a wave. We lost a seaman that day holding the measuring lines. But the interesting thing was that the support frigate behind us someone took photos and we were at a 45⁰ angle with our props in the the clear above the waterline. It must have been when I experienced that wave hitting us in the bridge. Strange was that you don't actually feel it when on the ship. Man it was crazy. Captain lost his position when we berthed.
That’s amazing! Where can I find the footage?
Yes. How do we find the footage
Your CO sounded incompetent and it sadly costed a seamen for the navy to realize that.
@@rugged2050 seamen not semen
@@Magyyyyy ah good catch lol
I was part of the RD project at GE gear and propulsion division. We built the first high speed reduction gearing for the gas turbines on all DDG DESTROYERS to meet 2 requirements . In the beginning we were told the U.S. NAVY wanted a ship that could batten down and go through hurricanes or typhoons with no problem. Second, a ship the Admiral could water ski behind
I just imagine Halsey and Nimitz smiling down on you like "You done good, son, you done real good"
Do you want to be destroyer or a submarine? Destroyer: Yes.
Ships in any anime 👀
best comment 😂
You look like a gay Bruce Lee.
unfunny
I want to be both sir
Officer of the helm: Dive Dive Dive!
Seaman: but sir this a destroyer
Officer of the helm: I said Dive!
submerge the boat :))
haaa.
No muff's too tough, we dive at five !
The OOD (Officer of the Deck) might pass a command to the Conning Officer to "Rig for Dive" preparatory to taking her down. Good thing her gas turbines are marinized, with all that salt spray being sucked in. And no, that pitching/porpoising's not bad at all.
Jaques - I am sure the Rolls Royce MTs will look after the DDGs...
Carrier sailors: Look at that destroyer break through the waves! How awesome!🤩
Destroyer sailors:🤢
INSANE RESPECT FOR THE NAVY.
Modern Technology is STILL at the mercy of the ocean.
It's amazing how far ships have gone, from the galleons in the 1600s where the crew had to manually scrub the deck to modern day ships that simply dive into a wave and get cleaned in a second. Much more efficient 😂
Naw man we take a freshwater fire hose and clean all the weather decks it’s fucking aids.
@@rugged2050 doesn't sound as bad as waxing the poop deck
@@badcornflakes6374 give the navy time they’ll find a way to make it worse.
Yeah, but they are not clean until a line of swabbies mop the salt away.
Nah man after the sailing they clean the decks with fresh water to remove salt water.
"Everyone is a gangsta untill a destroyer becomes a submarine".
*World Of Warships would like to know your location*
@Crom the Wise HORRIBLE. Herman CVs just got added into the game while Russian cruisers got buffed to the nines. Subs are not as much of a problem for me because I’m a German Cruiser player, but they’re still awful. So long story short, getting hailed on by new players trying out the AP bombs on German CVs while absolutely being absolutely wrecked by overpowered shells from the disproportionately huge guns of Russian Cruisers. All while trying to maintain your focus on the DDs camping around the map because of said new CVs. Nobody pushes coherently, and nobody supports anymore. BBs are just big shooting ranges for torpedo planes too, so why would they. Seriously looking for some new people to play with though mate. So if you come back, we could Division up and be UNSTOPPABLE. What’s you Tier by the way?
U wish
It became the very thing it was made to destroy.
In august 1971 departed Brisbane Australia headed for Auckland New Zealand on board the good ship USS Turner Joy DD-951,One of 18 DD'S with a Hurricane bow for what ever good it did HaHa. The ship was under water more than on top all external ladders were ripped off, mount 51 turret maintenance cover was caved in by many inches and a whole lot more I was a SF-2 needless to say we had a lot of fun putting humpy back together again. Regards, Rick Andersen SF-2 at the time
Let's take a moment to appreciate the level of engineering that went behind these incredible ships
Sure do miss being at sea. Funny when your on active duty in the Navy and attached to a ship all you want to do is pull in to a port someplace, party some, do your jobs then head home not enjoying being at sea with watches and drills to much. Then you get out and after a while start to realize how lucky you are to have traveled the world by way of war ship and had experienced different cultures and traveled the vastness of our ocean's. Makes you a better, more rounded and more worldly person. Hell of a once in a lifetime experience. Thankful for sure. Cool video. Carrier was sailing smooth. Lol. Was on a Frigate. Perry class. Was hardly ever smooth . Fin stabilizers would break just about everytime we got in bad weather. 30+ degree rolls is no joke either.
