Torpedo attack links
July 20th, 2009 | Royal Navy Science and technology Ships Submarines | Posted by Phil Ewing
The fast-attack submarine Hawaii sailed in May from its former homeport in Groton, Conn. to its new base in Hawaii. The ship is scheduled to arrive this week //Navy
Flood tubes one and three, spin up the weapons, match bearings and check out these links, ready to let a little water into that surface target:
- They’re pumped out in Hawaii that the state”s eponymous attack submarine will arrive this week, in time for statehood celebrations.
- The crew of the fast-attack submarine Toledo was, according to reports, pumped about the delicious hot dogs, delicious relish and delicious mustard they ate when they were served by the staff of Toledo, Ohio, chow landmark Tony Packo’s. And the sailors didn’t even have to go to Ohio.
- Even though it’s creeping back into the submarine game, the Russian navy has been badly disappointed by a series of missile test failures.
- The crew of the frigate McClusky added some members to its fan club this weekend when it helped stop a sailboat from sinking off San Diego.
- The British destroyer Daring took aboard 5,000 guess this weekend in a show-and-tell evolution that Royal Navy commanders hope could gain some support for the navy in these times of austere budgets.
- Speaking of the Royal Navy, British prime minister Gordon Brown continues to support the U.K.’s two aircraft carriers, despite their cost.