On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:23:18 -0700 (PDT), A.Melon
wrote:

Whatever happened to the Hawkspill? I
understand it is a replacement for Parche?

That would be a challenge, since she was decommissioned in 1999, about
5 years before PARCHE.

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Andrew C. Toppan wrote in
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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:23:18 -0700 (PDT), A.Melon
wrote:

Whatever happened to the Hawkspill? I
understand it is a replacement for Parche?

That would be a challenge, since she was decommissioned in 1999, about
5 years before PARCHE.

HawksPill?

Hawksbill, more likely.
Interesting hull number.
SSN-666.

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Il Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:23:18 -0700, A.Melon ha scritto:

Whatever happened to the Hawkspill? I
understand it is a replacement for Parche?

/Witty humor mode ON

With this hull # I think was presented to Satan as his private boat...

/witty humor mode OFF

Best regards from Italy.
Dott. Piergiorgio.

"Geoff Cashman" wrote in message
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PCU Jimmy Carter was christened on June 5th of this year.
She will join the fleet in 2005.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=13696

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

I just wish they'd ask around a bit before decommissioning old ones. Some of
us might find them handy.

"Geoff Cashman" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Geoff Cashman" wrote in
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PCU Jimmy Carter was christened on June 5th of this year.
She will join the fleet in 2005.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=13696

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

Have a look at this photo:
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/...-0000C-001.jpg

Those 'rollers' don't look too insubstantial to me. Note the size of
them in comparison to nearby people. I count at least 24 of them.

-Geoff



OK. That looks better. Just wanted to be sure my tax dollars were being
pampered correctly. :-)

What a gas it must be, building something like that....

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:37:21 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

That's one sweet looking ride! :-) But, what's it resting on, in the
pictures where it's on land? The rollers (or whatever) look so
insubstantial.

Don't worry yourself. Ship transfer systems are rather heavily built.
I don't think anyone's dropped a ship yet....

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:58:24 +0000 (UTC),
(Geoff Cashman) wrote:

Those 'rollers' don't look too insubstantial to me. Note the size of
them in comparison to nearby people. I count at least 24 of them.

I'd be surprised if the wheels themselves are any more than 24" in
diameter. There's no reason to have big wheels if you're carrying a
heavy load slowly.

I've got a much closer view of a similar system under DDG 90:
http://www.hazegray.org/features/ddg...g90keel13b.jpg

I don't know how similar BIW's system is to EB's, but I'm sure they're
somewhat close.

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Don't worry yourself. Ship transfer systems are rather heavily built.
I don't think anyone's dropped a ship yet....


Wow. Do you speak to everyone with such a smarmy tone? There's a new class
on how to interact with people effectively down at the community
college.....

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 06:09:44 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
wrote:

Wow. Do you speak to everyone with such a smarmy tone?

My tone is not smarmy, but yours is assinine.

It's a fact that text does not convey inflection or tone well. People
who see "smarmy" in everyone's posts tend to confuse "brief" with
"smarmy". They're not the same thing.

Besides, the question was not meant to be taken seriously (or it was
amazingly silly). Any reasonable person will see that, even if the
wheels look small, they're obviously substantial enough for the job.

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(Geoff Cashman) wrote:

USS Parche, SSN-683 is, according to the Naval Vessel Register,
still in commission though various other web resources list
her as having decommissioned in late 2003.

Parche is currently on deployment. My understanding is she will
decomm at the conclusion of the current deployment.

D.
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