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Navy to Christen New Guided-Missile Destroyer Halsey

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-01-19 1:26:17 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wonder what Admiral Halsey would have had to say after 9/11.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-1-19 2:29:35 PM|| 2004-1-19 2:29:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder what Admiral Halsey would have had to say after 9/11.

Two words: "Nuke them".

Posted by JFM 2004-1-19 2:42:37 PM|| 2004-1-19 2:42:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Halsey's performance during WWII demonstrates that even the best make mistakes and the best answer is not always to can a battlefield commander when things go wrong.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-19 2:47:39 PM|| 2004-1-19 2:47:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Wonder what Admiral Halsey would have had to say after 9/11

No, I think he would of paraphrased what he said as the Enterprise pulled into Pearl Harbor on the evening of 12/7/1941 "By the time we're through the Abrab language will spoken only in Hell". It is amazing the number of people in this country who refuse to recongnize that the West is in a World War with Radical and Fundementalist Islam. I wonder what the ship's motto will be, maybe "The Bull Stops Here"

Posted by Cheddarhead 2004-1-19 3:01:23 PM|| 2004-1-19 3:01:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Good admiral... but don't get sick before the big game.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-19 3:16:09 PM|| 2004-1-19 3:16:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Dring the battle of Leyte's Gulf Halsey fell for the Japanese decoy ad let his fleet of escort carriers alone. Fortunately for the US a mix of skillful defence by the carriers escort and a timid Japanese admiral allowed the carriers to escape destruction.

Halsey was supposed to comnad at Midway but he fell sick so he recomended Spruance. It was fortunate since IMHO the overagressive Halsey would have probably lost the battle. Halsey's illness was only one of the many fortunate coincidences for the Americans at Midway. From the Japanese recon plane who started late due to a catapult problem to its radio failure and later the Devastators arriving just when the Japanse carriers were at their moment of highest vulnerability: their top covered with loaded planes. And it happenned second time with eth Hyriu. Now we can look for a rational explanation: code cracking by the Americans, sloppy maintenance by the Japanse, lack of radar made them wulnerable to attack. Or we can look at Halsey's providential illness, the perfect timing of the attacks and think that perhaps, perhaps God was helping the Americans.

Anyway, we don't know if Halsey would have lost, we only know that Spruance won decisively.

Posted by JFM 2004-1-19 3:26:00 PM|| 2004-1-19 3:26:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 To JFM's last point about the Leyte Gulf battle: my understanding about Arleigh Burke is that this is where he shone.

Does anybody have any good links discussing Arleigh Burke's career and his legacy ?

I searched for some info a while back, but found only brief overviews of his career, which was too dry for me -- I got no sense of what made Burke great enough to have a class of warships named for home.

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-1-19 6:48:39 PM|| 2004-1-19 6:48:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 ..ahem "named for HIM."

Proofreading before posting is FUN and EASY..

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-1-19 6:50:18 PM|| 2004-1-19 6:50:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 SD Union had an article about Frigates being refitted - removing their single-rail missile systems for more effective weapons against small craft (i.e. the Cole)

Posted by Frank G 2004-1-19 8:39:06 PM|| 2004-1-19 8:39:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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