So apparently this is the US Navy's flagship
What the fuck?
How many Aircraft carriers does your shitty country have?
Oh that's right, you have no room to talk, fucc boi
It's a floating office building with a lot of communication gear.
>>28007222
Gone are the days when the only ships with decent command and control were battleships.
I was part of a comms mission with Blue Ridge some years back. I remember a week of trying to get a good signal and then giving up because the exercise was over.
>>28007222
It is a command and control ship, whats wrong with that?
>>28007249
I'm american you fucking fag
I'm wondering why the flagship ISN'T a Nimitz
>>28007222
>flagship
>having to be one of the most powerful ships in the fleet
Pick one.
>>28007261
Blue Ridge needs to be scrapped already.
I saw her when I was in Yokosuka. She is a sad old ship.
>>28007222
Life is not a video game.
Generals also aren't muscular Chuck Norris types who know martial arts and fight enemy generals with knives. Shocking right?
It's just a promotion barge. Do tour, advance two pay grades, pass go.
>>28007267
I'm no expert, but it seems like the nimitz is a huge target,
What you need most for C&C is good comms and radar shit - so its basically a marine AWACS
Thats my guess anyway. Some Navy veterna is likely o the board somewhere, they'd know
>>28007270
Never actually knew what the ship was until a few weeks ago. I thought she was a carrier for 6 years and never thought to Google it in that time.
>As of 2011, Blue Ridge was expected to remain in service until 2039
Holy shit it's going to be 72 by the time that happens
>>28007258
I was wondering.
>>28007264
Can't do that from land?
No really what is this like a Presidential hide out or something?
>>28007222
>>28007264
>>28007370
It gives the USN mobile command, control, communications and intelligence gathering capabilities. It's one of the most sophisticated electronics warfare platforms on, and if it was on land you couldn't drive it where it needed to be.
>>28007267
>>28007316
Carriers are exceptionally well defended and have very, very good C4I abilities.
They aren't specialized for them, however. They are also really fucking loud, have their movements and duties dictated by the need to launch and recover aircraft. Trying to run a fleet from one is possible, but cramming a full admiral's staff, support and fleet intelligence on one, along with the air wing commander and the ship's captain, puts too many huge old fat guys with giant egos in one place.
>>28007222
Huh, I expected more Sat Com domes and antennas.
Isn't this our flagship?
>>28007479
It's more or less a floating office building. It has half the people it was designed to carry though, so there's tons more space then on most ships and it looks discreet.
>>28007589
That's our emergency pirate ship, in case we need to teach Libya another fucking lesson.
Should be easy to hire the Greek mercenaries again.
>>28007267
Nimitz class carriers are old, noisy, and open targets.
As recently as a few years ago chinese have surfaced subs next to these relics at point-blank range.
I'd rather the US flagship be a sub with silent running and stealth capacities capable of launching and recovering recon and comm drones with high "linger" time.
>>28007645
Mount Whitney has nothing like the defensive systems of a supercarrier. It's an office building.
>>28007222
no its not you retard, its the uss constitution.
>>28007222
Apparently there are areas of the ship that emit so much microwave and magnetic radiation that guys reckon their LCD digital watches go blank.
>>28007645
>As recently as a few years ago chinese have surfaced subs next to these relics at point-blank range.
Congrats for outing yourself as completely ignorant.
>>28007293
My whole life has been a lie
A "flagship for the whole US Navy" would be any USN vessel that the CNO decides to set up in. Because of the nature of his job, that would tend to be a ship dedicated to C4i (like the Blue Ridge class vessel in OP's pic).
>>28007222
>US Navy's flagship
>entire US navy's flagship
uh its just the 6th fleet flagship
then the task forces and groups have their own flgagship
>>28007222
>US Navy's flagship
>>28007222
Are you sure?
I hereby propose the new us flagship..
BEHOLD
>>28007222
It was/is a communications vessel.
