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Duiker
Een wat dompel.
(ARS-5: dp. 1,441; 1, 213'6 "; b. 39 '; dr. 14'8"; s. 16 k .;
kpl. 120; a. 2 40 mm .; kl. Duiker)
Diver (ARS-6) is op 19 Desember 1942 van stapel gestuur deur Basalt Rock Co., Napa, Kalifornië .; geborg deur mev. F. M. Young; en in opdrag van 23 Oktober 1943, luitenant A, T. Terrio in bevel.
Duiker arriveer vanaf Norfolk op 16 Februarie 1944 in Falmouth, Engeland. Na 3 dae se bergingsopleidingsoperasies in Rosneathbaai, Skotland, het sy op 27 Maart by Portland, Engeland, aangemeld vir die voorbereiding vir die komende inval in Normandië. Op 26 Junie is sy aan die gang na Baie de la Seine, Frankryk, waar sy verbonde was aan die eenheid vir berging, wrakafval, mynverwydering en hidrografiese opname -eenheid. Sy het 30 oorlewendes van die Noorse vragskip Norfalk, wat deur myne gesink is, gered, terwyl sy op 20 en 21 Julie op pad was na Cherbourg, waarna sy vir reddingsoperasies by die strande "Utah" en "Omaha" aangemeld is. Sy het op 11 November in Le Havre aangekom om haar reddingswerk voort te sit. Op 'n seiljag om 'n getorpedeerde Britse vervoer te help, duik die duiker op 28 Desember teen 'n ongemerkte hindernis en keer terug na Le Havre vir noodherstelwerk. Permanente herstelwerk is uitgevoer in Dieppe, van 6 tot 21 Januarie 1945, waarna Duiker na Le Havre teruggekeer het om haar bergingswerk voort te sit.
Duiker vaar op 16 Junie 1945 na Bremerhaven, Duitsland, via Oostende, België, en Den Helder, Holland. Vanaf haar aankoms op 22 Junie was sy wag, gereed diens, berging en plaaslike begeleide vaartuig. Op 23 Augustus verhuis sy na Brake, Duitsland, om te wag vir enige skade aan die skeepsvaart in die Weserrivier. Sy het Bremerhaven 4 Oktober met 41 vlootpassasiers verlaat en op 22 Oktober by Norfolk aangekom vir opknapping.
Van 9 tot 16 Februarie 1946 was Diver in New York om te help met die verligting van die hawe wat deur 'n sleepbootstaking veroorsaak is. Sy het van 18 April tot 13 Mei diens gedoen tussen New London en Portsmouth, N.H., en op 27 Mei het sy in Orange, Texas, aangekom, waar sy uit diens geneem is, 27 Julie 1946. Duiker is 12 April 1949 verkoop.
Duiker het een gevegster ontvang vir diens van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog.
Laaste standonzombieisland
Hier by LSOZI gaan ons elke Woensdag vertrek vir 'n blik op die ou stoom-/diesel-vloot van die 1859-1946-tydperk en sal elke week 'n ander skip profiel. Hierdie skepe het 'n eie lewe, 'n verhaal wat hulle soms na die vreemdste plekke bring. – Christopher Eger
Oorlogskip Woensdag 3 Mei 2017: Die slagskip wat die wreker van die Stille Oseaan doodmaak
Hier sien ons die Balao-klas vloot duikboot USS Sealion (SS/SSP/APSS/LPSS-315) later in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog met haar oorwinningswimpel, moes sy dit op die moeilike manier verdien.
'N Lid van die 128-skip Balao klas was sy een van die mees volwasse Amerikaanse ontwerpe van die Amerikaanse vloot van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog, gebou met kennis opgedoen uit die vorige Gato-klas. Amerikaanse subs, in teenstelling met dié van baie vloote van die dag, was 'vloot' -bote, wat nie in die diep water ver van die huis af ondersteun kan word nie. Hulle kon 11 000 seemyl op hul betroubare dieselenjins aflê, en hulle kon patrollies van 75 dae onderneem wat die omvang van die Stille Oseaan kan oorskry. Met 24 (dikwels onbetroubare) Mk14-Torpedo's, het hierdie subs dikwels iets minder as 'n 5000 ton Maru of oorlogskip gesink deur hul 4-duim/50-kaliber en 40mm/20mm AAA's op te vang. Die het ook gedien as die vuurwagens van die vloot en het neergejaagde vlootvliegtuie van reg onder die neuse van Japannese oorlogskepe gered.
Ons het al voorheen 'n aantal van hierdie klasse behandel, soos om te vervoer USS Archerfish, die lang bedien USS Catfish, die vuurpylpos afvuur USS Barbero, en die padda Cadillac USS Perch, maar moenie kla nie, hulle het baie wonderlike verhale.
Op 25 Februarie 1943 gelê deur die Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn, Seeleeu was die tweede duikboot wat die naam gedra het.
Die eerste, SS-195, is ook in 1939 deur Electric Boat gebou en was deel van SubDiv 202 by Cavite Navy Yard in die Filippyne toe die oorlog begin het. Sy het twee direkte treffers in die Japannese lugaanval gekry wat die vlootwerf afgebreek en op 10 Desember gesink het. Vier van haar bemanning – hoofelektrisiën se maat Sterling Foster, hoof elektrisiën se maat Melvin O'Connell, machinist's mate eersteklas Ernest Ogilvie en elektrisiën se derde klas Vallentyne Paul - is dood in die aanval. Haar oorlewende bemanning het dit wat op Kersdag oorgebly het, laat vaar.
(SS-195) Ship ’s verwoes hulk by die ou Cavite Navy Yard, Filippyne, in November 1945. Haar koninklike toring, met periskope, is aan die linkerkant, met haar agterkant aan die regterkant. Sealion is op 25 Desember 1941 in Cavite doodgeslaan nadat hy op 10 Desember dodelike skade opgedoen het tydens 'n Japannese lugaanval daar. Gefotografeer deur B. Eneberg, wat toe navigator was van 'n Royal Australian Air Force PBY-5-vliegtuig. Met vergunning van B. Eneberg, 1977. Amerikaanse vlootgeskiedenis en erfeniskommandofoto. Katalogusnr: NH 85725
Ons nuwe Seeleeu van stapel gestuur is deur niemand minder nie as mevrou Emory S. Land, wat toe op 8 Maart 1944 in gebruik geneem is, het luitenant -koms. Eli T. Reich in bevel (voormalige uitvoerende beampte en ingenieur van SS-195), en het na die Stille Oseaan gevaar om by SubDiv 222 aan te sluit, en op 17 Mei by Pearl Harbor aangekom.
Op 23 Junie, tydens haar eerste oorlogspatrollie, het sy die Japanse vloot vervoer, Snasei Maru, in die Tsushima -eilandgebied. Twee weke later, Seeleeu 'n konvooi suid van die Vier Susters -eilande onderskep en met torpedo's begin afvuur op twee vragmotors in die formasie. Binne enkele minute het die 1,922 ton Setsuzan Maru sak, en die konvooi verstrooi. Op 11 Julie het sy verskeie aanvalle uitgevoer en twee vragmotors laat sink, Tsukushi Maru nr. 2 en Taian Maru nr. 2.
Haar tweede patrollie het haar sien krap Shirataka, 'n mynlaag, en voer 'n wolfpakaanval saam met die duikbote uit Pampanito en Groeier, wat verantwoordelik was vir die tenkwa Zuiho Maru en vervoer Kachidoki Maru en Rakuyo Maru, laasgenoemde het later Britse en Australiese krygsgevangenes gedra. Sy swaai na en haal 54 van die met olie bedekte bondgenote op, en land 50 wat vyf dae later in Saipan oorleef het. Tragies genoeg, uit die 1300 geallieerde krygsgevangenes aan boord, is slegs ongeveer 160 deur die Amerikaanse duikbote gered.
