Interesting Photos Thread (Safe for Work Only, No Hot Chicks!)

[Lunkwill Fook]

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/129079664876819920.jpg

[bcuster]

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[bcuster]

underway to haiti

[bcuster]

on eternal patrol

[bcuster]

the last view of a doomed sea warrior

[bcuster]

help for haiti enroute

[Lunkwill Fook]

Which carrier is that? I heard the Vinson was on the way.

[bcuster]

yes, sir; that is the uss carl vinson (cvn 70)

[Lunkwill Fook]

I can't remember. It's home port is still in Norfolk, right?

[Chris in Ga]

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I hope that isn't headed to Haiti. They've been through enough

[bcuster]

I can't remember. It's home port is still in Norfolk, right?

the carl vinson is homeported in san diego now, iianm. west coast for sure. maybe bremerton, wa.

[bcuster]

I hope that isn't headed to Haiti. They've been through enough

lol! that ship was headed for the moon. apollo 11

[Athena]

I hope that isn't headed to Haiti. They've been through enough

lolz!

[bcuster]

DIMENSIONS

Hull Length (Overall) 509.5 ft
Beam 66 ft
Draft, Navigation 31 ft
Displacement (Saltwater) 9,300 Tons
Speed 30+ Knots


WEAPONS

One MK45 MOD 1 5"/62 Caliber Gun Mount
Two MK41 Vertical Launching Systems
Evolved Sea Sparrow, Vertical Launched ASROC, Standard, and Tomahawk Missiles.
Two MK32 MOD 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes
MK46 and MK50 Torpedoes
MK53 Decoy Launching System
Super Rapid Blooming Off-board Chaff

AIR POWER

2 SH-60B/R Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) MK III Helicopters



SENSORS

Radar
AN/SPY-1D(V)3-D Search/Track Radar
Bridgemaster Navigational Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)3 Surface Search Radar
Sonar
AN/SQQ-89(V)15 Undersea Warfare Combat System Suite
Electronic Warfare
AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System


ENGINEERING

Four LM2500 Marine Gas Turbine Engines (100,000 HP)
Three Rolls Royce 3000 KW Gas Turbine Generators
Two Shafts with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch) Propellers

[Storkinator]

Did I just enter the air and space museum thread?

Cool pics though, cus!

[bcuster]

thanks, stork! how 'bout another? :)

[Squadron Nye]

The Vinson is in Haiti because it was doing maneuvers off of Miami

[Storkinator]

Photo by John McColgan, fire behavior analyst working in Bitterroot National Forest, August 6, 2000:

[Storkinator]

wussssssuuuuuuuup!

[Donal]

I hate it when random idiots stick their faces in the picture.

[Dep]

that forest fire pic is amazing

[Dep]

I hate it when random idiots stick their faces in the picture.

LMAO. took me a second to figure out what you were talking about

that pic is adorable

[bcuster]

i served on the nimitz; my nephew served on her:



keeping the custer naval tradition ...

[Squadron Nye]

i served on the nimitz; my nephew served on her:



keeping the custer naval tradition ...

no shit??? When were you on the nimitz? My friend was in it's formation (whatever it's called) on another boat from 2002-2005

[bcuster]

i served on uss nimitz before 2002. i think by 2002 nimitz was already a west coast carrier. i served while she was still in norfolk.

[bcuster]

USS New York City SSN-696

[Storkinator]

Bad Idea

[bcuster]

warthog

[bcuster]

:confused:my "interesting" photos are disappearing. what's up w/that:confused:

[Squadron Nye]

:confused:my "interesting" photos are disappearing. what's up w/that:confused:
tripod looks like it's screwing them

[bcuster]

what does the red x mean on my uss nyc mean?

[bcuster]

"interesting"

[bcuster]

now the nimitz has vanished! :(

[bcuster]

navy hotrod

[bcuster]

uss wasp

[Lunkwill Fook]

what does the red x mean on my uss nyc mean?

Usually it means the links are broken. Probably your web imagehosting deleting the photo or deactivating it.

