Article

2006-07-20 Science & Technology

StrategyPage: Photos of intentional USS Belleau Wood Sinking

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by 3dc 2006-07-20 03:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damn, that's sad. Less than 30 years old.

Posted by 6 2006-07-20 06:04|| 2006-07-20 06:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Waitaminute! There's no smoke! Couldn't have been missle hits. There must be a Rovian hidden agenda.........

Posted by Bobby 2006-07-20 06:19|| 2006-07-20 06:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

If you're going to use a decommissioned ship as a target and sink it, at least be good enough to share the actually interesting photographs, and not just the bloop-bloop-bloop part of the day's entertainment.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2006-07-20 08:12|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-20 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Haven't those dudes ever heard of recyling?

Posted by Slosing Glavique9479 2006-07-20 10:24|| 2006-07-20 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 It's another diving reef in the making. Lot's cheaper than recycling. Ask the French.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-20 10:27|| 2006-07-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm sure we cold have transferred this ship to an ally or kept it in reserve, but I suspect they were using it to test the effect of anti-ship missiles on a supercarrier, which will undoubtedly yield valuable data on both the missiles and the ships.

Posted by Tibor 2006-07-20 10:40|| http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com]">[http://incompetenttibor.blogspot.com] 2006-07-20 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Sorry, the "boom" is probably classified. We really don't want pics of how our ships can be sunk with anti-ship weapons.

It helps to remind yourself that when such a ship in sunk in the right place, it creates an instant reef, that in turn creates of profusion of fish and sea creatures. In time, this boosts fishing and scuba diving, which in turn draws men into the Navy.

So even in retirement, the Belleau Wood will help in recruiting the next generation of sailors.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-20 10:41|| 2006-07-20 10:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I remember passing by her in Boston Harbor about three years ago. Thrilling sight.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-07-20 13:44|| 2006-07-20 13:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Re #7: the USS America was intentionally sunk awhile back just to test the effects of the current anti-ship technology. the location and photos have not, to my knowledge, made it to the Web. anybody have any pics?

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-07-20 14:36|| 2006-07-20 14:36|| Front Page Top

#10 USN: The sinking of the America was very restricted.

There was a large cordon around the site, and even the suggestion that underwater noisemakers were used to disguise the sounds produced.

The only picture I've seen was the surface after it had sunk.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-20 15:56|| 2006-07-20 15:56|| Front Page Top

#11 So the Main Stream Media wasn't invited?

They needed to be there, to determine what we 'needed' to know!

Posted by Bobby 2006-07-20 16:13|| 2006-07-20 16:13|| Front Page Top

23:58 JosephMendiola
23:45 Anonymoose
23:44 Oldspook
23:36 Oldspook
23:30 Bob Marley
23:26 Oldspook
23:05 BA
23:00 Baba Tutu
22:57 twobyfour
22:55 Baba Tutu
22:39 Capsu 78
22:36 Frank G
22:36 MSM enabler
22:34 BA
22:32 Islamist preacher Omar
22:28 WITT
22:25 mjh
22:24 Omar
22:09 WITT
22:04 BA
22:02 WITT
22:01 BA
22:00 Scott R
21:53 tu3031