Britse en Australiese krygsgevangenes wat op 15 September 1944 deur SEALION gered is. Die gevangenes was aan boord van vervoer op pad van Singapoer na Japan toe hul skepe gesink is in 'n aanval deur Amerikaanse duikbote SEALION, GROWLER (SS-215) en PAMPANITO (SS-383). Die posisie van die sink was 18-42 N 114-30 E. Beskrywing: Catalog #: 80-G-281718
Op haar derde patrollie, Seeleeu struikel oor drie oppervlakkontakte wat die slagskip van 37 500 ton blyk te wees Kongo, 2035 ton vernietiger Urakaze, en nog 'n begeleier.
Die Kongō, wat in Barrow-in-Furness in Brittanje deur die Vickers Shipbuilding Company gebou is, was die laaste Japannese hoofskip wat buite Japan gebou is, en sy was ook die enigste Japannese slagskip wat in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog deur duikbote gesink is en die laaste slagskip wat in die geskiedenis deur duikbote gesink is. Gekleurde foto deur Atsushi Yamashita/Monochrome Spectre http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/
LCDR Reich se oorspronklike patrollieverslag:
21 NOVEMBER 1944
0020: Radarkontak op 44.000 meter, op ons stuurboordkwartier, (Skipkontak #3) drie pitte, baie duidelik en duidelik. Normale benadering gekom, met vier enjins flank aangegaan en begin volg. Bewolkte hemel, nie gou nie, sigbaarheid ongeveer 1500 meter, kalm see.
0043: Twee groot pitte en twee kleiner pitte wat nou op 'n radarskerm op 'n afstand van 35.000 meter uiteengesit word. Dit is die grootste reekse wat ons ooit op ons radar gekry het. Pitte so groot, in so 'n groot omvang, ons het eers grond vermoed. Dit was moontlik om die groter doelwitte op 32 000 meter aan te skakel - ons het nou besef dat ons waarskynlik twee doelwitte met 'n slagskip -proporsie en twee van 'n groter vaartuiggrootte as ons doelwitte het. Hulle was in 'n kolom met 'n kruiser voor, gevolg deur twee slagskepe, en 'n kruiser agter, 060 T, spoed 16 knope. rits nie.
0146: Drie begeleiers is nou sigbaar op die radar, op 'n afstand van 20.000 meter. Een aan. óf balk op die formasie, en een op stuurboord verste kwart. Ons hang stadig maar seker vas. Die formasie is nou op ons stuurboordbalk. See en wind neem toe.
0245: Voor die taakspan. Het ingedraai en vertraag vir aanval, en ons boog gehou na die nou vernietiger wat nou 1800 meter op die hawe boog van ons teiken is. die tweede skip in kolom. In staat om die vorm van 'n nabye vernietiger van die brug af te sien. Hou aan om met ons boog links op die vernietiger links te swaai, en by
0256: Ses torpedo's afgevuur, met 'n diepte van 8 voet, by die tweede skip in die kolom van 3000 meter, vermoedelik 'n slagskip. Reg gekom met die volle roer om die agterste buise te dra.
0259-30: Gestop en afgevuur drie torpedo's, diepte op 8 voet, vanaf die agterste buise by die derde skip in kolom (dit wil sê die tweede slagskip). Bereik 3100 meter. Bereik tot byna vernietiger ten tyde van die afvuur van agterbuise ongeveer 1800 meter. Terwyl agterste buise afgevuur is, het O.O.D. het berig dat hy 'n uiteensetting kan maak van die nabye vaartuig in ons hawekwartier. Tydens die afvuur van die boogbuise het die brugkwartiermeester berig dat hy 'n uiteensetting kan maak van 'n baie hoë bobou op die teiken, het hy gesê dit lyk vir hom soos die pagode van die Jap -slagskepe.
0300: Het drie treffers op die eerste slagskip gesien en gehoor - verskeie klein sampioene van ontploffings wat in die donker opgemerk is.
0304: Ek het ten minste een hou op die tweede slagskip gesien en gehoor - dit het 'n groot gewelddadige ontploffing veroorsaak met 'n skielike vlam op die teiken, maar dit het vinnig bedaar.
0304-07: Flank vorentoe gegaan, oop na westwaarts van doelgroep. Opgemerk verskeie klein ontploffings, vlamme en waarskynlik ligte in die omgewing van die teikengroep.
0308: 'n Lang reeks ontploffings van swaar dieptelyde gehoor uit die omgewing van vyandelike mag - ons is ongeveer 5000 meter van die groep af. P.P.I. toon een begeleiding en vinnig oos van die doelgroep. Voortgesette opsporing.
0330: Op hierdie stadium het ek agtergekom dat die opsporende vyandelike groep steeds 16 knope maak, steeds op koers 060T. Ek voel dat ek 'n diepte van 8 voet kan stel om 'n vernietiger te tref as ons ons hoofdoelwit oorvleuel. Ek het 'n borsbeeld gemaak - dit lyk asof ons net die pantsergordel op die slagskepe gebuig het.
0406: Opsporing dui aan dat die doelgroep nou zigzag. Ons hou vas, miskien kry ons 'n bietjie wins. Ons het die maksimum spoed van ingenieurs gevra - hulle het ons ongeveer dertig minute lank 25% oorlading gegee, en dan begin hulle grom oor vonkende pendelaars, warm motors, et al, wat gedwing word om stadig te flank. See en wind neem die hele tyd toe - nou omtrent krag 5 of 6 - neem soliede water oor die brug, met baie wat in die luik van die toring kom. SEALION maak ongeveer 16,8 tot 17 knope met veiligheidstenk droog en gebruik lae drukblaser om ballasttenks droog te hou. Motorruimtes neem baie water deur die hoofinduksie.
0430: Sent SEALION reeksnommer TWEE. [?]
0450: Opgemerk dat vyandelike vorming in twee groepe verdeel word - een groep wat agteruit val. Nou P.P.I. het getoon: (a) een groep wat vooruit bestaan uit drie groot skepe in 'n kolomkruiser. slagskip, kruiser met 'n vernietiger wat net verlore gaan weens radaruitsig vorentoe. Reik na hierdie groep ongeveer 17000 meter. (b) Tweede groep val agter die eerste uit 'n slagskip, met twee vernietigers aan die ander kant. Sluit aan boord - bereik hierdie groep ongeveer 15000 meter en sluit.
0451: Verskuiwing van teiken, besluit om die tweede groep, wat 1 slagskip bevat, aan te val met drie torpedo's tydens ons eerste aanval. Opsporing toon dat die doelwit tot 11 knope vertraag het. Dinge begin weer rooskleurig raak.
0512: In posisie voor die teiken, vertraag en ingedraai vir aanval.
0518: Oplossings op T.D.C. en die plot word suur - die teiken moet die spoed verander.
0520: Plot en T.D.C. die verslagdoelwit moet gestop word, radar sê dat die teikenpyp effens kleiner word. Reikwydte nou ongeveer 17000 meter.
0524: 'n geweldige ontploffing wat voorlê -die hemel skitterend verlig, dit het soos middernag soos 'n sonsondergang gelyk, radar berig dat die skip van die slagskip kleiner word -dat dit verdwyn het -slegs twee kleiner pitte van die verwoesters. Dit lyk asof verwoesters om die omgewing van die teiken kom. Slagskip gesink - die son sak.
0525: Weer totale duisternis.
Die bemanning, gelaat met toerusting vir klankopname deur 'n besoekende CBS -filmspan, bewaar die klank van die aanval, die enigste geleentheid waarin 'n lewendige aanval op 'n vyandelike skip opgeneem is. Hulle is bewaar deur die Navy's Underwater Sound Laboratory en kan op die volgende webwerf gehoor word.