You are gay
@@rajjtheman1867 stop stereotyping
you can get a boat and be your own captain
Agreed, miss it as well.
Yea, I didn't stay on active duty a day longer than I had to, but am grateful for the 4+ years I had. I was on an LPH, if we were ever to roll 30 degrees I don't think we would have rolled back. Being at sea had its moments. . . going through the Straits of Aden with Africa on one side and southwest Asia on the other, then Suez and Gibraltar, was pretty exciting. The travel was fantastic, between sea and overseas shore duty (Diego Garcia) I circled the earth.
So even aircraft carriers have better wifi than me...
i hope you get better wifi soon x
sexy sloth 611 billion*
Wtf ? WiFi? you think we just fucking do nothing all day and twiddle our thumbs while somehow connected to WiFi in the middle of an ocean, thousands of miles away from anything.
It's literally a floating city so what do you expect.
pyruleanfire demon
Aren't floating city is a battleship?
I thought aircraft carrier is a floating airport.
Sorry if I ruin the fun.
All ships can be a submarine...once.
You have a point
Or a minesweeper.
Permanent sub
Deep.
bet I will make it twice
Rode around the outside of a hurricane on a 27 year old destroyer . Was like 5 times the biggest roller coaster ride you ever rode on, and for most of a day continuously. You were okay if you stayed in one place and held on.
This really brings back memories. Back in the 80's I spent a couple of weeks on the Constellation setting up some new systems for the air wing. We hit the edge of a typhoon about halfway to Pearl and, the day after the storm blew over us, I found myself standing on the hangar deck, watching one of the strike group DDs taking blue water over bridge. Man, I've never appreciated aircraft carriers so much...
On my first ship we did something similar, but in was in the middle of the night and we were approaching France. When the ship's bow took the same nosedive as that ship did, water got through one of the ventilation shafts and flooded our berthing. We spent half the night removing the water while a fellow shipmate was singing "In The Navy"
that sounds like cruel and unusual punishment
hose attached to super soaker
kempmt1 People tell me that Seaduty is the worst part of navy service. Everybody hates it. I'd rather be on a nice base with typing duty. Get to run and jog when I want, Lift weights when I choose, go shopping and have a life worth having.
People tell me Seaduty is just the opoosite, its the pits.
I go through basic in 3 months, preparing for everything right now. You gonna tell me they're all lying?
Faketrollname sevenbillion Why ya wonder? Wanna join them?
LOL Yeah so do they, its called a SN with a shop vac...
I was on a submarine. Pretty smooth sailing at 800’ below the surface. The surface fleet had it a lot tougher.
The reason I didn't stay in for 20. I rode subs until shore duty. When time to go back to sea they didn't need nuke electricians so they wanted me to change rate to gas turbine specialist. I said no thanks ... my luck I would have ended up on a Spruance class tin can in the North Atlantic.
How did you cope with small spaces and no sunlight?
@@olerocker3470 good call there
@@GaborGubicza you just do it. If you join the military, choices are made for you. After a while one grows accustomed to it.
@@jimmymac4559 thanks for the reply. I have a deep respect for serviceman.
Indeed it has its benefit if the system however imperfect exists and you just need to follow it. I started managing people and have to lay down the rules and maaaan... It's hard as hell. Take care.
Not gona lie I really like the sound of a loudspeaker saying inaudible things on a ship
I served on a FF,two DD and a LPH. I love riding a Grayhound in big strom and rough seas.Never been sea sick.Would be in the engine when the screws would break the surface of the ocean.Miss those days..
“So how was your day honey?”
“I almost sunk the ship.”
Lol
Nah, not really nowhere close buddy. Yes I'm former Navy Sailor.
@@joshc3000 My friend has your time in the navy made your forget what a joke is?
