Was on the Obannon 91 to 94, and sad to see so much excitement in sinking it, but understand the young ones, they will realize someday what it means. Just wish they could respect the people that were on that boat, sad to see her go!!
Was on the O'Bannon 88-91.. Sad to see her go.. The excitement on deck on the DDG was a little much. A little respect to those that had gone before would have been nice. But I understand...
@Videowatcher198 true statement, but they dont put harpoons on any of the new DDG's. its a discontinued weapon system as they are work on another form of harpoon.
REALLY dumb watching that operation from topside. Had the forward missile failed to fire, the aft launcher would have been commanded to launch...normally. If they only had the forward launcher selected...then ok...but it's still unsafe. Anything can happen when you are playing around with ordnance.
Aw, shit, get your towels ready, its about to go down. Everybody in the place hit the fuckin deck, but stay on your motherfuckinn toes. We runnin this. Lets go.
I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Everybody look at me cause I'm sailin on a boat. I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Take a good, hard look at the motherfuckin boat.
I have a special connection to the Bainbridge. Sorry about the O'Bannon. I used to play Fleet Command on a regular basis and I used to use SM-2's whenever I could (when a few were not needed for inbound bandits and when an enemy vessel was in range), timed to force the enemy vessel to defend against SM-2's that arrive first and buying a little more time for the TASM's and Harpoons to traverse in an unmolested manner.
They generally had to take hits from something; whether it be SM-2's, TASM's, Harpoons, or a combination of the three? The SM-2 didn't do much damage, but it was certainly a worthwile secondary SSM to have in the inventory for quick selective strikes on a vessel, or for a diversion to attempt to confuse and overwhelm another vessel's defenses. Very versatile missile, for sure.
I was on the USS Scott DDG-995 (Kidd class). I loved watching the SM's fly. We didn't have VLS, we had the old Mk 26 launch systems with SM-1, SM-2 and SM-2ER's
Was on the Obannon 91 to 94, and sad to see so much excitement in sinking it, but understand the young ones, they will realize someday what it means. Just wish they could respect the people that were on that boat, sad to see her go!!
TeslaDokken 2 weeks ago
Was on the O'Bannon 88-91.. Sad to see her go.. The excitement on deck on the DDG was a little much. A little respect to those that had gone before would have been nice. But I understand...
LaRangerDave 5 months ago
the OB was my first ship. kinda hard to see her getting blew up.
vvsummerkissesvv 5 months ago
A harpoon missile would've been a better weapon of choice seeing how it is a anti ship missile and the sm2 is pretty much surface to air.
Videowatcher198 10 months ago
@Videowatcher198 true statement, but they dont put harpoons on any of the new DDG's. its a discontinued weapon system as they are work on another form of harpoon.
xCobalt05x 9 months ago
@Videowatcher198 Maybe just getting their attention?
brianwesley28 4 months ago
REALLY dumb watching that operation from topside. Had the forward missile failed to fire, the aft launcher would have been commanded to launch...normally. If they only had the forward launcher selected...then ok...but it's still unsafe. Anything can happen when you are playing around with ordnance.
lwilde 11 months ago
@lwilde yes, only the fwd launcher was set to authorize magazine for AWS
xCobalt05x 10 months ago
Aw, shit, get your towels ready, its about to go down. Everybody in the place hit the fuckin deck, but stay on your motherfuckinn toes. We runnin this. Lets go.
I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Everybody look at me cause I'm sailin on a boat. I'm on a boat. I'm on a boat. Take a good, hard look at the motherfuckin boat.
brianwesley28 1 year ago
You sunk my battle ship!
ramcity 2 years ago
I served onboard the O'Bannon from 79-81 when she was brand new.
ramcity 2 years ago
@ramcity
I have a special connection to the Bainbridge. Sorry about the O'Bannon. I used to play Fleet Command on a regular basis and I used to use SM-2's whenever I could (when a few were not needed for inbound bandits and when an enemy vessel was in range), timed to force the enemy vessel to defend against SM-2's that arrive first and buying a little more time for the TASM's and Harpoons to traverse in an unmolested manner.
brianwesley28 1 year ago
@brianwesley28
They generally had to take hits from something; whether it be SM-2's, TASM's, Harpoons, or a combination of the three? The SM-2 didn't do much damage, but it was certainly a worthwile secondary SSM to have in the inventory for quick selective strikes on a vessel, or for a diversion to attempt to confuse and overwhelm another vessel's defenses. Very versatile missile, for sure.
brianwesley28 1 year ago
@ramcity
It is nice to see a video of the SM-2 being used against surface vessels.
brianwesley28 1 year ago
I served onboard O'Bannon DD-987, 1986-1990, best damn Spruance Can on the Charleston waterfront.
cposhce7 2 years ago
I was on the USS Scott DDG-995 (Kidd class). I loved watching the SM's fly. We didn't have VLS, we had the old Mk 26 launch systems with SM-1, SM-2 and SM-2ER's
crowndwner 2 years ago
I served on board the Obannon from '91-'93, sad to know she's gone.
dieseldoc71 2 years ago
About half the Spruance class destroyers have been sunk. All have been decommisioned,
superboats2 2 years ago
Go USS Bainbridge- kick some pirate butt! Teach those pirates they don't mess with the USN!
dantheopsman 2 years ago
I served aboard the O'Bannon (DD-987) from 94-98. I had heard the decommed her, but I didn't know they sank it.
Thanks for posting.
MrBoston987 3 years ago