Vier van die torpedo's wat afgevuur is, dra die name van die gevalle Sealion (SS-195) bemanning, verlore in 1941.
Seeleeu het die onderskeid om die enigste geallieerde duikboot te wees wat tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog 'n slagskip gesink het en LCDR Reich het die vlootkruis ontvang.
Lt.Kr. Charles Frederick Putnam het oorgeneem Seeleeu vir haar vierde patrollie, wat die Japanse voorraadskip van 15,820 ton opgelewer het Mamiya ongeveer 450 seemyl noordoos van Cam Ranhbaai, Frans-Indo-China na 'n twee dae lange jaagtog, asook haar vyfde patrollie wat die Thaise oliehouer bygevoeg het Samui (1458 BRT) na haar telling in Maart 1945. Haar sesde patrollie was sonder probleme.
Die suksesvolle duikboot is op 2 Februarie 1946 ontmantel en in die Pacific Reserve Fleet neergelê. In totaal verdien Sealion die Presidensiële eenheidsverklaring en ontvang vyf strydsterre vir haar diens in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog.
Sy is later omgeskakel na 'n duikbootvervoer, by Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Kalifornië en hergebruik op 2 November 1948. Haar torpedobuise en voorwaartse enjins is verwyder en haar voorste enjinkamer en daarna vorentoe en nadat torpedokamers omskep is om te hou tot 123 troepe.
Haar kentekens het gedurende hierdie tyd verander om haar nuwe rol te weerspieël.
Seeleeu het 'n oefenskedule voortgesit met Marines, Underwater Demolition Teams (en later SEALs) en Beachjumper -eenhede en, soms, weermag -eenhede, landingshelikopters op haar dek en klein bootjies en LVT's gelanseer van haar “hangar ”
Sealion (SSP-315) na haar omskakeling na 'n duikboot. Die “notch ” in haar dek naby die groot stoorkamer agter die toring is toegerus met rolle om te help met die opneem van rubberlandingsbote.
Amerikaanse mariniers land op die dek van die SEA LION per helikopter tydens 'n oefenverkenningsmissie, 4 Mei 1956. Die helikopters kom van HMR-26 en HMR-262, en ry 55 mariniers van 2nd Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance Company in 'n oefening. Let op die M14's en “duck hunter ” camo. Beskrywing: Katalogus #: K-20159
'N Mariene helikopter aan boord van die SEA LION tydens 'n oefenverkenningsmissie by Little Creek, Virginia, 4 Mei 1956. Let op dat haar vroeëre LVT -hangar verwyder is. Beskrywing: Katalogus #: K-20154
Submerged Sealion (SS-315) tydens oefeninge met mariene verkenners van die 2de mariene afdeling omstreeks Mei 1956. Let op die HRS/H-19 helikopter wat op die agterdek rus, is 5-duim/25 en 40mm gewere nog steeds gedra. Kort nadat hierdie foto geneem is, is die boot herklassifiseer APSS-315. USN -foto en teks uit The American Submarine deur Norman Polmar, met vergunning van Robert Hurst, via Navsource.
Haar opleidingskedule in vredestyd het pouses ingesluit vir 'n mediese ontplooiing en ondersteuning van die Kubaanse missielkrisis in 1961.
Op 3 Desember 1962 keer Sealion (APSS-315) terug na Norfolk en van toe tot in 1967 hou sy haar oefenskedule saam met personeel van Marine Reconnaissance, UDT en SEAL. Sy is hier op die foto in Oktober 1964, en let op dat sy steeds haar dekgewere van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog het, een van die laaste subs in die vloot om dit te doen. USN -foto # NPC 1106522 met vergunning van usssubvetsofwwii.org via Navsource.
Tussen 1949-1969 het haar benaming oorgeskakel van SSP na Transport Submarine (ASSP-315) na Amphibious Transport Submarine (LPSS-315), hoewel haar rol dieselfde gebly het.
Sy is op 20 Februarie 1970 uit diens geneem en is in die Atlantic Reserve Fleet gelê. Op 15 Maart 1977 is sy op 8 Julie 1978 as 'n teiken weggesink van Newport, Rhode Island.
Die vlag van haar 3de Oorlogspatrollie word in die versameling van die Amerikaanse Undersea Warfare Museum gehou.
Die boonste linker kwadrant bevat die duikboot se kentekens, 'n swart seeleeu wat op 'n rooi torpedo ry. Die boonste regter- en linkerkantse kwadrante beeld Japannese handelskepe af wat gesink is - onderskeidelik ses tenkwaens en vyf vragmotors. Die belangrikste aksies van die duikboot word in die regterkantste kwadrant voorgestel: die groot slagskip bo die gebreekte sonvlag is Kongo, die kleiner slagskip met die ongeskonde stygende sonvlag is die beskadigde slagskip Haruna en die nommer 50 bo -op die rooi kruis verwys na die 50 krygsgevangenes wat Sealion uit die getorpedeerde Japanse vervoer Rakuyo Maru gered het. Die bemanning van Sealion het hierdie strydvlag geskep en aan die Sealion -kaptein, luitenant Eli Reich, aangebied. ”
Reich, 'n afgetrede vise -admiraal, is in 1999 op 86 -jarige ouderdom oorlede.
Adm. Reich, wat in 1973 by die vloot uittree, word aangewys as direkteur van die Emergency Energy Allocations Program, wat verantwoordelik was vir die verspreiding van skaars olie en petrol tydens die Arabiese olie -embargo. Deur die rubriekskrywers, wat deur die rubriekskrywers Rowland Evans en Robert Novak beskryf is as 'n betroubare drie-ster-admiraal deur sindikaatrubriekskrywers Rowland Evans, het personeellede gesê dat ek vir die personeellede gesê het: 'Ek gee nie 'n donkie vir die openbare beeld nie. Ons is nie hier om 'n beeld te skep nie. Ons sal 'n werk doen en my manier. En dit is die militêre manier. ”
Daar was nog nooit een nie Seeleeu op die vlootlys behalwe die twee oorlogsbabas wat hierbo genoem is. Hulle geheue word gehandhaaf deur die USS Sealion -veteraangroep.
Alhoewel Seeleeu is nie meer kop bo water nie, agt Balao-klas duikbote word bewaar as museumskepe regoor die land.
Besoek asseblief een van hierdie pragtige skepe en hou die nalatenskap lewendig:
USS Batfish (SS-310) in War Memorial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
USS Becuna (SS-319) by Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
USS Bowfin (SS-287) by USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & amp Park in Honolulu, Hawaii.
USS Clamagore (SS-343) by Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant, Suid -Carolina (vir eers).
USS Ling (SS-297) by die New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, New Jersey (vir eers).
USS Lionfish (SS-298) by Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.
USS Pampanito (SS-383) in die San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, Kalifornië, (wat die rol van die fiksie gespeel het USS Stingray in die film Down Periscope).
USS Razorback (SS-394) by die Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Soos vir SS-195, word sy oorweeg op ewige patrollie.
Verplaatsing, Oppervlakte: 1.526 t., Ondergedompel: 2.424 t.
