Re: World Armed Forces Pic Thread
SINKEX!! that's how the USN disposes of many
of it's older ships. The pics are somewhat dated but
the USN still sinks most of it's decomissioned ships.
ex-USS Mullinnix DD-944 takes a Harpoon amidships.
ex-USS Jonas Ingram DD-938 takes a hit from a Harpoon.
MK-48 ADCAP torpedo sinks the ex-USS Okinawa LPH-3
Though the ADCAP torpedo was the weapon that ultimately sank the Ex-Okinawa,
it wasn’t the only ordnance employed against her that day. Prior to the warshot firing,
naval air training operations were conducted involving several Maverick and Harpoon
missile firings as well as a number of general-purpose bomb drops. Though the
Ex-Okinawa did sustain some minor damage during the air exercises,
there was never any sign of her going down prematurely. After the actual torpedo
detonation, the Ex-Okinawa, due to its large size (598 feet long, 84 feet wide,
13,000 ton light displacement) and watertight condition, listed increasingly for
almost four hours before ultimately descend below the surface.