@@dankengine5304 Oh that was a joke, I didn't see the humor, but cool.
@@joshc3000 - oh sorry
An old World War Two Destroyer veteran once told me that it was, “over one wave and under the next”.
Mike D I would pay anything to see a world war 2 ship do that
@@Rasheed1494 "Victory at Sea' watch that mini series about WW2.. the seas were really brutal
found it!!
watch at 19:33
ua-cam.com/video/kk2avV4LLJk/v-deo.html
watch carrier take dive at 13:45
ua-cam.com/video/VIY66rBKI30/v-deo.html
@@Rasheed1494 There was a WWII documentary titled, "Victory At Sea" several decades back. It contained a LOT of film showing ships practically going under. Check this link: tinyurl.com/y47n9wzj
True, greyhounds of the sea.
Thank you for sharing this footage.
Retired Navy vet here. I served on 4 Navy ships in my day (FFG49/CG52/LSD39/LSD47) & this video shows what an adventure it is at sea. My 1st ship (FFG49) was sent out to photo/observe/gather info on the inside of a hurricane. That was some scary stuff. Coming out of that storm we had serious damage (cracks in superstructure (upper decks) where you could actually see through outside. But we made it. On my next ship (CG52) we were in same situation as this video but in a storm & ppl on carrier (USS Midway) said they lost sight of us several times as it looked like we were completely underwater. But we made it. These ships maybe small but they are durable, well built & can get the job done. I've been retired for over 20 years now & there isn't a day that go by that i don't miss it. Go NAVY!
Built DDGs for 20 + years, and I'm proud of every one of them.
@Brandon and Linda Gibson No use of case or punctuation. It's always a dead giveaway comrade troll. 🤣
@Brandon and Linda Gibson Tf why do you people always put “Biden lover” as if it has anything to do with this conversation.
@Brandon and Linda Gibson Calling someone a _Biden Lover_ is no better then calling someone out for their bad grammar; both are Ad Hominem.
@Brandon and Linda Gibson Faking laughter is just more ad hominem.
@Brandon and Linda Gibson Cognitive Dissonance to the max lol
Welcome to another episode of "UA-cam weird algorithm"
but cool though?
Im starting to like the changes
They're having trouble eliminating the Wrongthink
😂🤣🤣😅
don't question the holy algorithm as we all enjoy these completely random and unrelated videos
A Spruance Class, Bering Sea in the middle of January that was a ride !!!
My dad was on the USS FDR in the early 60’s. He said they went through a hurricane once when coming back home to Jacksonville. They anchored off shore to wait it out. He said it was surprising what how Mother Nature could stir that carrier up every now and then.
I loved being in the "tin can" Navy as it was called back in the day. My first ship was the USS Hepburn (FF-1055). I used to sleep like a baby when the weather was like that. Joined up in '77, retired in '98.
GO NAVY!
Thank you for your service!
1965-1985... The BIGGEST thing I ever went to sea on was a DE (predecessor of the FF.)
Exactly! Get rocked to sleep…. As long as your head and feet are port-starboard. Fwd-aft I keep rolling over and waking up.
Cole Thornton-James Thornton...HUH?
Have you ve been named the Katrine's?
0:01 RIP headphone users
I seriously think I ruptured my eardrum
not a big deal, im boutta to listen to CIWS today
We have gone to a better place... where we can listen with our headphones at our computers in peace.
I was using bluetooth speakers and baam!
*WHAT?*
That feeling when the sonar dome comes out of the drink, hits free air, and then goes back underwater is something I'll never forget. CG's are narrower than DDG's so we got even crazier pitches lol!
Awesome to see this from your prospective, we were jumping around on there.
Turns out the destroyer had really congested sinuses and needed to rinse them out with a saline solution.
BlueonGoldZ nice try at being funny
Pretty funny ngl.
@@PauaP
It was a little funny.
@@SkippertheBart I think funny is pretty subjective
@@Jacques80120
I agree.
recruiter: in the navy you can be anything.
Ship: I wanna be a submarine!
Seamen: No, no, no, NO, NOO!
The destroyer identifies as a submarine, you better respect its pronouns!