Lengte 311 ′ 10 ″
Straal 27 ′ 3 ″
Konsep 15 ′ 3 ″
Snelheid, 20,25 kts, oppervlak 8,75 kt (onder gehalveer na 1949)
Cruising Range, 11.000 myl het opgedaag by 10kts Submerged Endurance, 48 uur by 2kts
Werkdiepte limiet, 400 voet
Komplement 6 Beamptes 60 aangewys
Bewapening, (soos gebou) tien 21 ″ torpedobuise, ses vorentoe, vier agter, 24 torpedo's, een 5 ″/25 kaliber dekgeweer, een 40 mm geweer, twee .50 kal. masjiengewere
(troepe -omskakeling)
Bed vir 123 Marines/Soldate
Een 5 ″/25 kaliber dekgeweer, een 40 mm geweer, twee .50 kal. masjiengewere
Patrollie Uithouvermoë 75 dae
Aandrywing: diesel-elektriese reduksrat met vier Fairbanks-Morse hoofgenerator-enjins., 5.400 pk, vier Elliot Motor Co., hoofmotors met 2 740 pk, twee 126-sel hoofbatterye, twee propellers. (Halveer na 1949)
Brandstof kapasiteit: 94,400 gal.
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Tweede Wêreldoorlog Noord -Atlantiese operasies
Duiker aangekom in Falmouth, Engeland, van Norfolk, Virginia, 15 Februarie 1944. Na 3 dae se bergingsopleidingsoperasies in Rosneathbaai, Skotland, het sy op 27 Maart by Portland, Engeland, aangemeld vir voorbereidings vir die komende inval in Normandië.
Hulp tydens die inval in Normandië
Op 26 Junie is sy aan die gang na Baie de la Seine, Frankryk, waar sy verbonde was aan die berging-, wrakverwydering-, mynverwydering- en hidrografiese opname -eenheid. Sy het 30 oorlewendes van die Noorse vragskip gered SS Norfolk, by myne ingesink terwyl sy op 20 Julie en 21 Julie onderweg was na Cherbourg, en toe aangemeld is vir bergingsoperasies by Utah -strand en Omaha -strand. Sy het op 11 November in Le Havre aangekom om haar reddingswerk voort te sit. Op 28 Desember om 'n getorpedeerde Britse vervoer te help Duiker het 'n ongemerkte onderdompelde hindernis getref en na Le Havre teruggekeer vir noodherstelwerk. Permanente herstelwerk is uitgevoer in Dieppe, van 6 Januarie tot 21 Januarie 1945, waarna Duiker keer terug na Le Havre om haar reddingswerk voort te sit.
The trace buster, buster, Captain Nemo edition
Ahh, die onwaarskynlike plaag van die gepantserde leviathans van die vroeë 20ste eeu & die pittige torpedoboot soos gesien deur die Duitse vlootkunstenaar Willy Stower, getiteld “ Torpedobote op maneuver ”
Toe die torpedo's en lokomotiewe hul eerste slagoffers in 1864 geëis het (USS Housatonic) en 1878 (die Turkse stoomboot Intibah), het die wêreld se vloot begin om torpedo -nette te ondersoek wat deur kapitaalskepe vervoer moet word om hulle teen sulke infernale toestelle te beskerm. Teen die vroeë 20ste eeu was so 'n idee algemeen.
Naval History and Heritage Command NH 84492
Kyk, a net snyer toegerus op 'n vroeë MKV Whitehead Torpedo, by die Newport Torpedo Station, R.I., Maart 1908
In diens van 1910 tot middel 1920's was die MKV op die voorpunt.
Die 1,400 pond vis, wat onder lisensie in Newport vervaardig is, het 200 pond geweer-katoen gedra met 'n kontakontploffer in sy neus en 'n eerste vir Whitehead was warm. Dit was ook wisselende spoed op sy 4-silinder heen en weer-enjin, wat in staat was om 'n kalm klem van 27 knope vir 4000 meter te bereik (alhoewel die gyroscoop dit so lank in 'n reguit lyn gehou het) of 'n blase van 40- kt tempo vir 1 000.
In 1908 was Whitehead die algemene naam in lokomotiewe torpedo's, wat dit al meer as 30 jaar lank gemaak het.
Hulle het die eerste in 1877 aan die Royal Navy verkoop en het nie teruggekyk nie.
The early Whitehead: NH 95129 Illustrations of Torpedo Warfare Line gravure Harpers Weekly, 14 July 1877 early Whitehead torpedo
Whiteheads, latere weergawes: Afgeskryf uit die Journal of Scientific American Coast Defense Supplement, 1898. 'n Wyd gebruikte vlootorpedo, aangedryf deur saamgeperste lug. Hierdie afgesnyde aansig toon die belangrikste komponente van die torpedo. Beskrywing: Katalogus #: NH 73951
'N Verbeterde Mark III Whitehead Torpedo wat in 1894 vanuit die East Dock, Goat Island, Newport Torpedo Station, Rhode Island, afgevuur is, torpedobootvernietiger USS Cushing in die agtergrond
Uiteindelik het die vloot Bliss-Leavitt-torpedo's in die binneland ontwerp en vervaardig oor die Whiteheads, en laasgenoemde in 1922 in al hul variante geskrap.
Maar hulle het torpedo-nette oorleef, wat in die vroeë dae van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog deur skepe gesloop is, alhoewel verdedigde hawe-ingange deur die veertigerjare steeds anti-duiknette gebruik het.
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Die volgende skeepsklasse is aangewys onder die ARS -romp -klassifikasiesimbool in die United States Navy Service.
Lapwingomskakelings van myneveërs [wysig]
Die vroegste aangewese bergingsskepe van die Amerikaanse vloot (ARS) is omskep Lapwing-klas mynveërs. Sulke skepe is van Junie 1941 tot USS deur die Amerikaanse vloot as bergingsskepe bedryf Viking is in 1953 ontmantel en geskrap.
Duiker klas [wysig]
Die Amerikaanse vloot het gewerk Duiker-klasreddings- en bergingsskepe (ARS) vanaf Oktober 1943 totdat die laaste voorbeeld in Julie 1979 ontmantel is. Verskeie skepe van hierdie klas is omgeskakel na ander gebruike, en USS Boei het in diens gebly as die 213 'United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Acushnet tot Maart 2011. Ε ]
Omskakeling van burgerlike vaartuie [wysig]
Verskeie skepe is tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog omskep en herontwerp as bergingsskepe (ARS).
Anker klas [wysig]
Die Amerikaanse vloot het gewerk Anker-klasreddings- en bergingsskepe (ARS) van Oktober 1943 tot Maart 1946.
Gewig klas [wysig]
Die Amerikaanse vloot het gewerk Gewig-klasreddings- en bergingsskepe (ARS) vanaf Augustus 1943 tot die laaste voorbeeld in Junie 1946 buite werking gestel is. Gewig-klasse skepe was oorspronklik bedoel vir aflewering onder verskillende name aan die Royal Navy, as deel van die Lend-Lease-program. Hulle is egter in plaas daarvan afgelewer by en bedryf deur die Amerikaanse vloot.
Bolster klas [wysig]
Bolster-klasreddings- en bergingsskepe (ARS) is vanaf Julie 1944 deur die Vloot van die Verenigde State bedryf, totdat die laaste voorbeeld in September 1994 ontmantel is.
Beskerming klas [wysig]
Beskerming-klas bergingsskepe (T-ARS) word bedryf deur Military Sealift Command ter ondersteuning van die Amerikaanse vlootbedrywighede. Hulle is van November 1982 tot die laaste voorbeeld deur die Amerikaanse vloot bedryf as hulpprogramme.Beskerming) is in September 2007 ontmantel. Δ ] Twee is tans in diens as deel van die MSC Η ]
Dom geleerde
Hier in Idaho se eerste kongresdistrik begin ons nou eers dink oor die komende kongresverkiesings. Daar is 'n paar kandidate aan die Demokratiese kant, en 'n uitdager aan die Republikeinse kant, maar tot dusver het die posbekleër, Bill Sali, nie die moeite gedoen om sy veldtogwebwerf te aktiveer nie. Nou het hy. en dit is 'n ding van skoonheid.
