@maxquad21 Sure it can be recycled... but as has been mentioned here many times, It would cost the taxpayers more to recycle her than to dispose of her in this fashion. The steel doesn't come out of the ship by itself. It takes months and thousands of man hours to break a ship. The breaking process is performed after contracts are awarded to International Shipbreaking LLC. They are paid millions of dollars to break the ship and they keep all the money from scrap recycling.
Actually no I was seeking another video and that came up the horne sucked burned up a bearing in a storm left us with 1 screw, had a couple fires, and one of the guys fell to his death when one of the small boats fell off the freaking ship and hit the pier.
The officers were scared to come out on the weather decks at night but the best was I was after lookout, and twice they almost got me killed. Maybe you like the idiots playing with a 5 inch gun while your on the fantail
I served on the Horne from March '88 until Dec '91, and was in Deck Division, so seeing it just blown up like that was kinda sad for me. I put many many hours in cleaning and painting the ship. But like all good things, it had to come to an end. I have alot of memories from this ship, both good and bad, but wouldn't have changed it for the world.
@FMJED I served on the Horne for 3 years. I am suprised I was so sad to see her go. I recall being in the gulf, when the OOD decided to chase down a N. Viet gun boat and we were headed for coast line of N. Viet at flank speed. Captain Woods took over the con and turned Horne right hard rudder at flank speed. I wonder if anyone recalls that incident.
No matter how good the ship...seems like they all go this way. Sad to hear my first ship DaleDLG/CG19 met this fate in Jan. 2000. But...the Joseph Kennedy DD850 my second ship is a floating museum out of Battleship Cove Mass. But they need funds to keep it up.
@trollerguy And many of the parts on Kennedy came from Horne. I was on one of the details that stripped stuff off Horne so it could be sent to Kennedy.
She was my second ship back in the mid 1970s.. I was one of the Boiler Techs, no longer even an option in today's Navy. She was a great ship and had a great crew; (well. for the most part anyway). Sad to see the video but you can't destroy my memories. Thanks, Joe. (I still miss the Horne site's old message center.)
hey megawarts. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you've never served this GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET in any capacity. I'm guessing you voted for
for this present 'Facist Regime' as well. The really sad thing is that there is hoards of 'public school indocrinated' fools out there who are willing to sell-out your freedoms for the cheap promises of self-serving frauds who make up the 'Ruling
@FMJED But she does no good as part of the mothball fleet... and these ships would have never been used again... anymore than cruisers from WWII would be used again. The days of 1200lb steam are over. A comparable ship today can operate with a much smaller crew... her time has come and gone... heck... they're using Ticonderoga's as targets... (we're getting old too)
@levisnteeshirt to take one of these ships as a tourist attraction is a great idea until you discover that the city/state is responsible for all the costs invvolved but that the Navy has overall authority of the vessel but cannot, by law, be financially attached to the ship(s). I live in charleston sc, the home of the USS Yorktown, it is going to cost 100mil to restore/repair her. the Navy said get it done or sink her. they're not even close to raising that amount from private sources so...
As a submariner, I have to envy ships like the Horne, because nuke subs and skimmers alike die a slow death at the yards. 3 of the 4 boats I served on are razor blades, the reactors contained at a site in Washington...you are all correct, the sinkex's are a dignified way to end a ships life. I saw the uss long beach meet it's end at Newport news while attatched to pcu Tucson ssn770...I had built models of that ship...it was a historic ship and it was sad to see her go like that.
I served aboard the USS Leahy (CG-16) myself, 1985-1986. You talk to any of her crew, they'll tell you the Grey Lady is THE Best Ship of the Fleet. She was scrapped about 4 years ago, and I cried when I heard what happened to the Old Girl. All I have left of her is my ship's ball cap, the unit I.D. patch, and her ship's patch. Prompta, Parata, FIdelis, Grey Maiden. Rest.
A waste of good iron going to the bottom. The scrap metal should be sold to pay back the tax payers. If we need to sink ships for practic then sink a North Koreian Navy ships.
@MOJONIXION Doesn't work that way. In order for Horne to have been recycled the Tax Payers would have to pay a ship-breaker several million dollars to do so. Recycling a ship is a massive, multi-year prodecure that costs millions and millions of tax-payer dollars. So this was the cheapest way to dispose of Horne as well.
