USS Abraham Lincoln Waves Over the Bow

Ever wonder what a real wave looks like? This is taken from the bridge of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Keep in mind, that flight deck is 58 feet from the water. :)

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[alnilam66]

You can hear the radar buzz in the video

[Cirux321]

@philateliceun

Yes. They have very specific ways of moving aircraft around and parking them on the flight deck. Dont forget that these carriers have 4 catapults and when the bow is stored like this, they use the 2 on the waist first then the ones on the bow later on once they begin moving those around. They park specific aircraft in specific spots depending on the type of sorties they are assigned and when. The Air Boss and his team are busy, busy people.

[philateliceun]

@Cirux321 ah ok thanks, I just looked up a picture cause I thought how the hell are they going to fly planes of that ship if they are all on deck but the take off and landing strip is just out of frame right?

[Cirux321]

@philateliceun

Thats where they keep them. On modern carriers with a combat tour load, they carry around 70-80 aircraft. Most of those stay topside. The hanger bay is primarily used for aircraft maintenance and overhaul. Not to store aircraft. They wash the aircraft with fresh water after the storms and re-oil the engines and necessary parts.

[philateliceun]

why are all those planes on the deck?

[oldgeezer68]

@oldgeezer68 We had more than a few occasions of green water breaking over the sponsons, but I honestly don't know of any wave breaking over the flight deck in my 3 cruises. Not gauranteeing it never happened, we rode out a lot of monsoons, I just don't think this happens a lot. At least not in south china sea.

[oldgeezer68]

@TheEpoxyExpert Thanks for the explanation of how galvanic corrosion works. I wasn't disputting what you said. I was just asking for a summary of what we did/do to keep all that from happening, or at least to a minimum. When I was in, even when we were threatened with water hours, washing planes was still a priority. In 30 or so months at sea from 71 to 75 waves like this were a rare exception. Or maybe Enterprise's flight deck is just higher off the waterline than Abe's.

[TheEpoxyExpert]

@oldgeezer68 Chloride water does assist corrosion. An additional electrolyte creates a metallic pathway The chlorides create a corrosion cell Anode +Cathode, & metallic pathway (chloride ) create a galvanic cell. If you eliminate any one of these you can stop the corrosion

[TheEpoxyExpert]

@wutajoke Chloride water does assist corrosion. An additional electrolyte creates a metallic pathway

[TheEpoxyExpert]

@oldgeezer68 Rain is mixed with the ocean spray/ The rain is also mixed with salt/chlorides which creates an electron exchange for a galvanic exchange of electrochemical corrosion. The anode unfortunately is the airplane.