Yachts, boats and ships (7)

pegelli wrote: The Belgian Navy, moored in Antwerp

Isn't the official name actually the Naval Component of Belgian Armed Forces? And I always thought Belgians had larger navy than just one ship...

And while we are on subject of navies, here is picture of somewhat smaller boat of Finnish Navy: Jurmo-class troop transport U624 at Vallisaari, Helsinki


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Thank you; being there was my pleasure

_____________FLEET WEEK SF, MONDAY 10/12/15 THE SHIPS

_____________USS CORONADO LCS-4 (Crown of the Fleet)
A 1 yr old, 3 hull all aluminum catamaran which has no propellors and can go sideways. Unfortunately this is the best shot I got. The angle of photography was into a glaring, bright sun so I got mostly sun glare and shadows

It is mostly a big helicopter pad. It does shore patrol & shore support. It is not a deep sea ship. It was very impressive.
I was surprised how rough finish it has. It's exterior is not painted, the interior is not the Love Boat. There's wire ,cables, machinery hanging everywhere

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The rough hull


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Waited 2 hr's in the hot sun to board


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Our configuration is the one at the bottom


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The helo pad


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The helicopter control chair


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Officer giving tour on the Bridge, highly edited to lighten interior (remember the black curtain on the right)


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Inside the black curtain (the war room)


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The Command Officer giving us a briefing tour. During operations the only light here is the computer screens. He doesn't see daylight for days


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I'm being given the once over for which I am very glad


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We were always under guard & under watch. Sailors on watch had M-16's


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USS Cape St. George (CG-71) Ticonderoga class Cruiser Missile & helicopter launcher


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Officer giving us a tour briefing


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Aft missile dock up to and including Tomahawk cruise missiles
Ship has fired several times in the Middle East


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A little cutie stepped up and made sure I took her picture
Quite a juxtaposition


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Forward missile dock and Bridge where we were not allowed


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5" forward gun capable of firing 220 rounds per minute which begs the question How does that compare w the whole battleship USS Iowa?



If anyone fears the decline of the US Naval Fleet I urge them to google
USS Zumwalt


20__________________________This is the END
Just a tip for anyone planing to visit San Francisco. I hope you notices all the Blue Sky in these photo's. October is the best month to visit, actually sept, oct and nov
Its always Blue Sky, 65 degrees fahrenheit and 0 humidity
The worst time to visit is may june july. Its foggy, cold and windy
Mark Twain wrote "the coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco"
Thanks for viewing

Peekayoh wrote: Who knew Rotterdam was so lovely?

They don't want these ships in the city.
The Chubasco gastanker is one of them and there I am for a week.

To bad we are all ways so far from the nice places.

Tankers waiting for loading at sunrise Rotterdam.
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Edited by Stormvogel - 08 November 2015 at 14:33

Museum/restaurant ship M/S Bore in Turku


Some sort of work barge propelled by a tug on river Aura in Turku, behind also some other ships docked on the river banks.

sailing in wonderful sunset of Boracay :)
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Boracay Sunset by Jeffrey Buot, on Flickr