Subdeacon Joe Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 "When USS Independence encountered a full-rigged ship in the Mediterranean in 1962, the carrier signaled to ask the sailing vessel to identify itself. “Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy,” was the response.“ The Independence reportedly signaled back, "You are the most beautiful ship in the world.” #SeaStorySaturday" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 "The Big I, the latest and the greatest". My father's last ship, before retiring. Med cruise in 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 My Masters License has the rare SAIL endorsement .I was able to participate in a few Tall Ship events. The USA utilizes the former German Gorch Fock (sp) which we won as a war reparation. One of my boot camp buddies Dad was a crewman on it when they sailed it to the US. He stayed!! It is now the USCGC Eagle, the Coasties training vessel. When I was the Central Region Sea Scout commodore, I was able to get summer training cruise berths for a few of my outstanding Seascouts. That was one of the highlights of their lives. Many nations have tall ships. There's nothing like an international parade of magnificent square rigged sailing vessels. During some of my cruises off Mexico, Central and South America, I was fortunate enough to be able to visit some of the iron former German P Line square riggers. They ended their days carrying guano. I wonder if any of them still exist. We still have a few left in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life said: The USA utilizes the former German Gorch Fock (sp) which we won as a war reparation. One of my boot camp buddies Dad was a crewman on it when they sailed it to the US. He stayed!! It is now the USCGC Eagle, the Coasties training vessel. Thanks! You made me look that up: Quote Eagle commenced its existence in Nazi Germany as Horst Wessel, a ship of the Gorch Fock class. Horst Wessel was an improvement on the original design. She was larger in dimension and her spars were all steel, unlike Gorch Fock's wooden yards. SSS Horst Wessel began life as Schiff ("ship") 508 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany in 1936.[4] Her keel was laid on 15 February, she was launched on 13 June, completed on 16 September, and commissioned on 17 September. She was the second ship in the class to be built, following the class namesake Gorch Fock. Proof that Blohm & Voss really can build things that don't look weird! Quote Class and type: Gorch Fock–class barque Displacement: Full load: 1,784 long tons (1,813 t) Length: Overall: 295 ft (90 m) Waterline: 234 ft (71 m) Beam: 39 ft (12 m) Draft: Full load: 17.5 ft (5.3 m) Installed power: 2 × 320 kW (430 hp) Caterpillar 3406 generators Propulsion: 1 × 1,200 hp (890 kW) MTU 8V 4000 diesel engine Sail plan: Foremast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mainmast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mizzenmast: 132.0 ft (40.2 m) Sail area: 22,280 sq ft (2,070 m2) Speed: Sail: 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) Diesel: 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Range: Sail: Unlimited Diesel: 5,450 nmi (10,093 km; 6,272 mi) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) Complement: Permanent: 7 officers, 50 crew When Deployed: 12 officers, 68 crew, and 150 trainees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 The big I is docked in Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Had a civilian employee in out mess hall at Seal Beach Marine Barracks in 1974-1978, who had been a ABS on Old Ironsides. Had the photos and paperwork to prove it. She had been refitted and sent on a world friendship cruise sometime in the '50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 My dad's training ship was the Nantucket, pride of the Massachusetts Nautical School, now the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It was originally the USS Ranger, an iron hulled gunboat built in 1880. It served in both WWI & WWII as an anti-sub patrol boat. My dad graduated in 1933.Here tis: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Lady Washington, out of Aberdeen, Wa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 17 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The big I is docked in Manhattan. Do you mean the “Fighting I” (Intrepid) berthed at NYC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Do you mean the “Fighting I” (Intrepid) berthed at NYC? Yes, I used Alpo’s misnomer. Should have known better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Over 200 years ago, the original USS Independence was our navy’s first ship of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.Maraud and embezzle and even highjack.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.We kindle and char and in flame and ignite.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.We burn up the city, we're really a fright.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.We're rascals and scoundrels, we're villains and knaves.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs.Stand up me hearties, yo ho.We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,Stand up me hearties, yo ho.Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,Stand up me hearties, yo ho.Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me. Big (What's stole this from Disneyland) Jake # 1001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Viking rule #1 "Pillage first, THEN burn." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 My cousin, Bobby Oliver, served on the Independence!! He’s several years older than I am. He was one of those people who got me hooked on drag racing. Bobby was on the Independence in 1962!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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