@JPWesterberg they should be donated to anyone that wants one for a museum ,, it is so sad to watch them go like this ,, alot of citys might take one to use for a tourist attraction ,, if you want to see something really sad ,, some of these ships has pics taken before they did this ,, they looked perfect on the inside
@levisnteeshirt The only problem with that is the incredible cost. Ask the guys who tried to make a USS Sterett (CG-31) Museum... literally Millions of dollars are required just to prep & move the ship. I heard 1 million for Insurance alone before a ship of this size can be towed. Not many cities want that kind of investment unless it's a world famous ship... like the Midway... Hornet... Missouri... etc... I'm aware of the interior condition.
@levisnteeshirt I was fotunate enough to have been perhaps the last crew member aboard Horne... in 2008... I took over 100 photos of her interior... much of it like I remember from 1991. You can see the photos at USSHorne dot net. Click on Photos and then go to "Horne Today"
wish they would of sunk the uss fox cg 33 like they did the horne intsead of cutting her up for razor blades she was the last cruiser left now she choped up i am sad to see these great cruisers go nothing beats the leahy class and belknap cruisers fare well thatnk you for your proud service!
@conartise agreed... I have some wicked photos on my Website of some Cruiser's getting the torch in Brownsville... usshorne . org/horne/breaking.htm - glad Horne didn't go that route. She's among the fish now!
I served on Horne's proud sister ship Biddle CG-34, and I wish she had been sunk like this instead of being scrapped. It seems like a more fitting ending for a beautiful fighting ship.
I echo all of the comments here...served on board 1982-1986, they were the best years of my life. had some great shipmates. She lived up to mer motto,
hey ! Good Call man ! I agree. Im just an ozy but this was strangely sad to watch. In the end, I reconciled myself with the words of this man right here who said:
". She went down like the warship that she was. "
'
She laid down with a big smile on her face too, you bet. Horne CG-30 you say... fair enough. Looking the part she does. Good job Horne. Carry on.
Fair winds and following seas to all my shipmates onboard USS HORNE CG-30. I was part of the crew 1986 - 1987 making the Persian Gulf cruise and participating in Operation Praying Mantis. R.I.P......
I served on Horne from 1984-87. It is sad to see her in this condition but I agree that this end is better than the shipbreakers. She went down like the warship that she was.
I was Stationed on the USS Horne until she was decommed in 94...This video is very sad,.....THe last pics I had seen of her were of the ship in the SF Bay area... It's sad to watch the video...But I will always have great meomries of th ship and the friendships that I formed while onboard...
I loved her, she was my first mistress: served onboard from '83-'86. I currently live in Hawaii and am glad to know she is nearby and went down like a true warship, not no razor blades for the Horne. Audacity always Audacity...
I served on Horne from 1991 to the decom, and to see this is so sad, but it's better than going to scrap. By the way, as a professional bagpiper, the music is a tune called "Going Home" that I often perform. I guess now it will have even more meaning to me when I play it. Thanks Joe, for posting it.
I served on her from 92-94 (Decommissioning Crew). At least she went down fighting rather than suffering the fate of the other ships in her class. At the hands of the shipbreakers for scrap is no way to end a great ship.
Thanks Joe for posting this video and maintaining the USS Horne website! It is sad to see my ship destroyed this way, but better this than being turned into razor blades! The hole in her side at 1:35 is where my rack was the four years I served on her!
Glad to hear she didn't go down easy. I would expect her to make them work to put her down! She was a great Ship. My experience onboard the Horne shaped my career in the Navy. Served onboard Nov76 - Apr79.
Those missiles were fired from HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Regina.
Interesting fact: her first and last foreign port was Victoria, BC, Canada. The two first ships to shoot at her are from this exact port.
I did not know her before this event, but she seems to have been a fine lady. I' am sure any ship would rather go down at sea than being sold for scrap!
You can view the missile launch. Look up Harpoon Missile Shoot RIMPAC 2008 or user NESOP18.
Negative negative. The missiles from Ottawa and Regina were ealier shots... I did not receive video of those hits... and Ottawa and Regina only fired a total of two missiles... in this video you can clearly see three hits... and according to my sources at CVA 5 they were indeed the kill shots that lead to the sinking of Horne.
My mistake then. But Ottawa and Regina fired twice on it, two missiles each. But one missile in the first salvo did not hit the target. It is also true that our missiles did not sink her.
She was fired on all day by different types of weapon and platforms. It was also said that B-52's add the final firing run. But I can't confirm that for sure.
@NESOP18 I may have mentioned this aleready but she stayed afloat all day after numerous attacks... and did not sink until well after sundown... one reason why no footage exists of her actually going under the water... keep in mind... this was AFTER they cut numerous holes in her to remove her water tight integrity... she was a hard old lady to put down.
