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Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:52 pm
by 308Mike
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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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Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:34 am
by mekender
cool, i wish i had a bit better advanced notice
Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:40 am
by 308Mike
mekender wrote:cool, i wish i had a bit better advanced notice
Sorry dude, I tried, but the story just came out this morning.
Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:43 am
by mekender
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
Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:03 am
by FastRope71
When the F*$% did they send MY God damned ship to the EAST coast!!!
Plankowner U.S.S. Monsoon (PC-4) here.
Spec Sheet here
Looks like they just recommissioned it. Coast guard likely didn't like having to foot the bill for it.
Oh, wait, on that list it was probably status changed for shipyard work, dry dock, or something similar.
Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:22 am
by mekender
FastRope71 wrote:When the F*$% 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.
wiki
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.
Re: Navy ships open for first time since 9/11
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:26 am
by FastRope71
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.