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Subject: Yokosuka and the George Washington CVN-73
maruben    4/2/2010 3:46:13 PM
Last January I visited my former boss in Yokosuka. He showed me the Naval Base from a close hill and we took some picture I want to share. The George Washington (CVN-73)was in port.
 
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maruben    Sorry   4/2/2010 4:23:43 PM

I am sorry, I can not upload or copy/paste. 

 
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maruben    First Part   4/2/2010 4:31:26 PM
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maruben    First Part   4/2/2010 4:40:19 PM
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Hamilcar    Beautiful harbor.   4/2/2010 8:08:06 PM
And I mean that.
 
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gf0012-aust       4/2/2010 8:47:37 PM
nice shots,  which Kongo is that?
 
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warpig       4/3/2010 4:17:05 AM
I like how there are three CGs and three DDGs with the George Washington.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that adds up to (3 x 128) + (3 x 96) =  672 Mk41 VLS cannisters full of Raytheon and General Dynamics goodness.
 
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Hamilcar    Yes.   4/3/2010 5:48:30 AM
I noticed that. Makes you wonder how the JSMDF configures so easily around a Nimitz doesn't it? You'd almost think that was by design.
 
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maruben    Kirishima   4/3/2010 10:42:35 PM

nice shots,  which Kongo is that?
It is difficult to say since I cannot see the names or the ID Numbers. However, Yokosuka is the home port for the JMSDF Kirishima (DDG-174) that is a Kongo class guided missile destroyer. I hope the info is useful.

 
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maruben    It is on purpose   4/3/2010 10:59:50 PM
All the destroyers of the JMSDF are designed to work perfectly inside a US Navy Carrier Groups. Actually the destroyer in Japanese means "escort ship" or "bodyguard ship". Its pronunciation is "goeikan". Of course the JMSDF goeikan can protect many type of ships that need a escort.
For the Japanese Imperial Navy Destroyers and the US Navy Destroyers and any other navy destroyer the word is "kuchikukan" which means the "ship that expels or gets rid of". 
 
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Hamilcar    My day was not wasted.   4/4/2010 12:17:52 AM

All the destroyers of the JMSDF are designed to work perfectly inside a US Navy Carrier Groups. Actually the destroyer in Japanese means "escort ship" or "bodyguard ship". Its pronunciation is "goeikan". Of course the JMSDF goeikan can protect many type of
ships that need a escort.

For the Japanese Imperial Navy Destroyers and the US Navy Destroyers and any other navy destroyer the word is "kuchikukan" which means the "ship that expels or gets rid of"


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