I know its a little late to say this...but thats indeed wrong. Being in one of the squadrons (VFA-192) who did the missile ex, we were given the opportunity to watch the missile being fired and the FLIR footage of the strike.
Sorry to see the old girl go. Looks like she didn't go down willingly. For the record, she was my first ship. Better to see her go this way than going to Brownsville. And yes, I'll admit it, tears came to my eyes watching this video.
What class vessel was the Horne??
vinorob 10 months ago
RIP and salute old horse and battle house.
Corvette131 1 year ago
Sinkex is a good training tool, but theres high grade steel in those
ships that can be recycled.
maxquad21 1 year ago 2
@maxquad21 Sure it can be recycled... but as has been mentioned here many times, It would cost the taxpayers more to recycle her than to dispose of her in this fashion. The steel doesn't come out of the ship by itself. It takes months and thousands of man hours to break a ship. The breaking process is performed after contracts are awarded to International Shipbreaking LLC. They are paid millions of dollars to break the ship and they keep all the money from scrap recycling.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago 2
Such a sad end to such a fine ship. I miss the Belknap class...
HillbillySailor 1 year ago
oops cant say i will miss the horne
Pagan1955 1 year ago
@Pagan1955 You don't miss her but you search for her? Uh huh. Sure. :-)
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
@JPWesterberg
Actually no I was seeking another video and that came up the horne sucked burned up a bearing in a storm left us with 1 screw, had a couple fires, and one of the guys fell to his death when one of the small boats fell off the freaking ship and hit the pier.
The officers were scared to come out on the weather decks at night but the best was I was after lookout, and twice they almost got me killed. Maybe you like the idiots playing with a 5 inch gun while your on the fantail
Pagan1955 1 year ago
It's always a sad thing, when any ship dies.
She did her duty, and always brought her crew home safe.
You can't ask any more from any vessel, great or humble.
But somehow, this seems a more fitting end for a Warship, then to be hauled to the breakers, and reduced to scrap.
skeilak 1 year ago 2
tax money
kilo9161 1 year ago
@kilo9161 It costs more to recycle these ships than it does to sink them. So you're right! We're saving "tax money".
JPWesterberg 1 year ago 4
I served on the Horne from March '88 until Dec '91, and was in Deck Division, so seeing it just blown up like that was kinda sad for me. I put many many hours in cleaning and painting the ship. But like all good things, it had to come to an end. I have alot of memories from this ship, both good and bad, but wouldn't have changed it for the world.
bubbaroark1 1 year ago
@FMJED I served on the Horne for 3 years. I am suprised I was so sad to see her go. I recall being in the gulf, when the OOD decided to chase down a N. Viet gun boat and we were headed for coast line of N. Viet at flank speed. Captain Woods took over the con and turned Horne right hard rudder at flank speed. I wonder if anyone recalls that incident.
jrussell41 1 year ago
No matter how good the ship...seems like they all go this way. Sad to hear my first ship DaleDLG/CG19 met this fate in Jan. 2000. But...the Joseph Kennedy DD850 my second ship is a floating museum out of Battleship Cove Mass. But they need funds to keep it up.
trollerguy 1 year ago
@trollerguy And many of the parts on Kennedy came from Horne. I was on one of the details that stripped stuff off Horne so it could be sent to Kennedy.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
She was my second ship back in the mid 1970s.. I was one of the Boiler Techs, no longer even an option in today's Navy. She was a great ship and had a great crew; (well. for the most part anyway). Sad to see the video but you can't destroy my memories. Thanks, Joe. (I still miss the Horne site's old message center.)
From BT2 Bud
gtxfan 1 year ago
hey megawarts. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you've never served this GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET in any capacity. I'm guessing you voted for
for this present 'Facist Regime' as well. The really sad thing is that there is hoards of 'public school indocrinated' fools out there who are willing to sell-out your freedoms for the cheap promises of self-serving frauds who make up the 'Ruling
Class' of both parties. WAKE UP!
mounder21 1 year ago
@FMJED But she does no good as part of the mothball fleet... and these ships would have never been used again... anymore than cruisers from WWII would be used again. The days of 1200lb steam are over. A comparable ship today can operate with a much smaller crew... her time has come and gone... heck... they're using Ticonderoga's as targets... (we're getting old too)
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
@levisnteeshirt to take one of these ships as a tourist attraction is a great idea until you discover that the city/state is responsible for all the costs invvolved but that the Navy has overall authority of the vessel but cannot, by law, be financially attached to the ship(s). I live in charleston sc, the home of the USS Yorktown, it is going to cost 100mil to restore/repair her. the Navy said get it done or sink her. they're not even close to raising that amount from private sources so...