@@Synergy7Studios I was just thinking about something like that(or trans-sub).
**everyone drowns**
"So begins a contract, bound in blood."
I keep coming back to this video
"It's not about the size of the boat, it's about the motion of the ocean."
The motion of the ocean:
I remember seeing a couple of those little boats disappear during a storm... then just pop up out of the water.
USS Missouri BB63 87/90 Helmsmen, among other things.
Yea, with all hatches closed. I'm sure it would be a cool sight. Just a giant air tank until its pierced.
Holy shit. You drove a battleship.
YOU DROVE A FUCKING BQTTLESHIP
This dude literally drove a damn battleship how did it feel having that much power behind the wheel
ayo thi man drove a BATTLEHSHIP????
"That's gotta be the best pirate I've ever seen."
"So it would seem."
*TURURUNTUN TURURUNTUN TURURUTUN TURURUNUN!!!!*
@@kainochishi4748 Savvy
Hide the rum
Underrated
That's an amazing footage!
Real sailors (small boys.. Destroyers, Cruisers etc) vs passengers (Big decks..Carriers, LPD, LHA etc). I served on 2 Cruisers, 1 Spruance class destroyer and 2 Frigates) over the course of 20 plus years. Sometimes, I miss those rides. Frigates are the most fun rides for sure!
The Zumwalt would have no issues. The wave would take one look, recoil in horror at the sheer fugliness of its tumblehome design, and GTFO the way. It's not that the ship doesn't want to get wet... the wave doesn't want to get all Zumwalty.
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.
@BattleshipBoi Yeah, I know... I made parts for the daggone thing. Still doesn't change the fact that it's the ugliest thing ever to ooze off a drafting table in the history of naval architecture. Saw one in Bath in person. "Fugly" don't describe it.
Zumwalt ??? Lmao didn't even get the plumbing right. Lol
Karl Mech implies that that POS gets underway
@@Reaghansdad1 I really wanted to like that ship. Wanted to see US military engineering crank out something amazing. But what we got was something like a 1980s GI Joe toy built with a Northrop Grumman budget. It is a true WOMBAT- Waste Of Money, Brains, and Time.
My old man saw a destroyer in WW2 take a worse nose dive .
It hit a mine while doing 30 knots on convoy duty.
It took the bow off and it drove itself straight under water in less than 10 seconds.
They picked up 12 crew.
Was it HMS Acheron?
You’re going to need to cite some sources with such a claim what ship? Where?
@@clicheusername4416 “uh source, source? Uh bro can you cite that” my guy it doesn’t matter it’s a UA-cam comment not a dissertation
@@louiscarpenter7144 i mean without any proof what the op said is probably bullshit
@@themightynanto3158 no...not her
I love watching the Blue water go across its bow. Could you imagine being out in that being a board an old wooden warship with sales.
This something that I love about modern warships. The line between destroyers, frigates, cruisers blurs with each new update brought to any one of them. And now, we're starting to reach the point where they can even become submarines!
I was on a carrier, the Midway. I sometimes figured our escort should be getting 1/2 submarine pay.
Great ship the Midway, I paid her a visit when I was in San Diego. Greetings from th UK🇬🇧
@@Bonzman Yeah! Pure badass for her age.
@Jaime Powell that's what my granddaddy said about the destroyer escort he served on in WWII lol Though when it's you're job to hunt submarines I guess it helps being under water most of the time
I served on the Midway in 1980 with VMFP-3. I was a Marine Avionics Tech on RF-4B's. I am proud to have served on such a historic ship.
She was one of the best museum experiences I have ever had. I read up on her service during the Vietnam War and the fall of Saigon. Amazing stuff.
is nobody going to comment on how amazingly beautiful that ship looks?
A bad-ass tin can.
@@zacharywindover9840 how is it a piece of crap
I'm a plank owner on one of her sister ships, USS Momsen DDG 92, and I retired while serving on another sister ship, USS Halsey DDG 97.. they are beautiful ships and I really miss being on them!
Operator Dokkaebi I’m just gonna delete my comment because I can’t explain why I like the dd’s from ww2 over these paper tigers.
