A True Story Of A Sailor During A Heavy Storm On An Aircraft Carrier
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2022
- What is it like on an aircraft carrier during a terrible storm? This is a true story of a sailor on an aircraft carrier during a terrible storm. Get dragged into the story!
During my time on an aircraft carrier, we went through a hurricane. We were in the Atlantic returning to our home port but first, we had to dock at Norfolk so we could offload the Admiral and his staff. We hit the hurricane about 300 miles from the east coast. At first, it was just a lot of pitching up and down with green water coming over the bow. We had two alert birds set up on the cats but it was determined that the aircraft would be okay since the storm was only a cat 1 at that time and the engine inlets and exhausts were covered.
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Have you ever experienced a storm on a ship ❓💙
This sounds like the USS FDR. I was on board in that storm
@@carlogiraulo4084 thank you for your service 🇺🇸
A hurricane 🌀 😳 😐 with 60 foot seas 🌊
Yes, I was on the USS WASP and sailed the North Atlantic all the time during hurricane season.. We were, at the time, the only carrier with a 'hurricane bow'. Rough and scary times..
Yep...... experienced a typhoon on board the USS Midway (CV-41).
I was on the USS King DDG-41 when we lost four men overboard during a storm about 50 miles off Cape Hatteras, Feb. 1980. We recovered one almost immediately after turning around, but never even saw the other three again. They were never recovered. I remember the wave that hit us broadside when it happened because it was the heaviest roll I had ever experienced. For a moment I wondered if the ship would right itself or capsize. I knew a couple of the guys personally and it was a great tragedy felt by the whole crew. Just goes to show serving in the military is a dangerous endeavor, even during peacetime.
1991 coming back from a Mediterranean Cruise on USS Milwaukee AOR-2. We Hit the Gulf Stream during a nasty storm and all hell broke loose. 40’ seas pitched the massive oiler like it was a tin can.
In the August of 2000 we just departed Shanghai, China on the Container Ship Maersk California and ran head on into Typhoon Prapiroon. Again 40’ plus seas greeted us for most of the day and into the evening. I watched the Ship “snake” from the wheelhouse, It was flexing and twisting like a snake slithers. I had to sleep on the floor of my cabin because it was impossible to sleep in my rack from the rolling and pitching.
The most awesome display of mother’s natures full fury that I witnessed was onboard an Ocean going tug on the Puerto Rico to Philadelphia route. In Nov. 2009 off the coast of Maryland, 50’ seas slammed us full on as we struggled to get to Delaware Bay and the relative safety of the enclosed Bay. We rode over and through Waves that I was scared to look at because it was pure terror to gaze upon them knowing the potential hazards that could be thrust upon us. Our barge went ashore in Virginia Bch. We had a bent mast, sheered off A/C unit and life raft was swept away. After 26 years of Sea service and counting I have the utmost respect for the seas.
You I remember the 01 15 71. The USS Intrepid CVS 11. Was heading down to the Bahamas. We were chased across the Atlantic Ocean and 200 miles from England 🇬🇧. The captain announced stand by while turning about. The ship 🚢 hit the storm head on and we started pitching very hard. We even bounced off the ocean several times. Cat walks rolled up 4 a4 jets got washed of the flight deck and two helowes went into the ocean too. The two outside elevator fell into the ocean. The hangerbay was filled with 2 feet of water. Even the forward elevator was hanging by one bolt 🔩. The hall had a 36 inch crack in it in the anchor ⚓️ room
The hach was welded close because the water could not be pumped out quite enough. 100 sailors were hurt.
My buddy was in the part and watching the flight deck. He was thrown through the hatch and hit the bulkhead. He had a crushed shoulder and he was air lifted back stateside fast.
I am a marine and was the security guard for special weapons. We had to go to the Boston naval shipyard for repairs.
Respect
Went through several hurricanes during my time in the Navy, but we just dove deeper.......hurricane on a submarine....like sitting at your dinner table...
