"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
04/30/2014 at 12:02 • Filed to: Shiplopnik V.F.M.D.
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"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
04/30/2014 at 12:02 • Filed to: Shiplopnik V.F.M.D. | 2
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Here we have !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the Wasp-class Bataan being pushed into a dock at the mouth of the bay by 3 Navy tugs (which are hard to see ... I should use a better camera than my iPhone's for these). Named for the heroic defenders of Bataan during WWII and the subsequent !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! forced on those defenders when they surrendered to the Japanese, the Bataan is a sister ship to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Question for former/current Squids who served/spent time at/otherwise are familiar with North Island:
I've pointed out where Bataan currently is on the map above. If I had to guess, this is some kind of supply point ... maybe mission modules are loaded here? So far I've only noticed ships designed to use these tend to dock here and they are typically there for less than a day and never overnight. Anyone?
MonkeePuzzle
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 12:05 |
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where are you on this map? top left behind that marina?
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Brian, The Life of
> MonkeePuzzle
04/30/2014 at 12:07 |
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Yes, exactly. That is Shelter Island, home of the San Diego Yacht Club ... the guys who won the America's Cup back after years and years of foreign possession :)
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 12:11 |
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I was going to make mention of the USS Wainwright as a side note, but - blowing my mind - DLG-28 (a Belknap destroyer) was named after the same namesakes +1 as two previous USS Wainwrights, and not (oddly) Jonathan M. Wainwright .
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 12:12 |
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BANANANANANA BANANANANA, BATAAN! Bataan!
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Brian, The Life of
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
04/30/2014 at 12:17 |
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This is a reference to something I should probably "get" but I'm failing ...
Mattbob
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 12:18 |
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I keep seeing this post, and everytime, I think for a second that it says USS BATMAN!. I so want it to be the USS BATMAN.
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Brian, The Life of
> Mattbob
04/30/2014 at 12:20 |
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OH! That's what Arch Duke was getting at!
cazzyodo
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 12:45 |
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Steal your son's Canon.
What?!?!?! Who said that?
Brodieman
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 13:04 |
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That dock by the mouth of the port you're pointing at is for weapons loading/offloading.
If you look on maps to the southeast of that dock you can see the ordnance dugouts all nicely spaced out to avoid a chain-reaction detonations.
If I remember correctly that's mostly guided ordnance (missiles) that's stored there. RAM's for ships and air-to-air missiles for the aircraft on North Island.
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Brian, The Life of
> Brodieman
04/30/2014 at 13:06 |
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Cool, my guess was sort of right ... Thanks for the clarification!
Axial
> Brian, The Life of
04/30/2014 at 19:54 |
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I read the title as "USS Batman" at first.
Jim Stainer
> Brodieman
06/01/2014 at 09:47 |
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Not true they picked up their weapons last November in New Jersey and are not resupplied with weapons at a port like this. Even if there was a need to resupply now weapons handling is usually done far from things we don't want to blow up like the air field next to the dock. This was a quick stop for gas and veggies and most of the guys didn't leave the ship.