The American "tin Can"

[m10bob]

http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/ddtypes.htm?

[Mynok]

Interesting how they are all different lengths.

[Cap Mandrake]

OK...who forgot the torpedo nets?

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Interesting how they are all different lengths.

Maybe some of them were colder than the others.[;)]

[rjopel]

SHRINKAGE!!!!!

[John Lansford]

What's the protocol involved when a crewman from the outermost ship has to go ashore?  Does he have to request permission to come aboard each ship as he reaches it in turn, or is there provisions for this kind of situation?

[Shark7]

Think I see a Gridley in there, hard to tell what they all are from that picture. Biggest one is likely a Porter.

Edit: Mis-ID'ed one as a Fletcher, 1941 is too early for a Fletcher.

[DuckofTindalos]

"It shrinks?"

"Like a frightened turtle!"

[:D][:D]

[Dixie]

Clearly it was an officers idea to line them up like that.  Can't have the pier looking untidy can we...  What would the admiral think?

[DuckofTindalos]

Well, if the admiral in question was Yamamoto, he'd probably say "thank you"...[:D]

[RevRick]

Looks like, from inboard out, a Porter, a Gleaves, and three Mahans... Can't be a Gridley, she was a single stacker.

[YankeeAirRat]

ORIGINAL: John Lansford

What's the protocol involved when a crewman from the outermost ship has to go ashore?  Does he have to request permission to come aboard each ship as he reaches it in turn, or is there provisions for this kind of situation?

If I remember right from boot camp it would go like this:

Turn Salute the ensign
Salute the Officer of the Deck, "Request Premission to cross the quarter deck"
OOD will return the salute, "Premission granted"
Cross quickly and as you step over to the other ship turn and salute the ensign again.
Repeat until you reach your ship.

[Hornblower]

Its Destroyer Division 6.. from pier outward they are  clarke, case, cummings, shaw and tucker...

[mutterfudder]

[rogueusmc]

ORIGINAL: YankeeAirRat

ORIGINAL: John Lansford

What's the protocol involved when a crewman from the outermost ship has to go ashore?  Does he have to request permission to come aboard each ship as he reaches it in turn, or is there provisions for this kind of situation?

If I remember right from boot camp it would go like this:

Turn Salute the ensign
Salute the Officer of the Deck, "Request Premission to cross the quarter deck"
OOD will return the salute, "Premission granted"
Cross quickly and as you step over to the other ship turn and salute the ensign again.
Repeat until you reach your ship.

You forgot the "permission to go ashore" part on each...[:D]

[Mynok]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

"It shrinks?"

"Like a frightened turtle!"

[:D][:D]

lol....that's a scene I'll never forget. [:D][:D]

[m10bob]

IIRC they used the Porters as destroyer leaders for a while, as the Japanese used CL's for the same purpose.(One per Desron).

At any rate, check out the link provided.ALL DD's and DE's listed..

[RevRick]

That's just the wiggling around tin cans nested together do because of tidal flow, or whatever is flowing in their berth. The four outboard are all in the same (Mahan) class, so any individual ships differences (usually measured in inches or fractions thereof) could not be seen from this perspective. But, the outboardmost ship does seem to be a little snugged up by the bow.

[stuman]

Wonder if they all survived the war.