Thank you for your service
That is one of the questions I had in my mind for a long time...How will a huge aircraft carrier handle extreme bad weather? ,,,This video answers it..Thanks
Had the pleasure of going through a typhoon in the East China Sea in 1985 while onboard a Spruance class Destroyer. We basically tied ourselves in our racks and rode it out! I got to go up to the bridge and hang out with my Quartermaster buddies. Scared the heck out of me when our bow disappeared underwater, including our gun mount and Asroc launcher!
Gearing Class. '65-'67. Hurricane Betsy '65
No, it means the expansion joints are behaving as designed. I went through a typhoon on a DEG in 1973 and that was quite an experience.
Rode the USS Independence from Portsmouth to San Diego in 1988. The 3 day transit through the Drake Passage was devastating. Lost almost all whip antennas, most of the life boat cans and ate bologna sandwiches breakfast, lunch and dinner because the mess decks were closed it was so rough. Had to keep my hands over my head while walking the p-ways so I wouldn't hit my head as the ship dropped into troughs. I watched 60-70 foot waves crashing over the flight deck while in flight deck control on watch. Waves hit the bridge windows too. Amazingly enough, the USS Lake Champlain accompanied us and we barely saw her the whole time. She lost all forward armament mounts and all side rails forward of the superstructure.
My COMPLETE respect to ALL sailors in the NAVY.. REGARDLESS of country.
I was on the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 in 88 when we sailed through Typhoon Roy in 88 in the the South China Sea. Lost 3 aircraft on that Cruise and lots of damage described here in your video. I removed getting sea sick yet loved the roll of the ship! 🙂
Wow, an unforgettable experience. Have you never been afraid?
We went through a typhoon last cruse, lots of salt water damage for sure ! Same boat as you, we even had a shellback ceremony.
@@ghostboy9171 could that ship go through a hurricane like Katrina a category 5
A Hurricane in the north Atlanta off of the coast of Maine during search for the missing Tresher. Some heavy waves came crashing into the Admirals,bridge blowing in the windows and soaking all the comm gear on the console. Took us two and a half months to bring her back to life. And longer for the Captains bridge. RHIP even in Nature. Salute to the coxwain rate.
Thank you for your service
I remember leaning on the catwalk rails on the Wasp.CV18 watching the D/Es and Destroyers bounce sixty feet down and then sixty up in rough seas. I am so that thankful to Neptune that he didn’t put me on a D/E.
USS Alamo LSD-33 watch water come over the bow and up to the flying bridge. Got back inside the ship as quick as possible. On the USS Okinawa LHA-3 watched for hours green water coming over the bow. USS New Orleans LPH-11 Same thing only found out about the water coming over the flight deck was when the sky blue went to Marine green in the port holes in forward steering just under the flight deck and the most forward space in the ship. USS Schenectady LST-1185 made to run aground and land Marines on the beach. Flat bottomed, and bobbed like a cork. Not to forget the Torpedo retrievers which went out in all weather and the target boats of Kauai and surprisingly large Harbor tugs. We helped the ships come in and out of harbors no mater the weather. Storms were not scary so long as everyone did their jobs. But storms were a small part of the oceans. The rest of the time is was smooth sailing. From 1974 to 1994 and lots of miles on the oceans. Kind of miss it. EN1 (SW) Retired
Thank you for your service
My dad ship the carrier Bataan was in with Halsey when he chased the Japanese fleet. They went a typhoon. It bent the forward elevator so bad they could not use it. Also the bow was bent up. They had to go back to Philadelphia ship yards. At like 15 knots.
Hurricane Hugo in '89, a severe Noreaster @ -45 below in the North Sea in early '92 and Hurricane Andrew in '92 while onboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower(CVN-69). That was enough for me. GOD BLESS the US NAVY!
