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Posted on Jul 25, 2014
Coast Guard / Navy....Please enlighten me as to what vessels you consider a ship? or a boat?
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I used to hear this argued a lot when I was stationed at Guantanamo Bay and working with Navy personnel.....clear up the confusion please!!
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A ship can carry a boat, but a boat can never carry a ship. Ships operate in oceanic areas and high seas, where boats are typically confined to lakes, rivers or near the coastline. A mode of water transport that weighs at least 500 tonnes or above is categorized as a ship. The only exception to this is a submarine. Submarines were originally carried by ships and were therefore classified as a boat.
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
Best response to that question that I have seen in sometime PO2 Corrin Keeler. Now I have a question for you --- why does your profile say that you are in the Army? :-)
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PO1 Bernard Lyons
i BELIEVE A MARINE VESSEL IS NOT CONSIDERED A SHIP UNLESS IS AT LEAST 90 FEET IN LENGTH which requires Captain's Cerifications.
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If it's a submarine, it's a boat. If it's not a submarine, it's a target.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
The amazing thing is, and it has happened many times, is we sit on a submarine, sometimes for hours, sometimes for days and call in the contact. After a long, long time our ship is told to stop pursuit, break off and go away from the region. No explanation, just go away. We do as ordered and a few weeks later get a picture of the ship in the crosshairs of a periscope picture. Well, that picture is always taken AFTER we are told to go away, not before. Target, AYE!
BTW, I have ridden Submarines during exercises and noted when we were caught. Not pleasant at all. Surface Ships have come a long way and so have Subs. I, for one am very thankful we "play" with each other AND are on the same side. I used to think ASW on Knox Class was good, now I know what Aegis can do.
BTW, I have ridden Submarines during exercises and noted when we were caught. Not pleasant at all. Surface Ships have come a long way and so have Subs. I, for one am very thankful we "play" with each other AND are on the same side. I used to think ASW on Knox Class was good, now I know what Aegis can do.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
This is another example of a Target Hunter in today's Navy. We were often told to go away and break off pursuit we were probably chasing a "whale" even though our STs did not agree. (SHIP)
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PO1 (Join to see)
1LT Sandy Annala American Airborne ASW operators are falling behind, there are others out there that are much better. Also, can't tell if that diagram is a P-3 or an IL-38. The resolution is too low to read the Russian.
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PO1 Bernard Lyons
MSgt (Join to see) - BUT, you "BUBBLECHASERS" WERE TARGETS FOR MY sQUADRONS, VP-21 & VP-48 SUBHUNTERS!
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