It's getting a little long in the tooth these days.
>>28009023
>But that's Canada's flagship...
>>28008974
>tfw the Constitution is the only remaining active duty ship in the USN that has at least one official ship kill.
>>28009023
>spacious
>amphibious warfare capability
>bucket confers excellent versatile storage options
>Silent and energy independent propulsion
Damn fine ship.
>>28007461
>puts too many huge old fat guys with giant egos in one place.
That actually makes a whole lot of sense
>>28007267
>I'm wondering why the flagship ISN'T a Nimitz
aren't flagships mostly ceremonial?
makes sense to have the flagship be something small enough to be perfectly maintained 24/7
Current USN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy
>>28009071
>>28009071
>>28009077
>>28009077
>Only 272 deployable ships
How pathetic, the PLAN nearly has that many in auxiliaries alone. Americans will never reach the 717 vessel strong navy of China.
>>28007222
If you make a ship your flagship it gains a flat 10% bonus to experience.
The downside is that if the ship is sunk, you take a dissent hit which could indirectly lower national unity and would lower all your units morale.
The US is just playing it safe here, a Nimitz with the 10% experience bonus would be nice but they don't really need the bonus because their navy is so large.
The risk simply outweighs the benefits.
>>28009114
>>Le china will grow le stronger XDDDDDDDDD
you done putting my nikes together?
>>28009128
>China will grow stronger
No? It's the USA that needs to grow stronger. Having only 84 surface combatants is pathetic.
>>28009114
>>28009125
>>28009128
North Korea is DA best NAVY!!!
>>28009114
>>28009125
>>28009128
>>28009151
http://www.globalfirepower.com/navy-ships.asp
>>28007267
Nimitz's flagship in WW2 was a sub.
>>28007222
What! .... no really what is that?
>>28008379
But he made fiddy cent.
>>28009159
>>28009151
Quality strawman but sorry I won't bite. China's navy fields full ships of the line, not shitty landing craft.
>>28008340
source?
>>28009203
>M-muh page on wikipedia is bigger than your page!
How positively juvenile
>>28009215
>>M-muh page on wikipedia is bigger than your page!
>How positively juvenile
Implying I'm American.
>>28009151
Hippy fuck.
Sweden, Finland and Danmark all have larger navies??
Norway seems less gay to me now.
>>28009215
happy now?
>>28009114
>>28009077
I must say, it doesn't look like there is that many ships...
>>28009125
m8 gaining 2 dissent is peanuts
now if losing your flagship would lose you 2 NU, now that would suck
>>28007293
i now generals are not muscular chuck norris types, but i though generals fighting enemy generals with knifes was a standart pratice
The USN has several flagships at any given moment, OP.
>>28009403
Every navy that has more than one fleet does, senpai.
>>28009403
>>28009522
Questions.
Where is the 1st fleet?
Why is the 7th fleet responsible for half of the Pacific and most of the Indian Ocean?
>>28009587
1st Fleet doesn't exist.
A lot of older Fleets duties got folded into other Fleets.
>>28009741
>>28007267
>>28007267
>I'm wondering why the flagship ISN'T a Nimitz
It has to do with the facilities available for an admiral and his embarked staff. While a carrier is a very large ship it is also crammed with the ships complement as well as the air wings complement of personnel. A 1-star or 2-star admiral and his staff controlling a single CBG can do so from either a CV or a cruiser.
However, when multiple CBG's and other ships are formed into a Task Force and you have a 3-star or possibly a 4-star in control the facilities are inadequate for all the additional staff personnel needed to coordinate actions. This is where a ship like the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) are needed.