@@zacharywindover9840 ww2 DDs are awesome yes don't get me wrong
But these modern DDGs aren't paper tigers, they got enough firepower to take out a ww2 fleet
I spent 3 1/2 years on a DDG. Loved being at sea, that video brings back some fond memories. GO NAVY
Who was shocked that the comments were so good? I was laughing dude!
That's nothing when I served on the USS Enterprise we submerged the whole ship on an alien planet.
Ha i was on that bloody ship as it crashed at this fucking planet :(
LOL!
That’s nothing. The Venator I was on got taken out by a fucking TurboLaser bolt the width of a planet!
dumbest scene in the whole franchise.
Facts I was there in the future when it happened 30 years ago.
I had a friend who was in the Navy and started out on a carrier, when he re-enlisted he got on a destroyer....he always said that was the best thing he ever did for his military career. He liked the "family" aspect of the smaller ship.
I told my nephew to try and get a Destroyer for that reason. My largest ship had 160 people, just enough that you could still know everyone's name.
My first and only ship was a carrier. Ruined it for me. Too much politicking and multiple “ol’ boys” clubs. By the time I got out, I was glad it was over. If I would have had a smaller ship, I might actually have re-enlisted.
@@jasonevers7415 are you still in carriers, or smaller ships? Thank u for your service
Those are the kind of waves of waves that will make even the saltiest chief chief petty officer puke his guts out.
Destroyer: I'm going to beat everyone to Mc Donalds.
You should see this with a typhoon. The carrier does what that DD was doing. And the DD and other escorts play submarine. They all have nonskid painted half way up the bulkhead.
michael baker imagine sliding down the non-skid painted deck, ouch
Christian Troy skidding on the flight deck was bad enough
Is it dangerous for them to "play submarine"? Genuinely curious, I was Army.
@@deeho5494 heavy seas are really no danger to surface combatants unless they lose rudder authority. You attack the waves head on in heavy seas with the ships centerline perpendicular to the wave. If you lose rudder and get turned parallel to the waves you run the risk of capsizing.
@@deeho5494 Back in the day you had to be careful. When the ship went nose in the screw would come out of the water. With no water for the screw to push it can cause the engines to RPM much higher than they are designed for. My Grandpa was on a Subchaser in WWII and got caught in a Typhoon. He was in the engine room lashed to his post for hours eating saltines and controlling the throttle for every time the screw came out of the water.
When you always wanted to be a submarine but your parents forced you to become a destroyer.
Nothin like being a tin can sailor. Nothin. It's an awesome experience.
I was on the USS Independence back in the 70's. We were refueling from USS Truckee's port side, USS William D. Hawkins (DD-873) was refueling to Truckee's starboard and making some white water as the bow dug in and came back up...more fun to watch that flight ops!
That Carrier has such an amazing stabilization systems to counteract the rolling and pitching motions caused by waves and it almost makes the carrier appear as if it were on land when compared to the destroyer.
*Captain falls out of bunk*
Captain calls bridge: Helm! What is happening?
Helm: *Dubstep*
Captain calls engine room: Engineering! What is happening?!
Engine room: *Dubstep intensifies*
I didn’t know I was watching World Of Warships gameplay WTF.
lol
I would say hard bass
Submarine Captain: Any vessel can dive, but only a sub can rise again.
Destroyer Captain: Hold my beer.
XO: Sir, no alcohol allowed on the bridge of a US Navy destroyer.
Destroyer Captain: Hold my coffee...
Yes. Coffee.
🤣👍🚢⚓☕☕
My cousin Dwight Willard, was aboard the USS Hancock aircraft carrier during the Vietnam war and he used to tell me one of the scariest things he saw was green water coming over the bow of his ship! Imagine that, I don't know the distance from the deck to the water but those must have been some big ass waves!
I was on the Hancock during that period, in fact for two tours from Alameda to Yokosuka Japan, enroute to Vietnam. Recall that water over the flight deck in mid-Pacific for a 24 -36-hour period. That hardest part to get comfortable with was the hard landing when the bow came down in a 60 ft trough. Very difficult to walk about on deck, let alone sleep in bunk. That was in the fall of 1965
I legit said "awww" as the little DDG plowed through that surf, like a proud papa. You got through buddy!
