USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) BOHICA our screws never stop

[shovelheadred]

.....are there any other ex-Nimitz sailors still in this business..I was there 81-85,,,,RL division...Red

[tonynuke]

I was there 99-2003 during the overhaul.   Diggin life alot more now   

[taterhead]

I'll be there in about 6 weeks.

Sea time is here again bayyyybeeeeee wwooooohoooooo

[bobsteve]

I was there for the overhaul, got there in june of 99 and left in sept 01.  Never going back to that ship again.  EM type nuke btw.

[LaFeet]

I managed to go underneath the Nimitz back in my day.... they never knew we were there....

[Finalman]

Sorry the last post was in march, but my recruiter was on the nimitz, MM Haverstock.

[HydroDave63]

Telling other people's sea stories is a good way to get funny looks and ridicule....

[maxparity]

"Underway on nuclear power" said Captain Jack - and said it many a time did he. 300 days at sea, thats the life for me !!
 MM2 & retention prevention petty officer- RL division, 1980 - 1984.
 Naples rocks.       Steve Mc.
  P.S.- Mr.LaFeet, The good lads manning the gunships in ANTI SUBRON knew you were there, but werent concerned unless you were a Kursk class.                                                     

[Marlin]

  P.S.- Mr.LaFeet, The good lads manning the gunships in ANTI SUBRON knew you were there, but werent concerned unless you were a Kursk class.                                                    

Interesting, why was a Chinese submarine able to surface within weapons range of a carrier group here recently in the Pacific.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061113-010013-1863r

I heard the "we knew you were there many times in the Navy", and that was true when we were in transit in and out of port or escorting someone who knew we were there. My operating experience on the boats made it clear why we knicknamed suface ships "targets". The reason a submarine escorts a carrier group now is that they are much more capable of finding another sub than a surface ship. With much newer and quiter AIP subs entering foriegn fleets detectablitiy of enemy combatants is becoming more difficult. The German model 212 AIP submarine claims to be the quietest in the world. I think I would wish that the sub escorting me was very capable and very quiet.

[maxparity]

As so often occurs on this site, we are getting a tad bit off-topic. With the original intent seemingly to afford a few ex-Nimitz squids the chance to converse, we now have some ex-bubbleheads spewing their usual line of high seas superiority and apparent baseline knowledge of foreign navies. Whatever.      BOHICA.

[HydroDave63]

Interesting, why was a Chinese submarine able to surface within weapons range of a carrier group here recently in the Pacific.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061113-010013-1863r

I heard the "we knew you were there many times in the Navy", and that was true when we were in transit in and out of port or escorting someone who knew we were there. My operating experience on the boats made it clear why we knicknamed suface ships "targets". The reason a submarine escorts a carrier group now is that they are much more capable of finding another sub than a surface ship. With much newer and quiter AIP subs entering foriegn fleets detectablitiy of enemy combatants is becoming more difficult. The German model 212 AIP submarine claims to be the quietest in the world. I think I would wish that the sub escorting me was very capable and very quiet.

The Song class boats from the Great WalMart of China already have AIP , see   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_class_submarine   for details on that. Song and later boats also have the anechoic tiles (thanks John Walker).

Another reason that quiet boats can drive right up to the carrier's a-com ladder is that the escorts cannot use towed array VDS in active mode or SURTASS except during actual hostilities  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/14/MNGTO2AUSB1.DTL   so you can imagine more lawsuits coming from enviro "watermelons" (green on the outside, Red to the core) to continue the PC restrictions on sonar.

Also, operation of the SH-60B are expensive ,see http://www.trainingsystems.org/publications/simulation/roi_effici.cfm  for a figure on UH-60B (same frame) of $1,448/hr. So we can easily see beancounters under Rummy floating memos about reducing operations costs in your unit, and skippers making bad decisions to not fly ASW patrols. In addition, Kitty Hawk has gotten soft from too much time in-port, as seen in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)  towards bottom of page, not flying CAP.

Hopefully, a couple good things will come of this. One: a change of command ceremony on CV-63, and two: a sobering lesson to the new SecDef that there needs to be a change of command at ComPacFLT, http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=26570  about 3 paragraphs down. Admirals are supposed to make a fleet ready for war, not act as low-wage ambassadors to the likely aggressor.

[shovelheadred]

....HAHAHAHA...MAX PARITY ..you are still my HERO...Testify brother,,,,Captain Jack Batzler, I do believe..took 1/2 months pay from me one time for a little disagreement with a shipmate in NAPOLI...I started this subject for just what you said...I have seen Rum Runner on here....no others, from GONZO STATION 1980.had a bumper sticker with BOHICA on it..left a few at Cook,,and a few at Farley....ever wonder if there is still a stash in the overhead of the decon space?....I know I left a little happy sack.......HAHAHAHA...sick em BIG DAWG.

[tonynuke]

Alas your stash is gone, I was in the overhead of the decon space during the recent refueling overhaul.  Seems like it woulda been a good hiding place though 

[shovelheadred]

..spent many an hour and picked up a few MR in that decon space...ventillation was perfect....and as for all the bubblehead talk about we had you in our periscope, blah, blah, blah,,,,do you not realize we were in the same US NAVY,,,brothers in arms, against an inferior Soviet navy, that at the time had 1 aircraft carrier, more than enough subs, and enough fishing trawlers to feed the world( we were always shadowed). I am glad that you sub sailors were good at stealth, it let me know that should we have by chance got in a little battle with the Soviets, we at least had a back up...a comfort zone...Max you were right,,Naples rocks....we spent alot of Lire at Momma Louisa's....and as soon as they put .."the Gut"...OFF LIMITS..I got a cab ride to the top.....6th Fleet,,1981-1985  USS Nimitz, USS South Carolina, USS Arkansas..dont know the name of the subs, but I am sure someone does,,,,,,,,,,,,,red