Wat maak dit so spesiaal? Alhoewel hy nie kommentaar toelaat nie en waarskynlik geen vrae sal beantwoord nie (net soos in sy laaste veldtog), het hy om een of ander rede besluit om by verskillende sosiale netwerk -webwerwe aan te sluit wat kommentaar moontlik maak (soos MySpace, Facebook, YouTube en Flickr). Ek is seker dat hy hulle gematig het, maar dit is steeds wonderlik vir sy kiesers om te sien hoe Emily dink dat hy die 'beste baas ooit' is.
Alhoewel ek die volgehoue pogings van kongreslid Sali om die werklikheid te behou, met die jonger geslag fyn sal dophou, sal ek in 2008 persoonlik Larry Grant vir die kongres ondersteun as die soort ekonomies konserwatiewe, sosiaal gematigde verteenwoordiger wat Idaho nodig het .
Bubblehead voorspel die toekoms II
Ter ere van Sprongdag gee ek u hiermee 'n voorsmakie van 'n verhaal wat op 28 Februarie 2100 naby die bokant van die Cranial-Ocular Implant Newsflash (COIN) spyskaarte sal wees:
"Duisende nuwe honderdjariges verjaar nie"
Vir die eerste keer in die geskiedenis kan mense nie hul 100ste verjaardag vier op die werklike herdenking van die dag waarop hulle gebore is nie. Omdat skrikkeljare elke vier jaar plaasvind, tensy die jaar deur 100 deelbaar is en Die oorlewendes uit die 350 000 mense wat wêreldwyd gebore is op 29 Februarie 2000, het nie 400 deelbaar nie, en het nie 'n 29ste Februarie in 2100 om hul verjaardag te vier nie. Die laaste keer dat dit gebeur het, was in Februarie 1700, maar daar was toe nog nie mense wat 100 geword het nie. (Op dieselfde manier was daar waarskynlik nie 100 -jariges wat hul verjaarsdae misgeloop het toe lande op verskillende tye 11 dae uit die kalender weggelaat het toe hulle na die Gregoriaanse kalender oorgegaan het nie.)
Kortom: 'n 8 -jarige wat vandag hul 2de verjaardag vier, sal eers hul 25ste verjaardag kan vier totdat hulle 104 is.
Mans en vroue, verskille tussen, geïllustreer
My sleutelring het ongeveer 8 sleutels en een van my dogtags baie minimalisties en funksioneel. So lyk my vrou se sleutelhanger:
Hoeveel sleutels sien jy tussen die vreemde goed op die ring?
Floyd Matthews slaag, was die oudste lewende duikboot
In 2006 het ek geskryf oor Floyd Matthews, wat destyds die tweede oudste duikboot was. Hy is vandeesweek in Alabama oorlede, op 105 -jarige ouderdom, en sy gedenkdiens is vandag. Ek is bly om te sien dat die Patriot Guard daar sal wees, en môre by sy internering by die Pensacola National Cemetary.
Uit die aankondiging van sy heengaan op die U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc. -webwerf:
Ek neem aan dat LCDR Matthews teen sy tyd die oudste lewende duikboot was, en nie net die oudste USVVI -lid nie. Weet iemand wat die mantel van Floyd as die oudste lewende duikboot neem?
Mk 48 Torpedo - nie net vir skimmers nie
Alle duikbote hou daarvan om 'n oppervlakteskip wat deur 'n goed geplaasde torpedo in die helfte waai, te sien, maar soms vergeet ons dat die Mk 48 ook effektief is teen duikbote. Deur die internet te soek en inligting te soek oor die vloot se onlangs vrygestelde 5-jarige SINKEX-plan, het ek (hier, hier, hier en hier) 'n video gevind van die torpedo van USS Sailfish (SS 572) deur my ou boot USS Topeka (SSN) 754) in Mei 2007. Al die video's wat ek gevind het, was in 'n .wmv -formaat, so ek het dit op YouTube gelaai om dit makliker te sien:
Persoonlik dink ek dat die doelwit van 'n SINKEX een van die eerbaarste maniere is waarop 'n afgetrede oorlogskip haar lewe kan beëindig - sy help om die volgende generasie matrose op te lei en bied 'n tuiste vir seelewe.
Die enigste verrassing wat ek gesien het, is dat hulle verwag om die USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) binne die volgende vyf jaar te verwyder, maar sy is nog steeds in diens, so dit sal 'n haastige werk wees (met inagneming van sommige van die ander bote) wat sedert die middel van die negentigerjare afgehandel is, verwyder is.
(Nie-sub-verwante naskrif: Terwyl ek die video na YouTube oplaai, het ek gedink ek kan net sowel die ou video plaas van my kat Hercules wat komberse molesteer.)
Onderzeeërs op ('Net) parade!
Nadat u die nuutste Submarine Blogger Roundup van bothook besoek het, moet u al die duikbootverhale en foto's wat die afgelope paar dae op die amptelike Navy -webwerf verskyn het, bekyk. Die CNO het die sneeu Groton besoek, en hier is die foto's om dit te bewys! Daar is ook 'n verhaal oor die aflewering van PCU North Carolina (SSN 777) aan die vloot, die verhaal meld dat die boot op 3 Mei 2008 in Wilmington, NC, in gebruik geneem sal word. (Die ma van een van my ou Topeka skipmaats is die borg, so dit is redelik gaaf.)
Die webwerf van die Navy bevat ook 'n paar voorbeelde van duikbootfoto's wat gemengde emosies meebring-Groton-gebaseerde bote bedek met sneeu. Hulle het een van USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) hier, en hier is een van USS Alexandria (SSN 757):
Waarom bring hierdie foto's my gemengde emosies? Ek kry die Submariners wat die sneeu moet verduur, maar ek is bly dat ek nie meer in die winter in Groton hoef te wees nie.
Bubblehead se beste prentjie Bonanza!
Deur gisteraand (meestal) wakker te bly deur "Michael Clayton", het ek vir die eerste keer in my lewe die Quintfecta van die Oscar vir beste rolprent voltooi - al vyf die flieks wat genomineer is vir "Beste prentjie" voordat ek die Oscar -toekennings oorhandig het. Dit gee my die reg - nee, die verantwoordelikheid - om die ranglys van die genomineerdes vir die beste prent aan u te gee.
Let daarop dat hierdie lys nie gegenereer word uit die perspektief van 'n kunstige persoon wat hom bekommer oor 'nuanse' en 'die ondersoek van temas van identiteit en vervreemding van 'n onbesorgde samelewing nie'. Ek steur my nie veel aan die politiek van 'n film nie, anders as diegene wat nie van 'Juno' hou nie, omdat die meisie in die film eintlik nie 'n aborsie ondergaan het nie, en daardeur probeer het om heteronormatiewe, patriargale opvattings op indrukwekkende tieners te plaas. Ek wil hê my films moet my vermaak, en as dit my laat dink, is dit 'n bonus.
Dit gesê, ek ranglys die genomineerdes van hierdie jaar:
1) "No Country For Old Men": Hierdie film het van die mees spanningsvolle tonele wat ek in 'n film gesien het sedert "Silence of the Lambs". Die toneelspel was puik, en hoewel die film nooit regtig verduidelik het hoe die balju van Tommy Lee Jones so laf geword het nie, het dit genoeg karakteragtergrond gehad sodat ek die motivering van almal kon waardeer. Dit was nie heeltemal goed genoeg om 5 self-behandelde skietwonde uit vyf te kry nie, maar dit het 'n stewige 4 gekry.
2) "Juno": 'n slim, snaakse film wat diepte bied aan die karakters met 'n minimale handwaai. As such, it'll never win, but it's the only one I'd consider buying on DVD. Gets a solid 4 Overtrained Thinclads out of five.