So to recap if you have several forces working together you need an additional command and control ship for the admiral who is overall in charge and his embarked staff:
TASK FORCE "Desu" --
USS Blue Ridge w/ 3-star admiral and staff
Carrier Battle Group A w/ 1-star admiral and his staff
Carrier Battle Group B w/ 1-star admiral and his staff
>>28009151
>My country Morocco
>powerful navy than Germany
When the fuck did this happen? The ships are quite advanced in technology and hsit, but we don't even have subs
>>28007645
As recently as a few years ago chinese have surfaced subs next to these relics at point-blank range.
Cool story, bro. The incident you're referring to wasn't point blank range. It was a Song class sub that surfaced about 9 miles away from the Kitty Hawk. That distance equates to about a 15-20 minute run time for the torpedoes the sub was carrying. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how viable that attack would have been
>>28009077
>USS Pueblo
>>28010136
Keep in mind that that list is quantity not quality.
>>28010189
genuine question, does china have supercavitating torpedoes?
if they did than the run time would be much less but ive never seen anyone but the russians with one
>>28009036
Probably doesn't take a 72 hour dockside availibility to change out the bucket module for a Coleman cooler module, either.
I'll bet this thing is totally invisible to sonar and radar.
>>28008974
You're damn straight.
>>28009114
>Americans will never reach the 717 vessel strong navy of China.
USN had over 6K ships in 1945. You guys will be playing catch up for a long time.
>>28007461
>if it was on land you couldn't drive it where it needed to be.
I genuinely don't understand why it would ever need to be in any certain place? Does it communicate via FM radio or something?
>>28010238
>Does it communicate via FM radio or something?
>>28010246
So the sarcasm was lost on you.
I'm ignorant and so don't understand.
If the ships purpose is to coordinate activities for Naval operations?
Because then, why would it need to be in any certain location rather than up on a mountain somewhere.
Or is the ships purpose to detect baddies and be a mobile radar?
Because then, why is it considered a "Command" ship?
>>28010265
The command ship has a lot of communications gear and takes all the data. An admiral has an entire mobile office of logistical, tactical, weapons, and other personnel ALL ON ONE SHIP, with no real dutys, to advise him and help him decide on a course of action using his assets.
The ship is not why its great. The reason is the people on board.
In short, during war its floating real time thinktank. During peace its a rest stop on officers rise though the ranks.
>>28010300
So it's a ship as opposed to an office building for really no reason?
>>28009203
>232 "auxiliary"
>109 tracker bass boats with missiles
I mean there's something to say about nasty little hard to hit boats with hard hitting missiles but the "auxiliary" alone is practically worth ignoring
>>28010338
Why do you think the US had a HQ set up in Kandahar as opposed to just having everyone call the President from Afghanistan when they wanted to do something? Maybe that'll put it into perspective.
>>28010338
>So it's a ship as opposed to an office building for really no reason?
An office building with lots of antennas/communications gear and an admirals staff is a fixed and easy to hit target.
A ship is mobile and more difficult to target by the opposition.
>>28007352
>blue ridge
Fuck that piece of shit
>>28010360
To have meetings, office parties and someplace to store office supplies?
>>28007249
I love how Amerilards are so defensive.
It's cute.
>>28010366
Not sure I buy that. Nobody has blown up the White House for a couple hundred years but ships get wrecked kind of often.
Look if the real answer is just that it's a ship because it's the Navy and so ship, then fine. I don't even care anymore.
>>28007222
it has super advanced coms technology apparently, as do all the other ships in its class
they are specifically designed to be command ships
why do idiots think the Flagship needs to be some super ultra mega powerful monstrosity.
>>28010370
Do you actually believe that or are you just joking because you don't know what it's actually for?
>>28010388
Sats are unreliable in wartime, so are fixed installations. Its expected to fight in a strategic nuclear war, where the white house will most definitely get nuked.
There is your answer.
Now GIT.
>>28009381
generals sit in ther office a thousand miles away sipping whiskey, playing golf, and stroking their mustaches while watching the grunts wash rocks
>>28010372
What irrelevant shithole are you from?
>>28009237
What's the point of the entire navy getting a unit citation?
