Naval Ships of the World - Post Yours

[Levina de Ruijter]

Wow. Amazing pics, everyone.

Those ships are truly impressive. The anchor cables alone are impressive! At least, I think they're anchor cables...

 

[PhotoNut]

Awesome pics. I used to think that the old Tall Ships were the greatest, but these ships are second to none.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

Awesome pics. I used to think that the old Tall Ships were the greatest, but these ships are second to none.

Mystic Seaport Connecticut

 

[Ltdave]

The Kidd is currently in drydock for much needed maintenance. There are some good youtubes about the drydocking.

yep. mentioned that. the propeller shaft supports have rust holes all the way through them...

 

[Ltdave]

Wow. Amazing pics, everyone.

Those ships are truly impressive. The anchor cables alone are impressive! At least, I think they're anchor cables...

some color detail shots of the Kidd

20mm oerlikon anti-aircraft gun

loading tray of the 5" 38cal gun with dummy shell in place

mk9 depth charge in 'K-gun' projector

40mm Bofors anti-aircraft quad mount, amidships. note the 'float off' life netting in the basket at left corner.

21" torpedo tubes (she has 2, 5-tube mounts)

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

The Kidd is currently in drydock for much needed maintenance. There are some good youtubes about the drydocking.

yep. mentioned that. the propeller shaft supports have rust holes all the way through them...

some color detail shots of the Kidd

So I understand correctly that she is still working? I mean, not retired? Because she looks quite rusty in places.

 

[Jeff WX1USN]

So I understand correctly that she is still working? I mean, not retired? Because she looks quite rusty in places.

No, she is a museum ship. Any skipper worth his salt would never put up with that condition even in wartime.

They depend on volunteers to do all the work, I volunteered on the Massachusetts for several years, it was fun.

 

[Ltdave]

So I understand correctly that she is still working? I mean, not retired? Because she looks quite rusty in places.

no. she's a museum ship but because she sits in the weather and water, she still rusts. drydocking allows the ship to be inspected below the waterline and be repaired (often at great cost). the USS Texas BB-35 originally laid down in 1914, and the last of the WWI styled battleships in existence recently came out of a year long yard period where much of her added (after the fact) torpedo blisters* were cut down and replaced with new steel due to leaks and sitting in water that prevented work from being performed

*torpedo blisters were sheet steel welded on the exterior of the hull to provide a) more positive buoyancy b) storage spaces for fuel oil or coal c) to serve as a defensive layer against torpedoes or mines. the ones on Texas were added just before WWII and were rusting through and leaking. they cut the bottom half of them off, welded in new steel to reestablish watertight integrity, although they are NOT the same profile as the wartime hull. no need to use that much material since what they didnt 'include' is below the waterline so its not seen by visitors to the museum anyway

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

no. she's a museum ship but because she sits in the weather and water, she still rusts. drydocking allows the ship to be inspected below the waterline and be repaired (often at great cost). the USS Texas BB-35 originally laid down in 1914, and the last of the WWI styled battleships in existence recently came out of a year long yard period where much of her added (after the fact) torpedo blisters* were cut down and replaced with new steel due to leaks and sitting in water that prevented work from being performed

Right, gotcha.

*torpedo blisters were sheet steel welded on the exterior of the hull to provide a) more positive buoyancy b) storage spaces for fuel oil or coal c) to serve as a defensive layer against torpedoes or mines. the ones on Texas were added just before WWII and were rusting through and leaking. they cut the bottom half of them off, welded in new steel to reestablish watertight integrity, although they are NOT the same profile as the wartime hull. no need to use that much material since what they didnt 'include' is below the waterline so its not seen by visitors to the museum anyway

Well, that makes sense. Saves money.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

No, she is a museum ship. Any skipper worth his salt would never put up with that condition even in wartime.

They depend on volunteers to do all the work, I volunteered on the Massachusetts for several years, it was fun.

You did? That’s pretty cool.

How do you guys keep up with what happens to these ships? Dedicated website? YouTube? Magazine maybe even?