3) "Michael Clayton": Since this is the last of the movies I saw, I was thinking much more about Oscar-worthiness with this one than any of the others. To paraphrase the Princeton recruiter in "Risky Business": "Your storyline is respectable, you've got some solid acting, but it's not quite Oscar League, now is it". A decent movie that gets 3 Slimy Lawyers out of five.
The last two movies I'd reviewed previously:
4) "There Will Be Blood": Another decent movie that didn't really stick out in my mind. It's one of those where I'm glad I saw it once, and if I ever see it in the TV listings, I can't imagine I'd want to watch it again.
99 gazillion to the bazillionth power) "Atonement": Even thinking about this movie for a short time makes me more and more pissed off. If film people are trying to be so "Green", they should kick the makers of this travesty out of the business for wasting perfectly good film stock. It sucked that bad. Of course, that mean's it'll probably win.
Identify This Submarine!
A while back I made fun of people who theorized that Israeli submarines were standing off the coast of Iran ready to attack I pointed out that diesel boats would take a long time to circumnavigate Africa, and would be seen if they went through the Suez Canal. I bring this up because I now have proof that people along the Suez do in fact notice submarines driving by the only problem is, they don't have very good submarine identification skills.
Check out this video posted yesterday on YouTube the caption describes it as an "American Submarine Going to iraq in a secret mission caught by mobile camera in Egypt":
So, what kind of sub do you think it really is? I'm guessing a British Swiftsure-class boat, most likely HMS Superb (S 109).
The Chinese Media Lies About U.S. Submarines!
Here's an interesting tidbit from China's Xinhua news agency about the visit of USS Ohio (SSGN 726) to Pusan, South Korea:
[Emphasis mine] So, that last little piece of information is clearly wrong why would the official Chinese government press agency put it out? There are a few possible explanations:
1) Instead of "the submarine" they meant "a submarine", and they want to make it look to their readers that the U.S. is escalating the pressure on their North Korean allies, laying the groundwork for when the North Korean media puts out their government's inevitable tirade against American aggression that they promise to defeat by use of the "glorious Army-First Policy".
2) They do their research by typing in phrases into Google like "U.S. submarine visit Korea" and just relying on the first link that comes up.
3) They used this Korea Times article as a source, and misunderstood the part about "(i)t is the first trip to South Korea by the USS Ohio since the former Trident-class vessel underwent a near two-year conversion until late 2005. "
Since I subscribe to the axiom that errors are normally due to incompetence rather than intentional planning, I'm going with option #2 or #3.
Video Of The Navy Missile / Satellite Collision
While I for one don't completely buy the "we only did it because of the hydrazine" explanation, I think it was a great test. Hopefully we got some good data to help us predict how the Standard Missile might do against satellites in slightly higher orbits if it's ever needed for such a mission.
Northwest Meteor Puts On A Show
I understand the math, but it still amazes me how bright meteors can seem from a long distance. Check out this video from the National Guard Base just south of Boise of a meteor that lit up the sky over the northwest yesterday:
Looks pretty close, huh? By most reports, though, it actually flamed out over eastern Washington, a couple hundred miles northwest of here.
Opdateer 0808 21 Feb: What with the meteor, last night's lunar eclipse, and this morning's 6.3 earthquake a couple hundred miles south of here, can you imagine what superstitious people would have been thinking had all these things happened a couple hundred years ago in such a short period of time?
Not Feeling Very Politically Correct
Better Use Of Tax Dollars Than Some Real Programs
Yvan Eht Nioj
In recruiting new Sailors, the Navy has to go where potential recruits are, which nowadays means YouTube. Here's one of the newest videos the Navy put up on its own YouTube Channel:
Personally, I like it there's nothing wrong with using a little humor to get someone to check out your website. Wat dink jy? And what elements would you like to see in Navy Submarine recruiting videos? (I had some ideas back in 2005 I think might still work.)
USS Ohio Subjected To Media Availability
New Russian Boomer Finally Hits The Water
Back in April 2007, the Russians announced that they had "launched" their first new SSBN since the fall of the Soviet Union, the RFS Yuri Dolgorukii. To everyone's amusement, the announcements of the "launch" indicated that the boat would go out to sea in October of last year, even though the sub was only 82% complete at the time.
It turns out the Russians apparently have a different definition of "launched" than most navies it's been announced that she finally made it into the water for the first time yesterday. For those interested, here are some pictures of the original "launch", which apparently involved moving the sub from the construction building to a drydock.
At this rate, we're not going to get any pictures taken from one of our periscopes until 2011 or so.
Submariner Vs. Moonbats
Russian Provide Valuable Training For U.S. Navy
The pilot that flew near the carrier seems to have been especially eager to help American Sailors with some lookout quals. Since a Bear in wartime would never want to get very close to their target (but instead launch stand-off weapons and get the heck out of Dodge) it's clear that they weren't training for their own sake -- they were just trying to help out their American friends. Plus, giving the F/A-18 pilots an extended amount of time to practice getting into attack position against a slowly-moving target was very nice of the Russian.
Remember when the Russian submarines used to come out and provide target services for our boats? I wish they'd start doing that again -- there's no better training than having a fire control solution locked onto a potential adversary while he has no clue that you're there.
Opdateer 0722 13 Feb: Here's a picture of a Hornet escorting the Bear during the encounter:
Other pictures are here and here. I guess the articles can't say that the incident is "secret" anymore if the Navy website is publishing pictures of the exercise.
Mystery-lanche
This, my 900th posting in what will be exactly three and a half years of blogging one week from today, will simply remark upon a mystery.
I recently saw from my traffic counter that on January 30th, I got about 500 visits and 800 page views -- about ten times normal daily traffic!
I didn't notice that, however, until several days went by, and the free statcounter only keeps info on the last 100 visits, so I have no idea where they came from and what they were reading! And nobody left any comments to give a clue what they were reading. I wish I knew who posted a link here, and to what.
Or maybe, but less likely, everyone just was interested in the electoral college and found me by googling about it (one of my perrenial high-traffic google-search postings), because of Super Tuesday perhaps?
Oddly, the same thing happened about a year ago in December 2006 -- the reason also still a mystery!
Bolton?
Would embattled former UN ambassador John Bolton have a place in John McCain's presidential cabinet?
The idea was brewing beneath the veneer of Bolton's address to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
Revealing information that he said had never before been made public, Bolton discussed how McCain secretly tried to shepherd his nomination to the United Nations -- a nomination that was held up in Congress over Bolton's controversial anti-UN statements and policies.
"He was very active behind the scenes," said Bolton, who was ultimately sent to the UN via a presidential recess appointment. "He thought I was the type of ambassador that ought to represent the United States at the United Nations."
Addressing an audience already skeptical of McCain's presidential nomination, Bolton offered a defense of the senator.
Of course, I think that would be AWESOME to have Bolton back! And with Rudy as Attorney General. well I can dream!
Of course, Huffpo was presenting this as something dreadful and scary! I was amused by the comments left be readers. This criticism in particular is telling:
So apparently, thinking for yourself means changing your views to conform with popular opinion which is swept along in knee-jerk response to "real world events", i.e. MSM news headlines!
Having "highly predictable" views couldn't possibly be due to having a well-developed personal philosophy, could it now?
DEVO 1978
Watching Saturday Night Live, of all things, changed my life that night!
As an 11-year-old, I was very impressed.
And then they topped it off with this -- remember spuds, this is 1978.
When the music charts were dominated by Andy Gibb and the Bee Gees with hits like Stayin' Alive. Barry Manilow, Olivia Newton John, Debbie Boone!
This SNL appearance includes a short film intro:
Are We Not Men?
