thats a big wave!

[herm]

 
USS Kitty Hawk & the big wave

[El Matador]

Damn.

[krolik]

I wouldn't want to be the maint chief for that helo. 


Or the F/A 18 either.


I'm sure salt water ain't good for avionics.

[herm]

you would think in those seas that the deck would be cleared. I cant imagine they would be able to undertake flight ops..

[Monster Dave]

LOL - yeah that helo sure got a good wash! Yikes!

[duccarlos]

you would think in those seas that the deck would be cleared. I cant imagine they would be able to undertake flight ops..

That's exactly what I thought.

[Triple J]

I'm surprised the deck isn't cleared as well, but maybe they ran out of room in the hangar??

My dad was on the Enterprise when they steamed thru a Typhoon leaving the Phillipines in the early 70s. He said most of their aircraft left prior to them going thru the storm, and their support ships left the Phillipines early to skirt the storm. Also said there were waves coming over the bow of the carrier, which did a fair amount of damage to the ship.

[duccarlos]

Sometimes I regret not joining the Navy and other times, like when watching this video, I'm very thankful.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Sometimes I regret not joining the Navy and other times, like when watching this video, I'm very thankful.

Beats seeing high seas outside of the navy.

[superjohn]

Sometimes I regret not joining the Navy and other times, like when watching this video, I'm very thankful.

My thoughts as well. I read a story about a carrier in a near hurricane and the worst part wasn't the water coming over the bow, it was the swell and sudden multi story drop that didn't sound like much fun.

[herm]

back and forth the ship rolled...
up and down...