>>28010416
>Quick! I need you to be from another country so I can ad homenim you!
HAHAHAH
>>28010394
>are you just joking because you don't know what it's actually for?
This
>>28010400
>Sats are unreliable in wartime, so are fixed installations. Its expected to fight in a strategic nuclear war, where the white house will most definitely get nuked.
>There is your answer.
Thank you.
>>28007589
>You are the commander of your nations navy, you are at war with the USA, you have just lost.
>Your fleet sits burning around you, thousands of your sailors float in the water, the oil and blood mingle into what will fuel your nightmares
>You sit into the bridge of your ship, its guns all silenced, all comma equipment destroyed with precision missiles.
>You dont understand why your ship hasn't been sunk, you can see USN cruisers on the horizon, US planes scream across the sky, any of them could end you, yet they hold back.
>Out of your windows, cutting through the smoke you see her, you simply can't believe it, your mind reels at the thought
>USS Constitution under full sail, its crew in period uniforms bustle on deck.
>As she pulls along you see the first of her broadside cannons fire
>Just as grapeshot smashes through your windows you understand what freedom really means.
>>28010429
>Being so ashamed of your trash country you won't even step up to the plate
Hehe
>Military so irrelevant and worthless it probably has no carriers
hahaha
>So impotent and worthless that he has to talk shit on American ships he doesn't even understand the purpose of
HAHAHAHAH
>>28009237
>over half of the PLA Navy is frigates, missile boats, sub chasers, or corvettes.
Sad senfam.
>>28010432
can you post the original of that picture? do want.
>>28010437
>>28010421
>What's the point of the entire navy getting a unit citation?
You mean a Navy Unit Commendation?
It's an award the Department of the Navy bestows on an individual unit for distinguishing itself in combat.
>The ribbon is awarded by the Navy Secretary to any ship; aircraft wing, group, squadron, detachment or crew; or other unit of the United States Navy or Marine Corps which has since 6 December 1941 distinguished itself in action against the enemy with outstanding heroism but not sufficient to justify award of the U.S. Presidential Unit Citation.
>>28010388
In a major conventional war a building used for command and control is going to be targeted (ref: Persian Gulf War and Iraq 2003). Just because the United States hasn't fought an enemy with the capability to effectively strike those US facilities yet doesn't mean we just discount the idea outright.
A mobile target out in the Pacific Ocean is harder to track down and attack then a building in a city where every cab driver can point it out to you.
>>28010446
Yes, rain your insecurity on another American in a pathetic attempt to make yourself feel better about being single, fat, retarded, etc.
>>28010470
y u mad tho
>>28010460
I like the one you posted even though I haven't had a burger in years.
Maybe today... maybe.
>>28010507
thanks mang
go eat burger now
>>28008379
this is what i imagine happened in that incident (imagine your favorite fake chinese accent):
>Capitan Ching there is a huge blob in radar screen
>oh shit it's an american carrier, i dont want to die in a tin can, helmsman Chang surface inmediately before they decide to attack!
meanwhile in the aircraft carrier:
>Sir, that chinese sub we've been tracking for a while just broke surface
>huh, wierd. just keep an eye on them and report if they approach.
a few days later:
>Cap Ching why did you surface before an american carrier?
>(sweating)To show the capitalist dogs that chinese tech is best Admiral Chong
>excelent work Cap Ching heres your $0.50
>HFW they buy his bullshit.
>>28009522
Of course. OP didn't seem to understand that though.
>>28007300
Sounds comfy.
>>28010524
>talking shit about china when the average chinese man is smarter than the average ameridrone
>>28011342
>talking up China when they manage to do something that would be unrepeatable in a wartime scenerio, and even then would only happen once.
>>28011342
> average chinese man is smarter than the average ameridrone
You realize that most of China's educational data is literally falsified because practically EVERYBODY cheats?
>>28011342
Too bad those Chinese men have nobody to reproduce with because they condone the infanticide of potential Chinese women.
