Funny Naval History

[namvet]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!!!!

come on sport its only money !!!!!

[TexasCop]

come on sport its only money !!!!!

Of which I have very little after buying this car!   

[namvet]

Of which I have very little after buying this car!   

well maybe we can rent a 57 Chevy. that's probably the newest model they have 

[Gina]

well maybe we can rent a 57 Chevy. that's probably the newest model they have 

my dad has a 69 stingray t top with a 427 in it. Canary yellow

[namvet]

my dad has a 69 stingray t top with a 427 in it. Canary yellow

can we borrow it ???? great stylin' machine

[Gina]

can we borrow it ???? great stylin' machine

That car has been in the garage since I was a little kid.  Mint condition.  People come by all the time and knock on the door to ask my dad if he will sell it.  He has this one asshole that stops by at least once a month.  It's like they are waiting on my dad to die and then they will have pick him dry.  Little do they know I'll just save it for my son to drive.

[namvet]

That car has been in the garage since I was a little kid.  Mint condition.  People come by all the time and knock on the door to ask my dad if he will sell it.  He has this one asshole that stops by at least once a month.  It's like they are waiting on my dad to die and then they will have pick him dry.  Little do they know I'll just save it for my son to drive.

I remember years ago the cops and highway patrols used the big 427 interceptor engine. passed everything except gas stations.

in the 60's I bought a used red 62 Impala SS with a 409. kiced myself in the ass for selling it

the beach boys rubbed it in. the days of the muscles cars were awesome.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKP_cZuk54[/youtube]

[Eupher]

Back on topic? All righty then. Here's a pic of my Uncle Joe's ship in WWII, U.S.S.Chester. She was a heavy cruiser, one notch down from a battleship. She sported nine eight inch guns and plenty of other assorted nasties. Took a couple lumps from the Japs, a bomb and a torpedo but she gave a whole lot more than she took participating in several major engagements in the Pacific. Shelled the snot out of Iwo Jima. I don't know if she took any swipes at democrats though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Chester_(CA-27)_Mare_Island_Oct_1943.jpg
Uncle Joe passed last year, a very proud WWII vet who lied about his age when he enlisted at 16 in what he called "the real man's old time big gun Navy". Miss ya Joe, R.I.P.

Looks like the same class of heavy cruiser as the USS Indianapolis, the ship that transported the guts of Little Boy (the first nuke dropped on Japan) and later was torpedoed and sank, leaving most of the crew swimming in shark infested waters for some 6 days before the survivors were rescued. The "swayback" in the center is indicative, I think.

[zeitgeist]

Yes indeed, proud ships with proud crews. Wasn't the Indy the one lost after it dropped off one the bombs on Tinian? Capt. McVey, McPherson, something like that? Court martialed & crucified in true scapegoat fashion.
Namvet if you ever make it up to my redneck of the woods (Buffalo, N.Y.) make sure not to miss teh BUffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park. They have a light cruiser the U.S.S. Little Rock, a Fletcher class DD, the U.S.S. The Sullivans, a WWII deisel sub, a P.T. Boat and several aircraft. Quite a nice park.

Backed down on the Little Rock more than a few times at Roosy Roads during Springboard exercises. Got to visit with a good friend who was on the CMA force, we had both shipped from Newport.  They did have a brief problem with 'the bro's' and 'others' protesting one time when they came in but it was short lived when someone (XO maybe?), came over the 1mc and told them to disperse or the radar would be aimed aft and turned on to sterilize the whole bunch of them.  It was nicknamed The Acid Rock at the time and I can tell you the CMA had quite a collection of paraphernalia.  The year was 1971.  

[namvet]

the Indy was was a Portland-class cruiser

good story/info on it here. long read:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1988/WCR.htm

The U.S.S. Indianapolis--Tragedy Amid Triumph
AUTHOR LCdr. C.R. Woodward, USMC
Csc 1988
SUBJECT AREA History
                     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TITLE:  THE U.S.S. INDIANAP0LIS--TRAGEDY AMID TRIUMPH

[FreeBorn]

Great story. Capt. McVey really got the shit end of the stick on that one.

[vesta111]

Great story. Capt. McVey really got the shit end of the stick on that one.

Question was it Captain McVey that years later died not knowing he had been cleared of all charges in that Mess.?

[namvet]

Question was it Captain McVey that years later died not knowing he had been cleared of all charges in that Mess.?

yes he did. although cleared of all charges it was not made public

the surviving crew members banned together to clear his name and restore his honor. petitioning congress, the senate and every prez that took office. finally in 2000 they completed they're mission

A giant step to clear the name of Captain McVay was taken in October of 2000 when legislation was passed expressing the sense of Congress that his "military record should now reflect that he is exonerated" for the loss of the USS Indianapolis and the lives of the men lost in that tragedy so many years ago.

When President Clinton signed that legislation on October 30, implying his concurrence, it thus represented the view of both Legislative and Executive Branches of our federal government that Captain McVay was not responsible for the disaster which led to his court-martial, his conviction, his humiliation, and the end of his promising Navy career.

http://www.ussindianapolis.org/resolution.htm

there's a footnote about the Cole. I never heard of the Indy disaster until I saw the movie "jaws" - includes scenes from the movie mission of the shark. embedded link removed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGOKs3WR4Ec

[Eupher]

Question was it Captain McVey that years later died not knowing he had been cleared of all charges in that Mess.?

Read the link, vesta. Do your own research.

[NHSparky]

I don't think any nuclear subs have ever been stationed at Charleston. And very few, if any, have ever been in port there.

Squadron Six was out of there back in the day, and before the Kings Bay base opened, the Naval Weapons Station near Goose Creek was one of the "off crew" sites for boomer fags.

Just happen to know cause the Cable and Holland were the tenders out of Charleston back in the late 80's/early 90's, and I went to Radcon School in the Shipyard there.

[Crazy Horse]

The Sierra was also there during that time

[Thor]

Who gives a shit about a bunch of Tenders? You can't even land on them!!   

[NHSparky]

Who gives a shit about a bunch of Tenders? You can't even land on them!!   

Same idiot skimmer/airedale fags who give a shit about carriers.

[Crazy Horse]

Who gives a shit about a bunch of Tenders? You can't even land on them!!   

What can't land on em.  They all had flight decks.

You damn right sparky