Posted by NCWayne on May 09, 2014 at 16:28:27 from (173.188.169.54):
In Reply to: Dang!!!!!!!!!! posted by Goose on May 09, 2014 at 12:25:38:
Spent two years on the America and went to the Persian Gulf on her for the Gulf War back in '90-'91. Thankfully she didn't see a fate as unceremonious as the scrapper. Instead she's now sitting on the bottom of the ocean, after being used for target practice for new weapon systems, in water too deep for anyone to even dive on.
I was fortunate enough to see the Sara back in '87 when we turned over in the Med with her battle group as well as the Wisconsin's battle group. Didn't get to see the Wisconsin fire her guns due to being stuck in a shaft alley for a maneuvering watch (a lot of ships in close quarters), but I did get to watch the A-6's, A-7's, and the F-14's off the Sara do a firepower demo for us. Between the missles from the A6, the rockets from the A7, and just the incredible speed of the F14 when it ran up beside us at mast level and then turned into a vertical climb, it was a truly impressive display.
Lots of good, and bad memories of those days, so it's always sad to see the ships of that 'generation' disappear. Thankfully those memories will remain until those of us with them 'go to scrap' too.......
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