I was on Forrestal and right after the fire in 67 we went to Subic for some repairs and then ordered to sail back to Norfolk. On the way in the Atlantic we sailed into a Hurricane. In the video you see a Helo tied down on the bow. We had the same situation as I was part of HC-2. We just didn't have those big waves crashing over the bow. Only time we had waves coming over the bow is when we went around the horn of Africa.
Oh YES! VERY severe storm. My first time out on the boomer I did over four years on, was on alert patrol. November/December 1981. It was SO bad topside, we were rolling 10°-15° to either side while we were at a depth of 400'. We did everything we could to keep that submarine from broaching. The wave action would grab the lip of the superstructure and suck us right to the surface. That's when the REAL fun began. 45°+ rolls. Guys tossed out of bunks. That was one violent North Atlantic storm. Fond memory.😅
If you were at 400', how could you possibly know what's happening topside? Doesn't make any sense...at all.
@@corkcamden9878 HOW did we possibly know?? Because it was THAT rough up top. That's how we knew. You evidently have zero clue just how much violent storms affect currents way deep.
That is amazing power and force to effect a sub at 400' under the surface and toss it around like that!! I love the beach but I don't mess with the ocean.....she's just too powerful.
I was on the Oriskany when we ran into a typhoon the ship rocked at 45 degree angles and a rouge wave hit the starboard cat walk forward and crumpled it like an accordion that was her last wespac cruise she was mothballed after that she is a giant fish aquarium in the gulf of Mexico
While never in a hurricane aboard a ship, I was on the USS Randolph (CVS-15), an Essex class WWII carrier for those not familiar with them, as a pilot in one of the squadrons during a transit across the North Atlantic in December of 1967. We were taking green water over the bow to helo spot 2. (The image at 1:55 is green water to helo spot one with a helo in place) All of our helos and most fixed wings (S-2s, E-1s and a C-1) were in the hanger bay.
It's not mentioned in most videos, but aboard a Navy ship all the bunks are aligned fore and aft (so occupants aren't dumped on the deck) and we could feel the ship shudder when she buried her nose in the next green wave followed by a vibration which I was informed that was when the props came out of the water. It was hairy and now one was comfortable until we got blue skies and a much calmer sea state. Oh, btw, this was the first time I was aboard anything larger than a 16' fishing boat on a lake.
Haven't been on a carrier in a hurricane but was on a LHA in some really heavy sea conditions. Not fun at all, thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
@@luongorob8409 Thanks for your support, but like many other I just did my job. Fortunately I made it home, unlike many others as well, and I know there are no words to say thanks or even an appropriate expression of sorrow. FLY NAVY!!!
Sounds like the FDR and I was there assigned as the Flt Dk Bos'n, got some great pics of it, air boss was George Sheldon
On the USS John F Kennedy in 1971, we were caught in a gale for three days. I was a plane captain and the plane I was in charge of was on the flight deck. I had to go out and secure it with heavy tie down chains. Waves broke over the bow. Our escorts had waves breaking over the masts. The bow would dip down and every fourth time it came up a wave washed up with it. Biggest waves I ever saw. It took about 15 minutes or so to get the chains tightened up. Seemed like hours. Had to hang on for dear life when them waves came washing by. That huge carrier was bouncing like a cork. I could hardly believe, something as massive as that ship was could be tossed around that much. It is one thing to watch a video like this, but seeing the real thing first hand like I did just can't be imagined.
Rode a carrier through a hurricane in mid-Atlantic, and a typhoon in mid-Pacific on another carrier. Would not hesitate to do it, again. I have implicit faith in the seaworthiness of aircraft carriers.
Went thru one while on USS Duluth in the pacific 1986. What a ride.
I was on the Midway in 1988, during a typhoon near the Philippines the ship which was not supposed to be able to survive more than 24 degrees but it did. They even made a patch about it.
Rode out a tropical storm or two and hurricane Iniki while serving aboard LHA-3 USS Belleau Wood. Sat in the berthing area once, watching live video from the flight deck cameras as waves crested over the flight deck about twenty feet overhead. Also, have a memory of leaning over the rail at a refueling station and touching the water that normally was about twenty feet below it. Lots of movement and drama in No. 2 Main Machinery Room too, as well as during efforts to travel about the interior of the ship. Great fun, but no seasickness.