>>28011342
Then why does the average Chinese man make less than one fifth of the average American?
>>28011414
This.
And comparing average IQ is bullshit, especially since the difference would be like 3 points.
>>28007316
They couldn't kill one anyways
>>28011467
Seriously though prolonged high optempo is taking a toll on the Nimitz fleet, especially now that it's down to ten hulls due to the delayed introduction of CVN-78.
>>28007249
2
Hint : I live in a future superpower with a sanitation problem
>>28011467
I remember that thread. It was great
>>28011506
Italy isn't a future superpower anon. ;^)
>>28011530
Close.
But I'm not from Italy.
I thought the sanitation problem part would give it away
>>28011538
It was, I just wanted to make fun of Italy.
>>28011538
The entire fucking middle east isn't a future superpower Mehmet Abdulazeez Al Fuckistan ;^D
>>28009028
>Canada's Flagship
>Not a canoe
>>28009077
Left out many auxiliaries.
>>28011563
ME doesn't have carriers either.
I'm not from the Middle East
>>28011506
>>28011538
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>>28010265
>Because then, why would it need to be in any certain location rather than up on a mountain somewhere.
when you put that sort of distance between it then you've got problems. more volume is more weather to fuck your comms shit up, it's more time delay, it gives the enemy more opportunity to jam because more volume, and mountains have shitty weather. actually those are all pretty much the same point. also, if something goes wrong you can't just jump on a helo and fuck off over to the ship where shit is going wrong to sort it out.
and being a stationary target makes you a stationary target. air force one is also mobile
>>28010388
god you are a fucking retard
>I don't care anymore
you're a faggot
>>28011622
Fucking Indian piece of shit
>>28011506
>india
>global superpower
K E K
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Are there people in this thread who dont know how radio works?
>>28011870
DESIGNATED
SHITTING
PLANET
>>28007222
> french flag
Kill yourself
>>28010201
There's various rumbles out there that China is working on or has a SC torpedo. Russia apparently pioneered the tech, Iran and Germany both have SC torpedoes. The US can neither confirm nor deny the existence of theirs, so that's a yes.
China's program is exploring a different approach, using a liquid pumped torpedo instead of the gas pumped variants that all of the other known players have.
The Kitty Hawk incident was in 2007, so it would have been highly unlikely that they had anything other than conventional torpedoes at the time. If they had, it would have reduced the run time to around 3-4 minutes, which is still a lot of time to evade and deploy countermeasures. If those don't work, one torpedo won't sink a supercarrier. Might not even get a mission kill. The absolute best you could hope for is a mobility kill.
>>28012013
Also there's a difference between a peacetime CSG trying to passively keep the carrier safe and a wartime CSG trying to kill anything that comes anywhere near it.
>>28011870
Buttmad paki detected
>>28010470
Your syntax and usage strongly suggest that English isn't your first language. You may be physically in the US, you may even be a naturalized citizen. You still identify with your home country, though. It's ok, because your kids will identify as US citizens.
>>28007222
So much deck space and yet not a helicopter carrier, weird.
>>28012084
Uh, there's no foreign syntax with that sentence
>>28011342
Two words: street shitting
>>28012101
It's not weird at all. It's covered with antenna.
daily reminder that the boat sent to find the Song that was hunting the Kitty Hawk could not find it despite having years of experience in hunting Chinese subs and having a Low freq Active array.
Almost lost the array because it was being towed so fast out of desperation.
Basically the Chinese really do have good submarines hence why Obibo has doubled down on MSC sub hunting missions to get sound profiles.
>>28010437
>>28012102
Not that one, no. Back track that particular string for a few posts. You'll start catching a few foreignisms here and there.
>>28012145
Where? I think you're just trying to distance the person to better try to insult them too.
