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[flykiller]

just wondering if anyone here has shipboard experience during naval combat or during a significant engineering casualty event.

 

[Nightwind1]

When I was stationed on USCGC Sundew, a butterbar ran us aground off Isle Royale on Lake Superior while pulling buoys.

Most of us were at GQ so fast that we had set Condition Zebra and were assembled at GQ stations before the CO even broadcast the GQ orders on the 1MC.

 

[Garyius2003]

I was riding on the LPH New Orleans when one of the boilers leaked. Big fuss for a day, but she kept moving. Lucky and no one was seriously hurt or killed.

We were pulling fam shifts in TACC (afloat) and within two days everyone on crew we mixed with was more interested in the next libo port.

 

[The Oz]

I did not, but I knew someone who was serving in USS Stark (FFG-31) when she was hit in 1987.

 

[Ex_Pendable]

Here is a list of all known Navy battles since 1980:

1980 - Operation Morvarid - Iranian navy decisively defeats Iraqi navy (Destruction of 80% of the Iraqi Navy).
1982 - Battle of Seal Cove - Falklands War. A minor naval clash, it involves the attempt by two Royal Navy frigates to seize an Argentine Navy coaster. The coaster evaded capture by running aground.
1986 - Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986) - US Navy engages Libyan Navy in a fleet action.
1988 - April 18 Operation Praying Mantis - In the largest US naval engagement since World War II, the U.S. Navy defeats Iranian naval forces in retaliation for the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts during a patrol mission.
1991 - January 29 - February 2 - The Battle of Bubiyan where Coalition warships and aircraft destroy the bulk of the Iraqi Navy.
1998 - February 23 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash off Sri Lanka, killing more than 60.
1999 - June 9–15 First Battle of Yeonpyeong South Korean flotilla defeats North Korean flotilla.

21st century

2001 - December 22 Battle of Amami-Ōshima Japanese coast guard vessels sink an armed North Korean spy trawler.
2002 - June 29 Second Battle of Yeonpyeong A South Korean naval patrol encounters North Korean intruders and force them to withdraw.
2006 - May 11 - The Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE Sea Tigers clash, leaving 18 SLN personnel and 4-30 Tigers dead
2008 - August 9 - The Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet sinks a Georgian Navy ship during the Battle off the coast of Abkhazia
2009 - November 10 Battle of Daecheong A South Korean patrol damages a North Korean gunboat forcing it to withdraw.
2011 - May 12 - Canadian, British, and French ships repulse a Libyan naval attack on the city of Misrata.

Engineering Casualty

The Littoral Combat Ships last year have all experienced significant engineering casualties, so you have a greater chance of learning more about that.

USS Coronado
USS Freedoom
USS Milwaukee
USS Fort Worth
USS Montgomery
USS Zumwalt

Is there something specific about these kinds of situations you want to ask about?

 

[Ishmael]

I did not, but I knew someone who was serving in USS Stark (FFG-31) when she was hit in 1987.

I was on the Kitty Hawk in transit through the Suez Canal when that happened. We were ready to launch a full alpha strike on exit, but Reagan basically told Saddam " hey, don't worry about it. Accidents happen...", so we stood down. The switch of Saddam from 'best bud' to 'vile dictator' shows how volatile diplomacy vis-a'-vis world events* can be.

I was in repair locker 1-foxtrot (hose 2, pipe patching team, shoring team and stretcher bearer), on the quebec team, in-port fire party and on the flight deck a lot (aircraft fire-fighting training); I've been in a couple of fires.

*funky stuff between USA, Iraq and Iran that isn't allowed to be discussed here, but would make for a nice Trav scenario...

 

[kilemall]

That battle list is missing a lot of sunk ships via airpower, the sinking of the Belgrano, adhoc GL Exocet sinkings, and the terror attack on the USS Cole (not a battle per se, but certainly a major engineering 'event').

 

[flykiller]

Is there something specific about these kinds of situations you want to ask about?

overall crew reaction and response, and damage control team reaction and response, and the roles played by both during the events, for use in adjusting traveller ship crew organizations and responses.

I've been in a couple of fires.

would like to hear about it. in-hull or on deck? what were the considerations and limitations?

USS Stark (FFG-31)

forgot about that one, thanks.

 

[Macus74Bishop]

just wondering if anyone here has shipboard experience during naval combat or during a significant engineering casualty event.

I worked in a Naval Shipyard for a while. We worked on several casualties from the Cold War. The worst (for us at least) was the USS MOUNT BAKER (AE-34). Some idiot engineer decided it was a good idea to stage a port-a-potty on the helicopter pad/fantail. It sat stewing in the Carolina sun for the three summer months of the overhaul where it became so ripe it was nearly unapproachable. When the ship was ready to leave drydock they hooked a crane to the wooden pallet under the port-a-potty and as they lifted it off the ship at an altitude of 25 feet the bottom fell out. Trust me when I say nobody ate at the nearby canteen that evening. Engineering casualty - maybe not. But it was a bio-disaster.