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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 09:29 PM
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Any former navy folks ever been on this boat?
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DELUSIONAL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 09:58 PM
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1. Where was this photo taken?
Looks like the Puget Sound

I've seen Navy ships like this in the Puget Sound. (Washington State has lots of Navy bases).

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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 10:16 PM
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2. I'm not sure
I think it's leaving San Diego harbor in the early 80s. She has been in Bremmerton for short visits. She was decommissioned about 10 years ago.
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:25 PM
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24. San Diego, parts of it anyway
look and feel very much like Seattle-Bremerton. I was there ONCE and have lived in Seattle all my life, but ws Totally blown away at how at home I felt there. I know this photo is San Diego, but I know why you'd think it was Puget Sound.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 02:32 AM
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3. Here's a history of the Acadia
Link: http://navysite.de/ad/ad42.htm
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:18 PM
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23. I was on a "42" but not that 42.
I was on CV42.

It sure makes me feel old to know that there's a ship that was commisioned and then decommisioned in the time since I got out of the USN.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:39 PM
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26. I know what you mean.
I was in Uncle Sam's Canoe Club (65 - 69) when there were CVA's, CVA(N)'s and CVS's. Now I think they're back to CV's again.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 02:33 AM
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4. It's not a boat, it's a ship
I believe.

:-)
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 08:14 PM
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5. No salt. eom
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:03 PM
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6. No salt? What does that mean?
It's an ocean going vessel.
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:24 PM
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8. You are correct. It's a ship.
Looking at it now, my no salt comment appears rather smart-ass. Sorry, that wasn't my intention. Although it's technically a ship, salty sailors would call it a boat.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:27 PM
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9. Out of curiosity, why would the old salts call it a boat?
Because it's not as big as other ones? Or because it's not a battle cruiser or destroyer, etc.?
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:38 PM
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11. It's more like a term of endearment
Like calling a major city one's town.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:47 PM
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13. I see! Thanks!!
Woo hoo! I learned something today.

Always a good thing.

:-)
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:54 PM
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15. Good
I find that useless information can come in handy at surprising times.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 10:11 PM
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16. That seems to be all I have!
But it does come in handy.

:-)
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 10:23 PM
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17. Same here
Thanks for the smile on my face, I've enjoyed this exchange.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 11:37 PM
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20. A navy friend once told me
"The Navy is on the boat", and he (a pilot) was referring to aircraft carriers as "boats".
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 11:54 PM
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21. Thanks
I had never heard an officer refer to a ship as a boat. I've heard pilots are a different breed of officer though.
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:18 PM
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7. WOW! Meeeemmmmmorrriiies like the corner of my miiiind
I remember that ship well. Several of my (female) boot camp mates ended up on it. At the time, there were only a few types of ships that allowed female sailors - one was sub tenders.

It came to the Gulf once or twice when I was stationed in Bahrain, as well.

I might weep.

Naaah.
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:29 PM
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10. Love boat
That was her nickname after the first gulf war. Many of the women on board ended up pregnant during that deployment.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:42 PM
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12. That is San Diego, Point Loma to be precise, just about the
#3 buoy in the SD channel.

Yep, that is good old Buliding 42. Thing was welded to the dock at NAVSTA SD for so long it was a landmark on aero charts. (g)

Quite the hunk of crap, but I hear she was a good feeder, which sometimes is all that matters.
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 09:52 PM
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14. lol
Thanks. My memory sucks. I haven't heard (or read) the term Point Loma in quite a few years. Building 42 - that's funny!
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 10:34 PM
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18. That Ain't No "boat"-----------It's a Ship n/t
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-14-04 11:06 PM
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19. I meant the boat on the ship.
It's really hard to see in that pic. Maybe this will help. The white boat in the bottom pic.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 01:54 PM
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22. Now you are digging yourself a deeper hole... that is
technically a barge, not a boat.

Let it rest, you can't win.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 02:32 PM
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25. How about we all agree on Identified Floating Object
:-)
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 05:36 PM
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27. What's a barge?
The captain's gig. the garbage barge, the USS Acadia, or all the above?
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 10:56 PM
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28. A barge is an Admiral's personal boat, which this appears
to be.
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-04 11:17 PM
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29. A barge is an Admiral's personal what?
This boat belonged to the Acadia's C.O., who was a Captain.
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