>>28012013
SC torps are always going to suffer on range because you cannot work around the fact that it MUST carry its capitation medium, meaning the size would become extremely prohibitive extremely quickly.
If you're working on a liquid cavitation that makes it even worse as liquid cannot be pressurized to get more medium in the same space
>>28012121
Doesnt sonar go to shit at higher speeds?
So why would they "tow it so fast out of desperation?" If they were desperate to get somewhere it would be stowed, and if they were desperate to find something they would be slow
>>28009349
>it doesn't look like there is that many ships...
272 is a fucking huge amount of ships, retard.
the royal navy, by contrast, has 76, only 19 of which are actual surface combat vessels. 0 of which are carriers.
go back to your videogames and let the adults talk.
>>28012166
yes it would give less resolution, however you could get an unclear scan of a far larger area.
>>28011605
Most of America's auxillaries aren't part of the navy, they're part of the Military Sealift Command.
They're awesome as well.
>>28007267
Because you don't put the nigger in charge on the biggest target.
>>28012166
Ship had(no longer in service) to stay at slow speed to keep the array from being lost under strain but the Navy wanted to cover more area so they ordered a higher unsafe speed.
Never did find the sub..kinda ended civilian sub hunting operations the MSC ships are good at the job but man the bayou boys knew how to do it cheaper and had way more success.
>>28009084
Is it safe to say that the USN has more air power than the entirety of Europe ?
>>28011598
>Canada's flagship
>Not a canoe.
>>28012387
No, don't be silly.
>>28007637
Just hire them in exchange for the US paying off all their denbts
>>28010437
>>28012069
>Haven for terrorism
>Still shits in their streets less
>>28011932
That's a signal flag you idiot, Hotel to be specific which means pilot on board.
>>28012155
Come to think of it, your syntax and usage seems to be a little odd.
Quick, what's your favorite football team and what division are they in?
>>28012864
Get back in your box McCarthy
>>28012165
>If you're working on a liquid cavitation that makes it even worse
I don't know enough about it to make better/worse judgements. I did find it interesting that China chose a liquid medium. I suspect that a monumentally spectacular fuck up led up to that decision.
>>28012445
Nice
>>28012180
what good would an unclear scan give you if you are looking for something as silent as an attack boat though?
>>28011467
>my post
kekkles
>>28010460
This is my new wallpaper.
>>28007352
It's determined to outlive the Iowas.
>>28009028
Noice
>>28008974
Got a problem with that, fuccboi?
>>28009114
What happened to that carrier that China was sending yo syria?
Oh yeah, china can't in2 logistics and force projection. Better start building some useful shit, cheng.
>>28010051
dess
>>28011623
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>>28012387
Yeah actually
>>28012101
There's fuck all space for a heli to land other than the aft area
>>28009741
Don't the Coast Guard claim to be the first Fleet?
>>28020033
The First Fleet used to be an actual USN organization.
>>28020033
>>28009741
>>28009587
>Why is the 7th fleet responsible for half of the Pacific and most of the Indian Ocean?
During the cold war 7th Fleet was responsible for both the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the Middle East/Persian Gulf with the demarcation line at the Cape of Good Hope where 2nd Fleet (Atlantic Ocean) took responsibility.
The reorganization of fleets in the 1990's following the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in the establishment of 5th Fleet in the Middle East/Persian Gulf, the reduction in size of 2nd Fleet (Atlantic) and the increasing of the area of responsibility for the 6th Fleet (Mediterranean) to cover 2nd Fleets previous AOR.
At the same time the continued naval buildup of China meant that it would be easier to cut back on the AOR of 7th fleet and allow them to have more ships available to cover their area. Meanwhile 6th Fleet picked up Eastern Africa and part of the Indian Ocean as part of their AOR.
7th Fleet is operationally responsible for the AOR but 3rd Fleet (Eastern Pacific Ocean) can task ships into 7th Fleet's AOR to support them in the event of war or crisis.