[Squadron Nye]

Usually it means the links are broken. Probably your web imagehosting deleting the photo or deactivating it.

you're such a whiz kid

[Squadron Nye]

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[Squadron Nye]

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[Squadron Nye]

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[Squadron Nye]

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[Squadron Nye]

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[Dep]

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[Athena]

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::giggles::

[Squadron Nye]

D'oh!!! They seemed to work just fine when I posted them--looks like it took a while

[Lunkwill Fook]

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[bcuster]

frosted akula's:

[Dep]

frosted akula's:



awesomeness

[Lunkwill Fook]

.,.,

[Lunkwill Fook]

frosted akula's:






YOU ARROGANT BASTARD! YOU KILLED US!

[bcuster]

YOU ARROGANT BASTARD! YOU KILLED US!

i think we won; they lost





today's russian "combat ready" alfa subs

[bcuster]

lolskies!!!

[Lunkwill Fook]

i think we won; they lost


You missed my reference, custer!

[bcuster]

You missed my reference, custer!

Hunt for Red October! that was about one of these city-killer subs (typhoon class):

[Lunkwill Fook]

Yeah, but did they send an Acula class to try to sink it? And they ended up torpedoing themselves when they turned off the safety features and the SSN Dallas redirected the torpedo towards them and then did an emergency blow.

[Lunkwill Fook]

And the city-killer sub... we called that the Oscar, right?

[bcuster]

i think you are absolutely correct! i think the dallas launched torpedo countermeasures which diverted the akula's torpedoes




the uss dallas ssn 700

[bcuster]

the picture is a typhoon

this an oscar; they are ballistic missile subs, but i tink they are a lot older:

[bcuster]

akula means shark in russian. they are outstanding ships. too bad (for them) the soviet union went out of business & couldn't build more...

[Donal]

Seen in the window of a club

[bcuster]

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[bcuster]

uss george h w bush cvn 77

[bcuster]

uss california

[bcuster]

uss indianapolis

[Lunkwill Fook]

uss indianapolis

Are they in New England in that pic, near Electric Boat?

[bcuster]

Are they in New England in that pic, near Electric Boat?

kind of funny and i didn't intend the dichotomy. the indianapolis was on her way out and the california was going on builders' trials...

[bcuster]

for our connecticut geeks; possibly our most advanced ssn: uss connecticut ssn 22

[bcuster]

uss hawaii ssn 776

[bcuster]

on eternal patrol:

[bcuster]

:(

[bcuster]

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[bcuster]

some really awesome color video of uss thresher i had never seen before. at about :55 there is great shot of her sail showing her squadron emblem:



HAPPY VETERANS' DAY TO OUR GEEK-VETS!

[bcuster]

http://www.ussthresher.com/roster/kuesterd.htm

[bcuster]

submarine launched tomahawk. ssn near surface

[bcuster]

cg 47 tomahawk launch

[Storkinator]

Just a few photos from my recent vacation in Northern, CA:



no explanation necessary

[Storkinator]

at Jack London State Park

[Storkinator]

the caves at Benziger Family Winery in Sonoma

[Storkinator]

the vineyards at Limerick Lane Winery

[Storkinator]

new construction along the Napa River

[Storkinator]

on the Safari West tour in Santa Rosa, pt.1

[Storkinator]

on the Safari West tour in Santa Rosa, pt. 2

[Storkinator]

USS Pampanito, stationed in San Francisco (for bcus)

[bcuster]

!

[bcuster]

on the Safari West tour in Santa Rosa, pt. 2

that is a great shot. zebras are perhaps the most beautiful animal on earth

[bcuster]

USS Pampanito, stationed in San Francisco (for bcus)

pampanito was a real bulldog. she compiled quite a kill record. surprised they never named a nuclear submarine after her

[bcuster]

the yellow stripe means she's a live fish...

[bcuster]

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[bcuster]

air launched harpoon

[bcuster]

harpoon launch

[bcuster]

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uss hawaii

[bcuster]

uss virginia

[bcuster]

i miss this thread