Submarines Did Not Cause The Internet Cable Breaks
As I mentioned earlier, I've been wondering how to address conspiracy theorists who claim a U.S. submarine -- specifically my old boat USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) -- was behind the recent breaking of submerged internet cables in the Middle East. I've figured out how to do it -- by stipulating to the tinfoil hatter's assumption that USS Jimmy Carter has the ability to tap into underwater cables, and then showing logically why they didn't do it, even if they could have.
First let's take care of the easiest one -- that USS Jimmy Carter is responsible for, or will take advantage of, the recent cable breaks. (One theory I've seen is that the cables were broken by some non-specialized ship, and that Carter will attach the "black box" at some other location so as not to be detected.) USS Jimmy Carter was in port in Bangor as recently as January 17th, and one 'net commenter reported that they could see the boat inport on Thursday from the ferry. One might wonder why a submarine blogger would go out on a limb and only use an Internet commenter as a source for his "fact" when he probably has friends still on the boat, and could just contact them to find out if the boat is still in port. One might then consider that there must be a reason said sub-blogger is so confident that the boat is still in port. Seeing that it's about 10,000 miles from Bangor to the Med (unless you go through the Bering Straits in January) it would be very problematic for the Carter to get there between January 17th and when the cables started getting cut in late January.
So if the Carter didn't do it, did another U.S. submarine? Let's look at motive. Some say that the U.S. did it to stop the opening of an Iranian Oil Bourse that's been threatened for years -- apparently, this will destroy the U.S. economy by trading in Euros instead of dollars. The reasons why such a market wouldn't destroy the U.S. economy are so simple that even a KOSsack can understand them. Others say it was a prelude to an attack on Iran -- an attack that apparently got called off, because Iran never really lost Internet connectivity.
Suppose we were trying to tap the cables? What the hell good would that do? These aren't voice cables, like the ones we supposedly tapped in the Sea of O and described in Blind Man's Bluff. These are packet data cables. An Internet connectivity "pipe" would carry literally terabytes of data -- more than you could store in some black box undersea. Besides, Internet traffic gets routed all over the world a good part of it probably comes through U.S. or UK servers anyway. It just doesn't make any sense to "tap" an undersea Internet cable -- there's just too much data that's too easily available by other means.
The fact is, undersea internet cables break on the average of once every three days. Statistically, you're going to have a cluster of such breaks once in a while. It's especially not a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy when they find the anchor that cut one of the cables. unless you believe the Carter left that behind to fool the gullible. If you believe that, I've got some options on the Iranian Oil Bourse to sell you.
Darn You, Hannah Montana!
Lots of good movies are scheduled to come out this year, but one I've really been anticipating is U2 3D. It was supposed to come out here in the Boise area next Friday, but now I hear it's being pushed back a week. There's only one explanation for this travesty -- the 3D theaters are currently filled with screaming tweens watching the Hannah Montana concert movie.
While there's no doubt that the U2 movie will be infinitely superior to the "Achey-Breaky Daughter" flick, Disney is keeping us from seeing good concert footage by "deciding" to extend the "planned" one week run of their annoying film. This sucks!
In better movie news, I did see "Fool's Gold" tonight, and liked it. It didn't technically count as a "chick flick" because there were explosions and guns, but it's still a good date movie. As far as treasure-hunting movies go, I'd put it in the same league as the original "National Treasure" , and way better than the sequel.
Opdateer 1901 22 Feb: I saw U2 3D this afternoon it totally rocked. They didn't do much with the 3D, but the music was still incredible. I think it's probably the best concert film I've ever seen.
Why Art Turned Ugly
For a long time critics of modern and postmodern art have relied on the "Isn't that disgusting" strategy. By that I mean the strategy of pointing out that given works of art are ugly, trivial, or in bad taste, that "a five-year-old could have made them," and so on. And they have mostly left it at that. The points have often been true, but they have also been tiresome and unconvincing—and the art world has been entirely unmoved. Natuurlik, the major works of the twentieth-century art world are ugly. Natuurlik, many are offensive. Natuurlik, a five-year old could in many cases have made an indistinguishable product. Those points are not arguable—and they are entirely beside the main question. The important question is: Hoekom has the art world of the twentieth-century adopted the ugly and the offensive? Hoekom has it poured its creative energies and cleverness into the trivial and the self-proclaimedly meaningless?
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Where could art go after death of modernism? Postmodernism did not go, and has not gone, far. It needed some content and some new forms, but it did not want to go back to classicism, romanticism, or traditional realism.
As it had at the end of the nineteenth century, the art world reached out and drew upon the broader intellectual and cultural context of the late 1960s and 1970s. It absorbed the trendiness of Existentialism's absurd universe, the failure of Positivism's reductionism, and the collapse of socialism's New Left. It connected to intellectual heavyweights such as Thomas Kuhn, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida, and it took its cue from their abstract themes of antirealism, deconstruction, and their heightened adversarial stance to Western culture. From those themes, postmodernism introduced four variations on modernism.
First, postmodernism re-introduced content—but only self-referential and ironic content. As with philosophical postmodernism, artistic postmodernism rejected any form of realism and became anti-realist. Art cannot be about reality or nature—because, according to postmodernism, "reality" and "nature" are merely social constructs. All we have are the social world and its social constructs, one of those constructs being the world of art. So, we may have content in our art as long as we talk self-referentially about the social world of art.
Secondly, postmodernism set itself to a more ruthless deconstruction of traditional categories that the modernists had not fully eliminated. Modernism had been reductionist, but some artistic targets remained.
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Saint Phalle's Venus links us to the third postmodern strategy. Postmodernism allows one to make content statements as long as they are about social reality and not about an alleged natural or objective reality and—here is the variation—as long as they are narrower race/class/sex statements rather than pretentious, universalist claims about something called The Human Condition. Postmodernism rejects a universal human nature and substitutes the claim that we are all constructed into competing groups by our racial, economic, ethnic, and sexual circumstances. Applied to art, this postmodern claim implies that there are no artists, only hyphenated artists: black-artists, woman-artists, homosexual-artists, poor-Hispanic-artists, and so on.
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The fourth and final postmodern variation on modernism is a more ruthless nihilism. The above, while focused on the negative, are still dealing with important themes of power, wealth, and justice toward women. How can we eliminate more thoroughly any positivity in art? As relentlessly negative as modern art has been, what has not been done?
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The heyday of postmodernism in art was the 1980s and 90s. Modernism had become stale by the 1970s, and I suggest that postmodernism has reached a similar dead-end, a What next? stage. Postmodern art was a game that played out within a narrow range of assumptions, and we are weary of the same old, same old, with only minor variations. The gross-outs have become mechanical and repetitive, and they no longer gross us out.
It is helpful to remember that modernism in art came out of a very specific intellectual culture of the late nineteenth century, and that it has remained loyally stuck in those themes. But those are not the only themes open to artists, and much has happened since the end of the nineteenth century.
We would not know from the world of modern art that average life expectancy has doubled since Edvard Munch screamed. We would not know that diseases that routinely killed hundreds of thousands of newborns each year have been eliminated. Nor would we know anything about the rising standards of living, the spread of democratic liberalism, and emerging markets.
We are brutally aware of the horrible disasters of National Socialism and international Communism, and art has a role in keeping us aware of them. But we would never know from the world of art the equally important fact that those battles were won and brutality was defeated.
And entering even more exotic territory, if we knew only the contemporary art world we would never get a glimmer of the excitement in evolutionary psychology, Big Bang cosmology, genetic engineering, the beauty of fractal mathematics—and the awesome fact that humans are the kind of being that can do all those exciting things.
Artists and the art world should be at the edge. The art world is now marginalized, in-bred, and conservative. It is being left behind, and for any self-respecting artist there should be nothing more demeaning than being left behind.