2nd Fleet: Reorganized under Fleet Forces Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command
3rd Fleet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet
4th Fleet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fourth_Fleet
5th Fleet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet
6th Fleet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet
7th Fleet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet
>>28020171
USN Fleet AORs during Cold War
>>28009587
>>28009886
>>>/a/
Keep your creepy teenaged basement dwelling virgin fetish fuel in the containment thread
>>28010437
Man that was cash. Gave me a hearty giggle there m8.
>>28020033
>>28020043
>>28020147
>>28020171
"First Fleet" is a term occasionally used as an informal reference to the Coast Guard, although there is no indication that the United States has ever officially used this designation with reference either to the Coast Guard or any element of the Navy. The informal appellation honors the fact that between 1790 and 1798, there was no United States Navy and the cutters that were the predecessors of the Coast Guard were the only warships protecting the coast, trade, and maritime interests of the new republic.[42]
>>28020246
Really? Because....From Naval History and Heritage Command:
>Commander First Fleet: This position was originally titled Commander, Central Pacific Force. On 26 April 1944 it was renamed Commander, Fifth Fleet. It then became Commander, First Task Fleet on 1 January 1947.
>It was subsequently renamed First Fleet on 11 February 1950. The Command was combined with ASW Forces Pacific and became Third Fleet as of 1 February 1973.
http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/historical-leadership/fleet-commanders/commander-first-fleet.html
>>28020298
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet_n.htm
>>28020503
>https://fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/unit/fleet_n.htm
Ok and my source is:
>http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/historical-leadership/fleet-commanders/commander-first-fleet.html
Naval History and Heritage Command
The Naval History & Heritage Command, formerly the Naval Historical Center, is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. The NHHC is composed of 42 facilities in 13 geographic locations including the Navy Department Library, 10 museums and 1 heritage center, USS Constitution repair facility and detachment, and historic ship ex-USS Nautilus.
I wonder which one knows whether there was ever a First Fleet. See: >>28020298 again for:
>It was subsequently renamed First Fleet on 11 February 1950.
Your move anon.
No shit, I was on this ship not 30 days ago. Took it from Lisbon to Naples. Hahahaha. I have a video I took of us leaving port.
>>28008340
>>28009185
I don't have sauce, but my buddy was on a carrier a couple weeks ago and he said near the bridge, his G-shock went blank and is now all fucked.
>>28008340
Same reason you don't stand around certain parts of Blackhawk or Apache. Or why you don't go around a lot of Signal equipment.
Shit will fuck you up.
>>28021651
Also, everyone in the army navy and airforce that spends a lot of time around EW equipment tend to only have daughters, it's very rare for them to have sons.
>>28021982
>>28021651
>I was an AT in a helicopter squadron in the Navy.
>One day working in the hangar bay on top of one of our birds with a buddy replacing an antenna
>Nearby was a Prowler facing us that had it's nose bay up and their AT's working on the radar
>Me and my buddy realize that it is suddenly and very quickly gotten HOT HOT HOT
>fuckme.jpg
>We both slide off the side of the aircraft and yell at the guys at the Prowler that they are radiating at us!
>They freak out and power down the aircraft and pull the ground power plug out
>Me and my buddy get to go to sickbay to check for EM burns nothing to bad but a very close call
>We get interviewed by both squadrons Safety Officers, the ships Safety Officer, both squadrons Maintenance >Master Chiefs and Maintenance Officers
>We fill out statements of what happened
>The LPO and two of the other AT's in their squadron got hammered hard for it
>>28009077
>MERCY class
Where's the NO MERCY class?
>>28022205
Would be an odd name for a Hospital ship.
>>28016247
>saying "who's" when you mean "whose"
The only bad part of the post
>>28021393
Navy or MSC?
>>28022257
the euthanasia ship
>>28010446
Hi, fellow American.
You're a faggot and you should kill yourself.
>>28009084
>That one P-8 bombing a house
