tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post8229259474418894065..comments2023-05-16T00:26:40.615-07:00Comments on B-Daddy's Other Blog: The B-Daddy ChannelB-Daddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-50505886813501250272010-04-25T09:38:23.438-07:002010-04-25T09:38:23.438-07:00A good friend of mine served on a destroyer that w...A good friend of mine served on a destroyer that was later broken up and scrapped. As I see it, for a brave ship that did her duty for decades a resting place on the bottom of the sea is a better fate than being turned into cars and cans...Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926354968306362321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-16485298698474144072010-04-01T01:15:58.858-07:002010-04-01T01:15:58.858-07:00No offense taken...;-)...there's always room f...No offense taken...;-)...there's always room for a little inter- (and intra-) service rivalry. But when the chips are down we are all wearing the same uniform, and defending the same Constitution. Submarines once, submarines twice..............;-DSpearCarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467545542964526164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-88838025253999730892010-03-31T22:41:13.970-07:002010-03-31T22:41:13.970-07:00Spearcarrier, understand the affection. Hope I di...Spearcarrier, understand the affection. Hope I didn't offend.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-51846263173694767222010-03-29T11:27:18.424-07:002010-03-29T11:27:18.424-07:00Mr. Carrier,
Thanks for your service. It's h...Mr. Carrier, <br />Thanks for your service. It's hard to see them go down, though I was Army. The time served and the relationship with the sailors on board seems like such a waste to have it go down in such a manner.Road Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376391419287733609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-68843115030990594512010-03-28T06:24:12.430-07:002010-03-28T06:24:12.430-07:00As an old surface sailor, this is a sad reminder o...As an old surface sailor, this is a sad reminder of a picture of my old ship (USS Cabildo - LSD-16) before her trip to the deep-six, stripped and denuded and showing the entry "wounds" of Harpoon missiles as she, like the Fife, struggled to do her "duty" of staying afloat as long as she could. Yep, call me sentimental in anthropomorphizing our ships. But they were our homes and the places in which we served....it's hard to see them just as "targets". ;-)SpearCarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467545542964526164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-30688427479636537092010-03-27T12:21:11.270-07:002010-03-27T12:21:11.270-07:00'Dawg, I think that was the idea. Hey those s...'Dawg, I think that was the idea. Hey those ships are pretty big, so if the shot doesn't hit dead center and rupture the keel, it will keep floating. Also, that destroyer was very light, you can see how in the water it was riding.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380020490988139400.post-41439898752094760522010-03-27T07:47:48.567-07:002010-03-27T07:47:48.567-07:00I was surprized the destroyer didn't immediate...I was surprized the destroyer didn't immediately sink.<br /><br />Also, this provides a great artificial reef for wildlife and wreck divers.Road Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376391419287733609noreply@blogger.com