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The point is not that there are no negatives out there in the world for art to confront, or that art cannot be a means of criticism. There are negatives and art should never shrink from them. My argument is with the uniform negativity and destructiveness of the art world. When has art in the twentieth century said anything encouraging about human relations, about mankind's potential for dignity, and courage, about the sheer positive passion of being in the world?
Artistic revolutions are made by a few key individuals. At the heart of every revolution is an artist who achieves originality. A novel theme, a fresh subject, or the inventive use of composition, figure, or color marks the beginning of a new era. Artists truly are gods: they create a world in their work, and they contribute to the creation of our cultural world.
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The point is not to return to the 1800s or to turn art into the making of pretty postcards. The point is about being a human being who looks at the world afresh. In each generation there are only a few who do that at the highest level. That is always the challenge of art and its highest calling.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Back in the Day The Buoyant Ascent. Submarine Escape Training New London, Conn. 1964 and now.
Well Sir, I was just over at a feller Submarine bloggers place, " Vigilis " at "Molten Eagle", and upon read'n his post about how today's modern Navy " Bubbleheads " escape from a disabled and downed Submarine, I was reminded that back in May of 2006, right after I first began bloggin , I had posted an article regarding a personal adventure of mine doing what is called "The Buoyant Ascent".
Thought y'all might just enjoy read'n it if'n ya ain't already done so.
The Buoyant Ascent, Submarine Escape Training Tower in New London, Conn..
A few days back. for nostalgic reasons. I posted an article about one of my duty stations while in the Navy. an article about the USS Piper SS409. This brought back some other fond memories of those days back in 64 and 65. so. what the hell. here's an article about a once in a lifetime experience(hopefully). The Buoyant Ascent.
For oh so many years, this tower at the US Naval Submarine Base was the defining motif of the Groton , Conn. skyline. Any old " Bubbleheads " (fer all you land-lubbers that's slang fer Submariners) who were stationed at New London/ Groton during the 40's, 50' and 60's and 70's, I'm sure y'all most certainly remember this landmark.
This is were we learned the rudiments of escape from a disabled sunken "Boat". For many of us. this 125 foot tall(if memory serves me correctly) old lady also helped many of us to achieve new self confidence and courage. and a sort of "right of passage" from Sub School student to, an almost Submariner.
This was generally one of the first sites that greeted us as our "boats" cruised up the Thames River returning home from a patrol. and the last site to see as we went down river to begin a new adventure.
If you went to the Base Exchange to buy some sort of souvenir (Post Card, coffee mug, T-Shirt, hat. ) for the folks and friends back home. more likely as not it had this image on it. Oddly enough. it took me two full days of "Googling" to find this old photo. and that was by accident (naturally).
So. to all you lubbers and people unfamiliar with Submarine School and the types of training. what's so special about this "water tank"? Well Sir. this is where one did what is called The Buoyant Ascent". a Submarine escape procedure.
A "buoyant ascent" is when a person surfaces from a depth of 50 or 75 feet underwater using ONLY the air in his/her lungs. no breathing apparatus. Here's how it works.
Dressed in just our Navy issued swim trunks, we would proceed to the top of the tower where we were greeted by a site that looked something similar to this.
Once you became familiarized with your surroundings and instructed for the 10 th time on just what to do and what not to do. you descended (via the stairs on the outside of the tower) to an "pressurized Escape trunk" 50 foot under the surface.
. much like this one. but without the safety apparatus these men are wearing.
Once in the 50 foot "escape trunk" with your instructor, the outer hatch was closed and you received your last set of safety instructions. The escape trunk was then filled with water just a little over your chin (if you were 5'11" tall) and the hatch to the inside of the tank was opened. and now. "It's Show Time".
You ducked through the hatchway into the tank and you were now 50 feet below the surface, where you were then greeted by Navy divers who, for safety reasons. would accompany you to the surface.
Once outside the Escape trunk. one would first notice a large "No Smoking" sign just above the hatchway. don't laugh out loud. it could be fatal.
The Submariner would then grab a bar on the side of the tank, arch his back so he was looking straight up through 50 feet of water above him. and then let go. the ascent had started. The air in your lungs would carry you to the surface.
Now Sir. here's the catch! If you held your breath. your lungs would explode somewhere between there and the surface. not a pleasant prospect. so to avoid this most uncomfortable condition. you had to EXHALE air all the way to the surface. a trip that took about 8 seconds. This was also the reason for the Navy safety diver. if you stopped exhaling. he would punch you in the diaphragm to expel air. if you exhaled too much. he would give you an air hose.
If all went well. and you did exactly as instructed. you arrived at the surface with a renewed sense of self confidence and one real great adrenalin high.
Now Sir. it was mandatory for all prospective submariners to perform the buoyant ascent from the 50 feet level. and optional from the 75 feet level. Myself, the buddy I joined the Navy with, and three other men opted to do it from 75 feet. a trip, that if I recall correctly, took about 14 seconds (remember. exhaling ALL the way). WOW. what another great rush that was.
I just thought old Cookie would share that nostalgic adventure with y'all. na alles. what's an adventure in'f cain't tell no one about it. take care and may God Bless everyone.
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Now Sir, I guess this is the new way of escaping from a downed Sub. You'll notice that nowadays these bubbleheads use a contained suit fer escape'n , WUSSIES!! We did it with NUTHIN !! Just bustin balls mates. With the depths today's boats cruise at, and usually in Arctic waters ya gotta have a suit like these.
This video takes you from inside the pressurized escape trunk as it fills with water, to your buoyant ascent ride to the surface. Pretty good video.
NOTE: Although the sound is lost briefly and then returns, you'll hear the man yelling all the way to the surface. It's NOT because he's scared (although it could be), but remember, you MUST exhale all the way up or your lungs will EXPLODE!
Définition - divers
Diver Div"er (?) , n.
1. One who, or that which, dives.
Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.
2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. “A diver into causes.” Sir H. Wotton.
3. (Zoöl.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus ), or the allied genus Colymbus , or Podiceps , remarkable for their agility in diving.
☞ The northern diver ( Urinator imber ) is the loon the black diver or velvet scoter ( Oidemia fusca ) is a sea duck. See Loon , and Scoter .
Divers Di"vers (?) , a. [F. divers , L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere . See Divert , and cf. Diverse .]
1. Different in kind or species diverse. [Obs.]
Every sect of them hath a divers posture. Bacon.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9.
2. Several sundry various more than one, but not a great number as, divers philosophers . Also used substantively or pronominally.
Divers of Antonio's creditors. Shak.
☞ Divers is now limited to the plural as, divers ways (not divers way ). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.
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Dykare anlände till Falmouth, England , från Norfolk, Virginia , den 15 februari 1944. Efter 3 dagars räddningsutbildning i Rosneath Bay , Skottland , rapporterade hon till Portland, England , 27 mars, för förberedelser för den kommande invasionen av Normandie .
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Den 26 juni var hon igång i Baie de la Seine , Frankrike , där hon var knuten till räddnings-, vrakavfalls-, avfallshantering- och hydrografiska undersökningsenheten. Hon räddade 30 överlevande från den norska fraktbåten SS Norfolk , sjunkna av mina medan hon var på väg till Cherbourg 20 juli och 21 juli, och rapporterade sedan för räddningsinsatser vid Utah-stranden och Omaha-stranden . Hon anlände till Le Havre 11 november för att fortsätta sitt räddningsarbete. Seglar för att hjälpa en torpedod brittisk transport 28 december Dykare träffade ett omarkerat nedsänkt hinder och återvände till Le Havre för akuta reparationer. Permanenta reparationer utfördes i Dieppe , från 6 januari till 21 januari 1945, varefter Duiker återvände till Le Havre för att fortsätta sitt räddningsarbete.
