Posted on Jul 28, 2016
US Navy Ship Destroyed by Submarine and Anti-ship Missile During SINKEX Exercice - Retired USS...
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Haven't had our daily dose of destruction unless you count your eardrums by the wife as destruction for not taking out the trash. I thought anti ship missiles would sink a vessel of this size. An aircraft carrier might have more of a problem being you are dealing with a ship that due to size, can close itself down to keep it afloat longer(?). I'm no Sailor, but this seems pretty cool to me. I'm believing if you gave two E4's one Army and the other a Marine, this ship would've been down long before the first missile hit it, and the explosion would've been felt in China from an explosion done in Norfolk.
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SSG Warren Swan
But it was hit first by a HARPOON anti-ship missile, and there wasn't as much damage as I was expecting. Then the MK48 hit it in the "bow" and it causes the bow to become better acquainted with the starboard side, but it didn't sink. I see she took on water, but for the amount of time it took just to get that water in there, most of the crew could abandon ship.
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I'm still trying to figure out what I'm looking at. Wont be able to see the video until I get home but the still has me intrigued, The Launcher on the Front is the exact same as the one on CGN-36 USS California but the ships number is 46. Virginia Class ended with 41 my last ship Arkansas CGN-41.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
That's going to make me Nuts, what kind of ship has a single arm SM-2 Launcher and No Gun on the Focsle and it has a short Focsle and not very wide either.
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SSG Warren Swan
When you figure it out, please let us know how on earth that ship stayed afloat? I know compartmentalization helps, but that HARPOON and MK48 I would've guessed would've sent that to the bottom.
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Not to hard to hit a sitting ship. But they did put a big hole in the side above the water line.
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