A photo of the ship I crossed the Atlantic on

[Squidward Q Tentacles]

Just thought I would share this photo with you here. I crossed the Atlantic twice back in 1975, I went to Rota, Spain and Naples, Italy and then came back home. The ship was 581' in length, had a beam of 79' and a draft of 27'.






Her she is, the USS Concord.



On my return trip I was on the USS San Diego, a sister ship of the USS Concord.

[Rancher Dave]

Originally Posted by Squid Wood

Just thought I would share this photo with you here. I crossed the Atlantic twice back in 1975, I went to Rota, Spain and Naples, Italy and then came back home. The ship was 581' in length, had a beam of 79' and a draft of 27'.






Her she is, the USS Concord.



On my return trip I was on the USS San Diego, a sister ship of the USS Concord.

I bet there were no stabalizers...can you imagine the comments from many cruisers about that? Nice pictures.

[imapris]

haha - that's awesome. I've also cruised courtesy of the US Navy - nine countries in less than a year. Not too shabby! :-) USS Rushmore!

[Olive06]

How do you go about doing that?

[captainmcd]

The following link is a photo of the S.S. Keenora, which made a one week cruise around Lake Winnipeg, which really got me interested in ships. My family made the trip back in 1952 on this ship that was built in 1898. http://www.manitobaphotos.com/Marine/marine001.jpg

[xenagurl]

I'm new to cruising and have never sailed on anything besides a cruise ship. However doing so has whet my appetite to ships and sea life in general. So thanks for sharing the photos. This former land lubber is off to look up info on some of the ships mentioned. Captainmcd I really enjoy your website!

[Magnetchief]

Originally Posted by Rancher Dave

I bet there were no stabalizers...can you imagine the comments from many cruisers about that? Nice pictures.

Hard as it is to belive, all Military ships come with stabalizers. Not so much for comfort, more for weapon platform stability.

Myself I spent over 20 years sailing the seas with the Royal Navy. Far too much of it in the South Atlantic. If a stab broke down there you sure did know about it.

Here is a link to a stab test aboard a British warship.
They are actually using the stabs to roll the ship, as opposed to keeping it steady.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuND...eature=related

[germanyboy]

never mind

[mavis2222]

I was on a Post Koreion war eara destroyer (USS Farragut DDG 37) that literally rocked at the pier.. I crossed the Atlantic 4 times on that ship over 18 months and did a 6 month deployment to med and crossed the artic circle. It had 4 1200 psi boilers and2 screws, did over 35 knots and shot a rooster tail at full speed. It had no stablibizers but the weapons were modern for 1987 timeframe except the 5 inch gun on the bow. I glad i was able to spend a tour of duty on that ship.