I was on Lpd Denver coming back from Rimpac 90, when the ship broke down as storm was approiching, for three days nothing but side to side, up and down. SEMPER FI 86-91
DIW in a storm... The worst. Reminiscent of the plight of sailing ships.
I serves on a USCGC Rush and we ran into winter storms in Alaska. The ship rolled and pitched but she took it like a champ. I never got sea sick though.
The power of nature never ceases to amaze me! 🤔
Absolutely. When guys are tossed out of the rack while sleeping and hit thier heads it's not a good time. Now some guy don't hit the rack without the "sissy boards" to hold them in the bunk while sleeping. We had to go up top in a very bad storm once and I literally couldn't move at all without having all 4 points of contact and sometimes more. That was my first storm. Saw a few more after that. One so bad we had to hide behind an island and anchor up. I was worried about losing power in a situation like that because we would have been completely at the mercy of the waves. That's a very very bad thing for those that don't know.
50 foot waves are punishing, I don't care what kind of boat you're on.
Thank you for your service
@@luongorob8409 thanks anyway but not me. I'm not the person to thank. I never did anything honorable for anyone.
If your gonna thank someone, thank a true vet. I'm not.
@@Mr._Infamous I’m an Army afghan vet brother and from one vet to another . It’s about sacrifice so thank you regardless !!!
AWESOME!!
Cheers 🍻.
thank god i’m on submarines lol
USS Hancock....seeing the expansion joints bend in way never before during severe storms on a carrier is unnerving to say the least.
Right On Go Army!
Respect 👍👍👏👏
I've been through a tropical storm on an old fully loaded tanker, it wasn't very pleasant but the great advantage of a loaded tanker is that it is very low in the water. An empty ULCC is another thing all together.
When I was aboard the "Connie" during a monsoon in the Gulf on Tonkin, she was listing so steep that in the chow hall you had to press your food tray on a wet slice of bread or it would slide in your lap.
Middle of Atlantic on the way to Med. Aug. 1980, CV-67- USS John F. Kennedy, Cat-5, Hurricane, Between waves, the Middle of keel was "DRY". 50 ft. waves usually, up 75ft. @ times.
When I was in the uss kitty hawk aircraft carrier...
Try a hurricane in LST now that's a ride
OMG, they sucked in flat seas! Couldn’t imagine the pukefest in a typhoon!!
On a Adam's or Sherman class destroyers what a rush and learning to walk upright while taking a roll
Yes I have went through a storm on board the uss forestall
The name of the ship is spelled with only one l
@@richardroberts2053 Forrestal CV-59. We encountered heavy seas in Med 1991 near Crete. The FID was a tough lady
Stood a flight deck watch on the JFK 1972 coming home from Arctic/ North Atlantic through a hurricane. 80 Knot winds over the deck. All weather decks were secured. All aircraft top side had triple chains+. We were called in to take break into island. Sitting there and Captain Gormley came down and chatted with the chief. Told the chief to secure the watch if the wind got to a certain threshold. Well it got there and the chief did not secure us. He did not want to lose a plane on his watch and we didn’t. No big deal and I got a story to tell. Charged the guy only ten bucks to take his watch. We were AOs. It was AO2 Valimont that I took the watch for. I was AO3. The 10-11 month cruise.
We got caught coming back from the med. Our forward bulkhead on the handling area buckled and required shoring. Fan room covers on the bow were ripped off, consequently sea water poured down through the ventilation system shorting out the electrical motors in the fan rooms and flood weapons hold #1 with 4 ft of water as the main pump in the bilges of the space was o.o.c. I asked our Hull Tech chief if he was going to aske the bridge to go to G.Q. he looked at water closely looking at the pumps, finally shook his head and said no, this as the 1mc announced the Bingo was being held on the mess decks.
real thing 💪
Are there any videos showing sailors on a ship during an actual storm ?
