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Navy ships open for first time since 9/11

By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 9, 2008 11:18:12 EDT

NORFOLK, Va. — For the first time since the security crackdown after the 2001 terrorist attacks, Navy ships in Hampton Roads will be available for public viewing during Fleet Week.

Non-military visitors will be allowed into Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek this coming Sunday and Monday and are invited aboard the dock landing ship Whidbey Island and the coastal patrol vessels Monsoon and Thunderbolt.

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cool, i wish i had a bit better advanced notice
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mekender wrote:cool, i wish i had a bit better advanced notice
Sorry dude, I tried, but the story just came out this morning. ;)
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I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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not your fault... my sons are 9, 2 and not born yet... so im gonna have plenty of time to take them on military ships :D
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When the F*$% did they send MY God damned ship to the EAST coast!!!

Plankowner U.S.S. Monsoon (PC-4) here.

Spec Sheet here

Looks like they just recommissioned it. Coast guard likely didn't like having to foot the bill for it.

Oh, wait, on that list it was probably status changed for shipyard work, dry dock, or something similar.
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FastRope71 wrote:When the F*$% did they send MY God damned ship to the EAST coast!!!

Plankowner U.S.S. Monsoon (PC-4) here.

Spec Sheet here

Looks like they just recommissioned it. Coast guard likely didn't like having to foot the bill for it.

Oh, wait, on that list it was probably status changed for shipyard work, dry dock, or something similar.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monsoon_(PC-4)
USS Monsoon (PC-4) was the fourth Cyclone class Patrol (coastal) ship. Monsoon was laid down by Bollinger Machine, Lockport, Louisiana on February 15, 1992 and launched October 10, 1992. She was commissioned January 22, 1994 by the United States Navy. She was decommissioned October 1, 2004 and is on loan to the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4). Returned to the US Navy from the US Coast Guard on August 22, 2008.
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well hello Mr. Fancy Pants!

LOL

The thing that go my undies in a bunch was that it was a west coast ship, and now it's stuck within spitting distance of D.C.

Poor old girl. It really doesn't seem like it's been that long. Time flies, I guess.
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