Boat vs. Ship, Actually ship vs. SHIP!

[walkinghorse]

U.S. Navy's Damaged Destroyers Rendezvous in Japan – gCaptain

Something is unusual, 2 damaged Navy destroyers each on their transport ship on their way to repairs.

 

[Ozark Marine]

Any Zeros or Betty's seen in the area?

 

[joe44va]

I'm betting that isn't cheap.

 

[Lee in Quartzsite]

Maybe the Navy needs an improved "Driver Training Class", complete with a banner that says "Student Driver"! It's obviously not the same Navy many of us knew 30-50 years ago......

 

[Coldshooter]

One of the old statements about the difference between boats and ships is a boat can fit on a ship not the other way around. Are the destroyers demoted to boat status during transit? Worse yet are they demoted to "cargo"?

 

[LVSteve]

Puts the recent tow incident with my Jag into perspective.

 

[Kurusu]

Maybe the Navy needs an improved "Driver Training Class", complete with a banner that says "Student Driver"! It's obviously not the same Navy many of us knew 30-50 years ago......

Bad destroyer "driving" isn't new.

Honda point disaster.

 

[swsig]

I'm betting that isn't cheap.

I'm sure it's not. With the extensive ship repair facilities available in Singapore and Japan, I'm wondering why temporary repairs couldn't have been made that would have allowed these ships to sail home on their own. In WW II, Navy ships were able to do that after far worse damage. Maybe it's still cheaper to carry the damaged ships home than to have them patched up overseas.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Bad destroyer "driving" isn't new.

Honda point disaster.

Thanks for that.

 

[REM 3200]

I'm sure it's not. With the extensive ship repair facilities available in Singapore and Japan, I'm wondering why temporary repairs couldn't have been made that would have allowed these ships to sail home on their own. In WW II, Navy ships were able to do that after far worse damage. Maybe it's still cheaper to carry the damaged ships home than to have them patched up overseas.

They might come back to the shipyard where they were built for up-dating as well as repair.
When the USS Cole was damaged in the Middle-East they brought her back to Ingles Shipyard
where she was built and added an whole new section as well as the repair.

 

[Model 19 6"]

Anyone have an idea where the men and women from those ships go now?