RIP🙏
I personally like the storm, but I have never been on a ship that went right back into the storm. I wonder what types of other vessels were nearby the distress signal during this storm.
cat =catapult? or category? i had a talk with a cruise ship passenger on kona beach about covid, and whether they could sleep while the ship was in rough seas. 2:30 was the returning helicopter able to land on the deck in such harsh conditions?
this is ammeging
Wow never knew you've been in a carrier, that's amazing.
Rosie OE div 75-76....
I thought no storm can shake the super carrier of US Navy ships 😊😁
I can't even imagine the sheer guts it takes to ho through that
We were young and just concentrated on doing our jobs. 😑
@@carlogiraulo4084 And loving the adventure.
Typhone out of the pi. Flight deck under water 90 mmph winds. Our escort de stroyers turned into subs
Could that thunderchild unsinkable boats go through a storm like that or the one they called a barracuda
USS Knox in a typhoon in the south China sea lost a man overboard 1974.
Bermuda triangle 1981 U,S,S, INCHON LPH-12
What carrier was this - I can find no trace of this story?
CVA-42, Hurricane Donna 1960.
Did He say what carrier? CV- 66?
CV - 66 was the America. She lies at the bottom of the Atlantic now.
Ticonderoga CVS-14 1971, edge of a typhoon y Japan.
I'm curious as to the time frame and ship for this event. Expansion joints aren't on any modern ships, but Coral Sea had them. I've never heard a single person ever say, "cherry picker." The term, "Tilly" has been around since the Korean War. Unless we are talking about IM4 rolling stock for removing canopies and ejection seats. Still appreciate the story though.
True video is the 1st 5 seconds?
I plan on doing an story. No sure if you know about the anime/manga Azur Lane. Basically WWII ships go fight Alien Sirens. They become shipgirls with the memories of being ships. Now I Know that Our Shipyard is building the new CV80 Enterprise. However I plan for it to Encounter the sirens in the mist of an Typhoon/hurricane lvl 5. Would it be the combination of shells and waves that would Eventually sink the Aircraft carrier or Would the Alien ships be enough alone to cause it say hiring the reactor and then it going nuclear? I plan on the New CV80 transferring over to the other side.
when i was was in the Navy my destroyer USS Sumner DD 692 picked up an airman who was knocked overboard during night flights by the carrier sorry I can't remember which carrier
1989 Typhoon Dot (South China Sea). USMC
Sucking Sara - 1971 - Med cruise - crossing to cannes France port call. Waves breaking the flight deck 60 feet over the water line, heavy spray hitting the tower, 90 feet over water line
With all due respect, that would be the Super Sara. Unless, unless you were a snipe. Those 1200 PSI boilers were a nightmare at times throughout her career.
And you just drop the Admiral at home with no consequences or responsibility ?
Manurung
So how much money was waisted refinishing for one more cruise ? The Navy and it’s absurd waist of money.
Waste, not waist.....
Navy Rudi manurung
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1974 Atlantic ocean CVA 42.. We lost 2 phantoms 2 a-7's crane hanger bay door. We slept above the spud locker right below the flight deck. We could feel all four props coming out of the water
Bro, I salute you and your comrades for enduring such a horrific event. That's one of the reasons I'm a retired AF vet.. I don't know any man who can swim an ocean.
Hahaha and I don't know any man that can fry through the sky either
@arminus983 Good one sir!!
@@mhenderson1000 hahaha We are both vet's so we all respect each other Thank you for your service Good man
@arminus983 My dad was Navy..He was a Culinary Specialist onboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in WW II...I always admired you guys on the Battleships & Air Craft Carriers
I have been in a couple of those storms. We have to put 20 chains on the jets.
I personally like the storm, but I have never been on a ship that went right back into the storm. I wonder what types of other vessels were nearby the distress signal during this storm.