By: Ja Worsley - 13th July 2004 at 03:44
Ok here they are again.
By: Ja Worsley - 13th July 2004 at 02:17
Bugger, Well I have them so I’ll post them again
By: GDL - 11th July 2004 at 04:18
Glenn your pic didn’t work mate 🙁
Ja, fixed it! The link must have been disabled by the source. 🙁
By: Ja Worsley - 10th July 2004 at 19:09
Wow I found some good photos after I got the designation right, thanks guys!
Given that last pic, What would be the biggest Helo she can take? The Seaking of could you get an MH-53 on it?
By: Jonesy - 10th July 2004 at 18:54
Most important Ja – you have a missus that is into warships???? 😮
Also Ja enlarge that first photo you posted a few times. Something doesnt quite look right there!. Either the ship or the helicopter or both do not look like they belong in that scene!. It may not be just the nationality of the ship that that website may have a little screwed up!.
Presumably the ship is chopped to the command of NAS Pensacola and is used for the provision of basic flight deck experience.
By: Ja Worsley - 10th July 2004 at 18:30
Glenn your pic didn’t work mate 🙁
Actually what threw me off was the pennent number in the pic (both the missus and I thought it CA514 or LA514) couple that the fact that I found this pic in a Brazilian website talking about Helicopter Embarcations and they were refering to an Argentinian ship, you can see how I got a bit lost!
Actually I had never heard of this ship, so it’s like the old Great Lakes Steamer Carriers, same role basically?
By: GDL - 10th July 2004 at 01:56
Bugger it Jonesy got in before me! And yes the chopper was a BIG clue. 🙂
By: GDL - 10th July 2004 at 01:51
Pretty sure I got this one right this time! 🙂
This one is ‘IX 514’, an Auxiliary helicopter training craft of the USN.
BTW, the helo in your pic looks like a Kiowa scout, with a mast mounted sight.
Another pic…
By: Jonesy - 10th July 2004 at 01:43
Not too difficult to get this one eh Ja!?. The pennant number narrows it down a bit and the type of chopper is a bit of a clue as well!.
The ship is a USN auxlliary and is listed as the IX514. She was built at the Pacific Coast Engineering yard, Alameda, as a harbour utility craft commissioning in 1968 with the pennant YFU79. The ship was converted to the configuration you see in the photo in 1986 and, as you rightly guessed, is used for basic flight training of chopper crews. She’s based at Pensacola, Florida.
Specs:
Displacement: 380 tons (full load)
Dimensions: 125 x 36 x 7.5ft
Propulsion: 4 GM Diesels; 619hp output. 2 shafts
Max Speed: 8 knots
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