Meanwhile, on the carrier, they're shooting pool. The good life on a tin can!
Brains Ironically -or bowling or swimming in the pool... ahhh choices!
Or at the three ring circus...spaceballs reference
Nothing more fun than being at sea with 5,000 of your closest friends!
I don’t think that’s really possible
Brains Ironically USS Towers ddg 9 7071
I saw something similar happen to an aircraft carrier, the Enterprise. We were crossing the Atlantic and they were alongside us a couple maybe 2000 meters off the port side. The seas were really rough. I was in the smoke pit and we were watching the Enterprise off in the distance and we watched the bow dip low and a wave broke over her top. When you consider that the bow of an an aircraft carrier is about 80 feet above the waterline under normal conditions it was really an impressive sight.
My uncle was third officer on board her in the 1980s.
I have no idea how naval aircraft put up with that kind of treatment. Rain, wind, water, getting tossed about.
Also, rogue waves have been reported to exceed 100ft in height. Even without a bow dip, some waves could reach the deck of a carrier. That'd be a hell of a sight.
Brings back memories of my days in the navy, USS MORTON DD948
Destroyer: DAD HELP IM DROWNINGGGG
Carrier: nah you're fine
It really is amazing how approx. 90,000+ tons makes a difference in the ride.
scrag2841 the Cadillac of surface warfare vessels
Meanwhile, on the aircraft carrier, they're playing marbles.
And shooting pool...
Dude you know that game too?!
Haha!
Used to love watching flat bottomed LSTs dip the ramp in "rough" seas. Had to be a fun ride. I remember getting stood up straight while laying in my rack on an LPD (USS Juneu, the perfect 10) in South China Sea Typhoon. Fun times.
That is so cool!
The skipper must be having a blast.
It’s still amazing how the carrier is virtually unaffected by the same seas.
I was a tin can sailor before moving to submarines. For one, taking water over the bow isn't all that unusual for a destroyer. For another, submarines are much better at it.
Yep, subs do it better indeed
I was on the USS Nassau from 02-03 and we were skirting a storm and she nose dived like that , having water come over the flight deck was interesting
In March of '81, I was on the USS JFK (CV-67) coming back across the Atlantic after a Med cruise. We were taking swells over the flight deck, but the DDG that was following us so we could smooth out some of the swells was still playing like a submarine. It was pretty wild to watch it disappear and then come back up.
Incredible amount of power to keep powering through those massive swells
Taking a shit while the ship is rocking has never been more painful
I'm going to show this video to the next person who asks me how big of a boat they need to safety go offshore fishing.
"Dive! Dive! Dive!"
"But sir, we're a destroyer?"
"I SAID DIVE!"
jangocommando27 ;
Annapolis grad, for sure!!!
s mc And so?
jangocommando27 Whooot Whoooooo...... Whooot..... Whooo.....
jangocommando27 Ha ,on the way down ask How deep sir.
@TheDragonOfPoe it's truly sad
Ever heard of a show called, "The Deadliest Catch"? You know exactly where I'm going with that.
Ah snap! The toss the hearts in the ashes of time cruise. I was at HSC-8 for this one. Rad man. 🍻
My condolences to the guy who's on bourd and using the toilet at that time.😅🤣
Edit: wow thanks for the thumbs up guys haha that's the most like I got 😁
My condolences to the guy who had to clean the bathroom after the guy on the toilet was finished.
@@guardrail2897 You should see what happens when they block back the plumbing on one of those things. A single guy would be a minor dusting compared to the aftermath of that.
I meant blow back but I guess auto correct didn't like that much.
If you know you know when the birthing pods have only 1 working bathroom your stomping shit waffles in the shower 🤣🤣🤣😂
Or on the mess decks serving line
My uncle was a tin can sailor. He says that in rough seas, you can go up a ladder by taking one step, and the ship would move underneath you, making it easy and quick to change decks.
Works both ways. Going down the ladder and the floor slams up at you.
@@scottashe984 i'd probably break my ankles in that case, geeze.
