Navy Carrier in Heavy Seas

[WirelessTortureDevi]

That sounds like it was terrible. I wonder if submarines experience as much turbulance. I wonder what kind of technology they gon on board besides nuclear ICBM's? Please watch my videoes I am not joking i am ready to join the military just to get away from the pigs with the wireless device. I want to push the button that launches the missile that kills these sociopath cowards.

[cusemeng44]

how big were those 80 footers?

[EmoXsoldieR13]

Damn, I wonder how it feels being on that Carrier in high seas like that.

[TheVidsforfree]

Did anyone see the Seahawk on the front of the ship?

[EmoXsoldieR13]

@TheVidsforfree Yeah, I saw the seahawk. I think they have it tied down or something so something don't happen to it.

[raybigam1967]

I saw some waves like that off the coast of Egypt on the USS Coral Sea CV43 in the late 80's.

[SpiritsoftheWolf]

not to worry, the jets are protected by ZIEBART rust protection

[220conway]

This is the U.S.S Midway i think.

[salemcripple]

thank god for welder's who knew what they were doing right?

[ttroyn]

Kind of small compared to the ones that I saw in the North Atlantic back in 1990 on the Ike.

[RJF1966]

i saw the nimitz back in 77 in norfolk when i was in elementary shcool..she was moored next to the independence..i also remember how huge these monsters are...those waves must have been huge..i feel sorry for her escorting ships they were probably getting the shit beat out of them and their crews

[bobtul]

surely the chopper is affected by the sea spray ???

[BillyClark860]

@dhl1986

Well I wouldn't exactly say they don't. :)

[thiagoadf2]

Great Wash

[MyBowelsAreLoose]

When a storm was coming we would send planes to a shore base where possible.

[kev8338]

so thats how they wash the choppers and planes. But whos the unlucky on thats soaps them down?

[jumpyjedi]

@kev8338 u cant wash choppers and planes in salt water.......corrossion issues EXTREME.

[thecow777]

id be scared that plan there is gonna get washed off the side of the boat.

[Mhorse1234]

Actually, we do. If you look at the helo up on the bow. It just landed with a 45 knot tailwind (which is why its facing the wrong way).

I've seen water coming over the angled deck before while coming in to land. I've seen a Rhino that was taxiing halfway down Cat 2 get picked up by a wave and pushed back 20 feet. Its definitely not for everyone as this is some crazy stuff.

[Brandmon]

Someone forgot the helicopter there... whoops!

[username5954]

Those planes must take a rough beating. Not to mention the heli that you barely see.

[mvallin]

why are there aircraft on deck???

[Yakko77]

@mvallin I don't think there is enough room in the hanger for every plane and helo. I'm sure they crammed it as full as they could but as big as a carrier is, there's only so much room.....

[fish365724]

I did 12 yrs in the navy and was onboard the "ike" CVN69 when we took a "rouge wave" over deckedge elevator2, lost three men over the side that night and almost 50 skids of weapons.we got two men back, but we lost a good friend and fellow "ORDIE" that night. RIP  Aviation Ordanceman Craig Harris. October 31st 1989.

[Danielistheking1]

@fish365724 what ships where u on

[ILOVEAIRCRAFT777]

hahaha, windshield wipers= WIN!!

[Yakko77]

Wow! Makes some of the seas I saw on the Carl Vinson back in the 90's seem tame. We hit a wave so hard once we damaged the platform on the port bow which mounts a CIWS. It actually broke beams and cracked the side of the ship so that water was coming in every time we crashed down into a wave.

[pettyofficer30]

@Yakko77 I was on the Vinson from 98-01. Didnt that happen when we left Bremerton for San Diego?

[Yakko77]

@pettyofficer30 Yeah, i remember walking towards the pier and seeing the big dent in the ship when we were in Bremerton. I was a Damage Controlman and even though it was sometime late in the night, the ship shook so damn hard that we all got up and started heading for the nearest repair locker just in case. The compartment taking water happened to be an avionics shop IIRC. LOTS of expensive stuff got salt water all over it. Good times..... LOL!

[Dongskie2]

Funny how the wiper makes me think i was in a car... lol

[treasureis1]

aircraft carriers don't have enough room on hanger deck to store all aircraft. This is the way it has been with US carriers since the 30's. Look at the pics and film from WW2, the planes are on deck. Repairs are usually made on hanger deck. But its shocking that a super carrier gets tossed around like this !

