Happy Birthday, U.S. Navy

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 10/13/2015 at 16:05 • Filed to: U.S. Navy, Planelopnik

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240 years young today.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:13

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My home town! Home of the world’s largest naval base. That was a fun place to grow up, with all the Navy hardware and Navy jets flying around.

Nick > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:15

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why not some that i took from my old ship, CVN 77?

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Damn Flikr

that’s all i could find quickly. i did 5 years as a photographer.

Jcarr > Nick 10/13/2015 at 16:16

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Awesome!

Spaceball-Two > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:16

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Black Bunny F-14?

Jcarr > Spaceball-Two 10/13/2015 at 16:18

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Must be, I don’t know what else would be on there that would be painted black.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:18

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The historian in me gives a shout out to the USS Constellation , one of the Original Six (not a hockey team) frigates, the first U.S. Navy vessel to put to sea and the first U.S. Navy vessel to engage and defeat an enemy ship when she engaged and defeated the French frigate L’Insurgente in 1799 during the Quasi-War .

Spaceball-Two > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:20

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I’m looking so hard at the pic there is nose print on my monitor.

Jcarr > Spaceball-Two 10/13/2015 at 16:28

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The closer I look, the more it looks like a Hornet. The vertical stabilizers are canted.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 10/13/2015 at 16:30

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I never knew where the word ‘corvette’ came from until I got into naval history.

Spaceball-Two > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 16:41

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Agreed.

AMC/Renauledge > Jcarr 10/13/2015 at 19:47

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I'm always willing to celebrate a long line of hot seamen.

Nick > Spaceball-Two 10/14/2015 at 11:50

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It’s probably the Dud.

it’s a shell of a bird that is used for practice. moving, firefighting, rescue, etc.

Spaceball-Two > Nick 10/14/2015 at 12:01

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That makes much more sense. Thank you. Hadn’t even thought of that.

Nick > Spaceball-Two 10/14/2015 at 12:10

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ours was painted robins egg blue. it’s great for firefighting, since they can just hose it down, and let it sit in the sun for a while, and it’s cleaner than it was before. there’s no electronics to have to worry about damaging.

Spaceball-Two > Nick 10/14/2015 at 12:26

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I’ve seen the old A-6 they use at NAS Whidbey but it might be gone now.