roeddog 1 year ago
As a submariner, I have to envy ships like the Horne, because nuke subs and skimmers alike die a slow death at the yards. 3 of the 4 boats I served on are razor blades, the reactors contained at a site in Washington...you are all correct, the sinkex's are a dignified way to end a ships life. I saw the uss long beach meet it's end at Newport news while attatched to pcu Tucson ssn770...I had built models of that ship...it was a historic ship and it was sad to see her go like that.
tat2ddude418 1 year ago
I served aboard the USS Leahy (CG-16) myself, 1985-1986. You talk to any of her crew, they'll tell you the Grey Lady is THE Best Ship of the Fleet. She was scrapped about 4 years ago, and I cried when I heard what happened to the Old Girl. All I have left of her is my ship's ball cap, the unit I.D. patch, and her ship's patch. Prompta, Parata, FIdelis, Grey Maiden. Rest.
cabbievonbump 1 year ago
A waste of good iron going to the bottom. The scrap metal should be sold to pay back the tax payers. If we need to sink ships for practic then sink a North Koreian Navy ships.
MOJONIXION 1 year ago
@MOJONIXION Doesn't work that way. In order for Horne to have been recycled the Tax Payers would have to pay a ship-breaker several million dollars to do so. Recycling a ship is a massive, multi-year prodecure that costs millions and millions of tax-payer dollars. So this was the cheapest way to dispose of Horne as well.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
@JPWesterberg they should be donated to anyone that wants one for a museum ,, it is so sad to watch them go like this ,, alot of citys might take one to use for a tourist attraction ,, if you want to see something really sad ,, some of these ships has pics taken before they did this ,, they looked perfect on the inside
levisnteeshirt 1 year ago
@levisnteeshirt The only problem with that is the incredible cost. Ask the guys who tried to make a USS Sterett (CG-31) Museum... literally Millions of dollars are required just to prep & move the ship. I heard 1 million for Insurance alone before a ship of this size can be towed. Not many cities want that kind of investment unless it's a world famous ship... like the Midway... Hornet... Missouri... etc... I'm aware of the interior condition.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
@JPWesterberg yeah, and look what the Enterprise's popularity did for HER!
irony...(WW2 Aircraft carrier)
RedRocker9957 1 year ago
@RedRocker9957 That's right... CV-6 had to get out of the way for CVN-65.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
@levisnteeshirt I was fotunate enough to have been perhaps the last crew member aboard Horne... in 2008... I took over 100 photos of her interior... much of it like I remember from 1991. You can see the photos at USSHorne dot net. Click on Photos and then go to "Horne Today"
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
I served from 83-87 in the USS Texas CGN-39 sad to see those old magnificent ships relieved of their watch.
jamespittman2 1 year ago
wish they would of sunk the uss fox cg 33 like they did the horne intsead of cutting her up for razor blades she was the last cruiser left now she choped up i am sad to see these great cruisers go nothing beats the leahy class and belknap cruisers fare well thatnk you for your proud service!
conartise 1 year ago
@conartise agreed... I have some wicked photos on my Website of some Cruiser's getting the torch in Brownsville... usshorne . org/horne/breaking.htm - glad Horne didn't go that route. She's among the fish now!
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
impressive. Nice
squadman33 1 year ago
I served on Horne's proud sister ship Biddle CG-34, and I wish she had been sunk like this instead of being scrapped. It seems like a more fitting ending for a beautiful fighting ship.
zebbocaster 2 years ago
beautiful
loflaherty21 2 years ago
I echo all of the comments here...served on board 1982-1986, they were the best years of my life. had some great shipmates. She lived up to mer motto,
won36 2 years ago
". She went down like the warship that she was. "
hey ! Good Call man ! I agree. Im just an ozy but this was strangely sad to watch. In the end, I reconciled myself with the words of this man right here who said:
". She went down like the warship that she was. "
'
She laid down with a big smile on her face too, you bet. Horne CG-30 you say... fair enough. Looking the part she does. Good job Horne. Carry on.
TindalTigers 2 years ago
Fair winds and following seas to all my shipmates onboard USS HORNE CG-30. I was part of the crew 1986 - 1987 making the Persian Gulf cruise and participating in Operation Praying Mantis. R.I.P......
MLMintz 2 years ago
I served on Horne from 1984-87. It is sad to see her in this condition but I agree that this end is better than the shipbreakers. She went down like the warship that she was.
gunman2a 2 years ago
@gunman2a OK, I have to know you. I was on Horne from 84-88. I'm glad she didn't get cut up!
