Explain the USS Langley?
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Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Langley, after the American scientific pioneer Samuel Langley.\n\nThe first Langley (CV-1) was the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, converted from the collier Jupiter in 1922, and sunk in February 1942 by the Japanese. \nThe second Langley (CVL-27) was a light aircraft carrier commissioned in 1943, active in World War II, and transferred to France in 1951.
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because running a floating airport is vastly different than running a cruiser or destroyer.  a pilot has flown  and he ahs also landed on that floating postage stamp.  Oh, and COs of the Nuke carriers also have to have gone through Nuke Power school..
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It is a class of racing "ship".  Think of them like a Formula-1 car.  There are stringent standards that the builders must abide by, such as hull weight, keel length, and sail materials.  Download the PDF below for a full list of the rules:\n\n*OK, I give up!!!  I can't fit the address on one line, so follow the link below to find the rule book.
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Right out of the Gestapo play book. He played the fear card, and yet sent all of our American protection over sea's. "HUH" Where is the Coast Guard & the National Guard, they have never been deployed outside of our Country during War times. That doesn't make any sense if we are in trouble of attacks 24/7. So it's all bull-poo.
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http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3943.html\nShe was a good ship and crew...good nuggets of info here.
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First off GO NAVY!!\n Second the NAVY will be deploied anywhere in the world in a moments notice (Sea Air and Land) seams to have rang a bell.\nThe NAVY Spouce is without their otherhalf about 3/5 the time a person is assigned to a ship, or Det. There are support groupes at the bases to help when the spouce if deploied. If assistance is needed MWR and/or a Sister ship/Unit will have persons to assist.\nAnd Lastly GO NAVY!!!
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i recall a few times as a marine in vietnam when we used air force "spooky gunships" sometimes known as "puff the magic dragon" for support at night during some tight spots.  One night in particular they stayed with our company all night  flying in circles above our perimeter raining a solid wall of fire from their mini-guns preventing us from being overrun which was very likely as we were pretty outnumbered.   Funny how I never once thought about them being lower class or lazy or anything like that.  Worked with an army ranger capt. on a combined operation with some popular forces...very very gutsy guy...nope..no low class there.  Worked with good men from 1st arm cav and shared a perimeter...had to trust them...they had enough class for that.  Had lots of navy close air support...no question about the class there...top notch.   Of course navy corpsmen are the classiest of all.  So I don't have much use for childish comparisons and talk about who is better...unless i'm having a beer and joking with my former airborne buddies.  I respect and admire them all.\n\nAMEN Drew
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Back in WW2, SONAR was being used by ships in an attempt to locate them. SONAR (generally) works by sending out a sound that resembles a "ping" and then waiting for it to "bounce back." The bounce back was loudest on empty ships. You can imagine that the opponent would not waste time or ammunition sinking empty ships!!
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I'm on a destroyer and we have had our CIWS train on seagulls before.  Ha!  Yours is probably a Block 1B or greater, and has probably had some software upgrades that will enable it to track objects that small.  When you consider that it's designed to counter antiship cruise missiles (the nose-on aspect of which is only slightly larger than a mortar round) you shouldn't have much to worry about as far as the radar.  From my experience though, it's a really buggy system especially if you have the pneumatic drive vice the hydraulic system.  You get 4500 rounds a minute, but the tradeoff is less reliability.  What's more important?  Keep your head down out there, dude.
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Hey, my hubby was into that stuff, was in a club here in S. TX, I cant get you the info right now cause it's so late, but will ask him in the AM. will email tomorrow, any interest in helicopters?
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US ships are named after the 1st of the class, Los Angeles was the 1st of its class, Typhoon is named by the US Navy cause the Russians don't tell us their proper names. Also Nimitz Class Carriers, USS Nimitz was the 1st. The USS Seawolf is the next generation of Submarine, but sadly there will be only one due to budget cuts. To correct the poster after me I just found out there are actually 3 Seawolf subs, The Jimmy Carter is the 3rd http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn23.htm
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This is an estimate, but the last actions of these types were probably used in the Korean conflict, at least to public knowledge.  Bluntly, airborne is how alot of special ops missions are sent out (hence the HALO 'High Altitude Low Opening' jump that the seals and other spec ops do.)
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Because a ship has surface area, a needle doesn't. Water can flow around it, so it sinks.
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There are ships and planes crossing it every day.\n\nIt is a story that had a tiny bit of merit due to a few incidents and it then got blown out of proportion
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Aerial.  Its from space.
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Several theories abound. According to talk radio it was a craft, but what sort/origin? Some say alien UFO. One source connected to US military claim it was a Made In USA craft. Huge baffles in craft silence the jet engines that power it!
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Technically, any military aircraft that the President is riding on can be called Air Force One. The fact that there are specially built planes for this purpose isn't central. In fact, there are multiple planes built for presidential use, and whichever one he is riding on counts as Air Force Once.\n\nSame would apply, theoretically, to naval vessels. If the President were traveling on any naval vessel, that could be designated as Navy One. Again, the fact that there is not a specific boat built for that purpose isn't crucial.\n\nAs for choppers, if the helicopter were Army instead of Marine, then theoretically that would be Army One. I don't think ground vehicles carry that designation, however, though hovercraft might.