[graycloud057]

to answer why the F-18 isn't being moved;

I's too late now, moving that aircraft would be dangerous to crew involved, and would give it a greater chance of damage. Might as well leave her there tied down.

[Damonjager09]

That's one way to wash a helicopter lol.

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

I think the planes can get wet lol

[lanidancer]

Flight ops are off. why arent the multi million dollar aircraft bellow decks? both aircraft could have been secured at the rear of deck at least if not bellow.

[aysiang81]

Air craft carrier with very high free board......

[Chiparoo22]

Awesome conditions to experience - obviously !

[silvae1977]

How do those aircraft not just rust away?

[GoNavy311]

Frequent washing

[AWF3Cardoza]

Holy shit!!!

[tsptl152]

I wonder how well that chopper moored to the bow fared.

[lejink]

wonder how long a jet lasts with salt spray on it through its lifetime.

[LorneOLAS]

About every four years, carrier aircraft are stripped and completely overhauled at the NARF (Naval Air Rework Facility). Carrier aircraft endure hardships others don't including landings and takeoffs.

[neophyte777]

@lejink

yep, and what about the F35 stealth coating :s

[BudgetTactical]

@lejink the navy's aircraft are built to handle the high salt/water enviroment.

[gtc1961]

@lejink that's why navy jets are build better and tougher than air force ones. The life span is probably half of an air force jet.

[Racefangirl99]

@lejink That's why they do routine cleaning of them.

[gadogs1983]

thats some high fuckin waters to be coming on the deck of an aircraft carrier dude.

[abcaines]

I'll bet the corrosion control teams were hoppin' after all that.

[dhl1986]

im guessing they dont conduct flight ops in seas this rough ?

[osytheowns]

@dhl1986 no no, they do

[SodiumHydrocxide]

I don't think it really matters to the carrier scince the carrier's deck is flat, the sea water can easily slip of the deck!!! =]

[zekeulrey]

I've seen photographs of seas coming over the bow -- and riding up towards the island -- on Essex class refits during the mid-1960s. (South China Sea.) Would not have expected such activity on a "big" deck. Of course, all things are relative: Essex class ships are over 900 feet long in their own right!

[alivewire13]

I would have to guestimate that the sea's were around 65-80 ft.swells.I beenthrough such sea's when I was statione on board the Nimitz.

[hyroglyphx]

Jesus fucking christ! If water is going over the bow of a friggin aircraft carrier, I don't even want to speculate how big those waves are. Any other size ship would likely perish in those waters.

[n8sbug]

I received this same video today at work. The words that came with indicate this is the Kitty Hawk. The helo landed as they were coming on heavy seas. They had no time to take her below.

I'm guessing this is sea state 6.

[mjmoto72]

1. why is HELO out on end of deck?2.why are any aircraft up on the deck getting a nice salt water bath?.not enough space below for all the fleet?what type of anti corrosive paint do they use on the planes? last fighter planes used to have cool art work on them from the old p51 mustangs to sabres in koria and even a little tale work on the cold war f 14,s.can the colors effect radar signiture?i know that they use radar absorbent paint.please questions for navy or airforce pilots or techs thanks

[bjammin555]

The aircraft elevators cannot be run above sea state 3. This is beyond sea state 5. If they even opened the El doors, the hangar bay would be flushed out. Better to risk losing one plane than the whole ship.

[mjmoto72]

i imagine the el doors are water tight no and sealed ?

[dustystix76]

now why the hell they left that helo that far forward is amazing..the mechs are gonna hate havin to clean that bird up..i've seen seas like this on my first ship, CVN 74 USS Stennis, in the south china seas...but when we first got into them, they still had F-18's parked all the way up to the bow...didn't take em long to move em all back LOL

[007longbeach]

how is the salt water on the jet engines?

[mjmoto72]

salt water is the enemy of all metals and it gets into everything i was never on an carrier but i helped my father at his job since i was young fixing s.e.l. and multi engine aircraft on long island right next to the water at mattituck airport.I can tell you one thing it must be hell trying to keep those plains running at peak condition they have to have everything coated with anti corrosive paint and seal everything that is exposed.we had to always check for anything just living at sea level.

[cdh9439]

There is a thing called heavy weather tie down which uses 18 chains. that is what is being used here.

[FFATM]

Not so amazing. During rough seas its routine to double (or even triple) the tie-down chains holding aircraft to the pad-eyes in the flight deck.

-- the Flight Deck is AB Country.