DS2 Denver Roberts
r49dcr 1 year ago
I was on this ship for 5 1/2 years. I made 3 westpacs on her, Best ship I ever served on.
GMG1 (Ski) Zawlacki
jerryspriinger 2 years ago
I was Stationed on the USS Horne until she was decommed in 94...This video is very sad,.....THe last pics I had seen of her were of the ship in the SF Bay area... It's sad to watch the video...But I will always have great meomries of th ship and the friendships that I formed while onboard...
SN Ahumada
geahumada 2 years ago
I loved her, she was my first mistress: served onboard from '83-'86. I currently live in Hawaii and am glad to know she is nearby and went down like a true warship, not no razor blades for the Horne. Audacity always Audacity...
rb13s 2 years ago
I served on Horne from 1991 to the decom, and to see this is so sad, but it's better than going to scrap. By the way, as a professional bagpiper, the music is a tune called "Going Home" that I often perform. I guess now it will have even more meaning to me when I play it. Thanks Joe, for posting it.
ipipe4u 2 years ago
I served on her from 92-94 (Decommissioning Crew). At least she went down fighting rather than suffering the fate of the other ships in her class. At the hands of the shipbreakers for scrap is no way to end a great ship.
Kuhtarl 3 years ago
Thanks Joe for posting this video and maintaining the USS Horne website! It is sad to see my ship destroyed this way, but better this than being turned into razor blades! The hole in her side at 1:35 is where my rack was the four years I served on her!
Tommyv30 3 years ago
Great video, didn't know this is what they did during RIMPAC. I was on Kitty Hawk 05-08, kinda wished I stayed there long enough for this mission.
V/R
EM3
2nd2none 3 years ago
I served on Horne in 73-74, and this hurt a bit. But better than razor blades...
fultonmartin 3 years ago
At least you guys got to see the end of your ship. Mine (ex-DD-971, ex-USS David R. Ray) was also sunk during RIMPAC 2008 but there's no video...
TedinLasVegas 3 years ago
Yes there is. PM me and I'll see what I can dig up for you.
JPWesterberg 3 years ago
Glad to hear she didn't go down easy. I would expect her to make them work to put her down! She was a great Ship. My experience onboard the Horne shaped my career in the Navy. Served onboard Nov76 - Apr79.
rpshipley 3 years ago
Those missiles were fired from HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Regina.
Interesting fact: her first and last foreign port was Victoria, BC, Canada. The two first ships to shoot at her are from this exact port.
I did not know her before this event, but she seems to have been a fine lady. I' am sure any ship would rather go down at sea than being sold for scrap!
You can view the missile launch. Look up Harpoon Missile Shoot RIMPAC 2008 or user NESOP18.
NESOP18 3 years ago
Negative negative. The missiles from Ottawa and Regina were ealier shots... I did not receive video of those hits... and Ottawa and Regina only fired a total of two missiles... in this video you can clearly see three hits... and according to my sources at CVA 5 they were indeed the kill shots that lead to the sinking of Horne.
JPWesterberg 3 years ago
My mistake then. But Ottawa and Regina fired twice on it, two missiles each. But one missile in the first salvo did not hit the target. It is also true that our missiles did not sink her.
She was fired on all day by different types of weapon and platforms. It was also said that B-52's add the final firing run. But I can't confirm that for sure.
NESOP18 3 years ago
@NESOP18 I may have mentioned this aleready but she stayed afloat all day after numerous attacks... and did not sink until well after sundown... one reason why no footage exists of her actually going under the water... keep in mind... this was AFTER they cut numerous holes in her to remove her water tight integrity... she was a hard old lady to put down.
JPWesterberg 1 year ago
I know its a little late to say this...but thats indeed wrong. Being in one of the squadrons (VFA-192) who did the missile ex, we were given the opportunity to watch the missile being fired and the FLIR footage of the strike.
ryanyomomma 3 years ago
Was that the model of the ship?
MomOfSailorOnUSSKH 3 years ago
Horne was a Belknap class (CG-26) cruiser... commissioned in 1967 and decommed in 1994.
JPWesterberg 3 years ago
Sorry to see the old girl go. Looks like she didn't go down willingly. For the record, she was my first ship. Better to see her go this way than going to Brownsville. And yes, I'll admit it, tears came to my eyes watching this video.
rpshipley 3 years ago
Tears? You're not the only one! :-(
JPWesterberg 3 years ago
/signed
Kuhtarl 3 years ago