Simviation Forum - Serious horsepower

Jul 27^th, 2007 at 11:46am

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Reply #1 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:02pm

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And I thought it was bad when I farted in the bath Shocked

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Reply #2 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:06pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:02pm:

And I thought it was bad when I farted in the bath Shocked

ROLMFAO....You ain't right Mark...... Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:17pm

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That would take a lot of hay to keep all those horses going! Grin

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Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:38pm

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In this shot you can get an idea how high the stern of the ship is off the water by the tugboat.

This was taken in Jan 2007 as the ship was leaving for deployment by my daughter-in-law.

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Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 1:40pm

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To be fair the stern of the ship is probably a bit lower when going at that speed. I looks like jet propulsion to me. Correct?

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Reply #6 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 2:14pm

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Woodlouse2002 wrote on Jul 27^th, 2007 at 1:40pm:

To be fair the stern of the ship is probably a bit lower when going at that speed. I looks like jet propulsion to me. Correct?

From Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CG-72)

Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (17 meters)
Draught: 33 feet (10 meters)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)

This was also noted on the page-

Deployment 2007
On 5 January 2007, Vella Gulf departed on a six month cruise as part of the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (BATESG). She conducted operations in the Arabian Gulf, Northern Arabian Sea with French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle (in support of Operation Enduring Freedom), Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden. She participated in multi-national exercises, including AMAN '07 [1], hosted by Pakistan. Vella Gulf visited Agadir, Morocco and Gaeta, Italy as liberty ports and twice pulled into Manama, Bahrain. She returned to home port in Norfolk, Virginia on 3 July 2007.

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Reply #7 - Jul 28^th, 2007 at 4:46am

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Looks awesome!

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