I will never forget the first time I experienced that. I was going up a ladder and we dropped and it felt like I was flying up, took me a few to figure out what was happening but for a moment I was very confused and I had a death grip on that rail. With no windows you have no idea what is happening. The other thing that was fun was being on the bridge on an ffg and holding the bar that went across the bridge and letting your feet swing out when you went down on the other side of a wave. Should have been a bit more concerned but I was very young and dumb back then. Good times.
Carrier seems nice and stable. Big crowd on the flight deck watching the destroyer go snorkeling.
A old college friend of mine was a grandfather who had captained a ship in the Royal Canadian Navy. He described times where his ship briefly became a submarine in rough water
*Submarine Captain:* _"Dive Dive Dive Dive"_
*XO:* _"sir with all do respect, this is a destroyer not a submarine"_
*Submarine captain:* _"oh I'm sorry, did I stutter?"_
DID I STUTTER!?
That ain't nuthin', man! From the bridge of my tin can, the USS Fiske, DD842, a Gearing class, Fram II, WWII destroyer. I watched waves pass clear over the bridge, meaning we were completely covered in water, while the wave traveled to the stern. I watched a DE with engine problems, we were escorting back to port, in the same storm, experience the same thing. We could see it's single screw come out of the water, while it's bow was buried in the waves. It took us all night to make it to the mouth of the river leading to our berths in Newport, RI. By that time, we were covered in ice a couple feet thick. We couldn't leave the ship to go home to our families, until we cleaned the ice off. All we had to work with, were broomhandles and dust pans! Fortunately, the Sun came out, and it warmed up enough, to do most of the work for us.
William R Thompson Jr my godfather was on the Fiske! Gave me one of his old rockers before I left for boot. He has some great sea stories :)
knk
Awesome 👍😎
Dury his time in the Navy my oldest son was on the USS Caron, DD-970.
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That's nothing. I narrowly avoided being on the Titanic by just 78 years.
I was a submariners and so was underwater in rough seas. I am always amaze at how calm looking rough seas can be. With out seeing this ship roaring through you would never guess.
Glad I wasn’t aboard... I like keeping dinner in my belly.
Don't submariners eat really well?
@@manz7860 yes good chow
@@jeffreyrobinson3555 I don't remember the chow being good at all. Maybe the first week or two after a stores load when you had produce and stuff, but after that it was crap. We mostly had bad mess cooks on my boat though. And my first skipper banned desserts because he was a tyrant.
@@Kelnx oh my
We had great food. Ran out of fresh stuff on WESPAC, but we did a lot more weekly ops. And one week ops we were really good
All of our cooks were Philippino and were great. We had a third class cook from Kansas, and he made custom omelets and eggs for breakfast
Best part of life on the boat.
Miss those days...I did 2 med cruises one of which turned into desert storm.3 or 4 trips to the north atlantic, through the Panama and suez canals a few times on an old guided missile crusier.. This video was an unusual rough sea day for them most days are much smoother..But I remember lots of nights of stuffing cloths and boots under the edge of my mattress to make my bunk a ramp so I didn't wake up on the floor..
I've never served and I appreciate those that do/did. Let me tell you about this one time in my bathtub my dingy took a nose dive like that. Best day of my life. What a ride.
Crew of CVN-74: oh this is nice look how fast we’re going in these seas
Crew of DDG-105: 5 died from improperly securing for sea, 30 puked their guts out, and 1 kid lost his deck of magic cards and won’t stfu about it.
Seems legit.
and just think .. there are 2 submarines you never see ;)
With those Ships, you mean?
Thats kinda scary
North Korean submarines ;)
VancouverCanucksRock yes part of the fleet defending the carrier
Nonsense. Not many people can even find and engage a carrier group out in open water, much less sink one. If the carrier got irresponsibly close to shore, sure, but they know better.
Crazy it can handle those waves and be made to do it day in and day out
Didn't miss a beat! That's power!
I remember my days aboard a destroyer escort in the north atlantic in high seas pulling up to air craft carriers when the carrier crews would watch and laugh at us going under water ! Back in 1967.