Seabee links
November 23rd, 2009 | Aviation Foreign navies Maritime operations Photos Seabees Ships Submarines The Middle East | Posted by Phil Ewing
Much as these Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 helped build a camp in Iraq, so too do today's links build better understanding of current events // MC1 Carmichael Yepez / Navy
Heavy equipment operatin’, expeditionary base constructin’, nail hammerin’, toothpick chewin’, buildin’, fightin’ links, bringing you updates and info even to the most austere forward settings:
- The crew of the amphibious transport dock New York gets on national TV; companies put out press releases so people will know their products are involved with it somehow. The captain of its sister ship, the Green Bay? He gets to go on “Good Day Wisconsin.”
- This giant Navy-assembled smoke tube has got to be the craziest bong ever built.
- The unfortunate crew of a Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric attack sub needed some embarrassing help getting back to its homeport in the Baltic Sea.
- Speaking of Russian — and Chinese — submarines, just how quiet are they compared to each other and compared to American boats? The answer is here.
- Speaking of submarines, the fast-attack sub Texas is almost back from its trip to the North Pole, which caused consternation among some Canadians because it wasn’t clear whether the U.S. cleared the trip with Ottawa.
- How long does it take a Navy flight deck to start melting under the heat from a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey? About 10 minutes.
BU 1 Robert Mitchell, left, and BU1 Wesley Johnson, both of the 31st Seabee Readiness Group, made a final check of a Seabee mascot destined for the new Seabee Museum // James Cencer / Navy
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Spurwing Plover Says:
March 24th, 2011 at 1:16 amI had a uncle in the SEABEES during WW II and have you ever seen the movie THE FIGHTING SEASEES?