I was on an Essex class carrier. I always enjoyed watching refueling. The destroyers bouncing all over and the carrier barely moving. I don't know how those guys stood it, much respect.
For @4everblue and @302GMC, the picture is from 1956 and is the USS Stembel (DD-64) alongside the USS Yorktown (CVA-10). Just wanted to give credit to The Navy.
@302GMC I was expecting some comment from you when I saw that picture. Like you I’ve been there and done that on a Gearing Class destroyer. But I simply can’t recall what you mean by “lucked into a 2250” little help here, was that something to do with tonnage being slightly larger?
Yes ... the Stembel was a 2100, Gearings are 2250s .... 14 feet added midships for added fuel made them ride better & you could walk from front to rear indoors. The 2100s had to refuel every day; Gearings could stay fighting longer. Kinda like a Roadmaster vs. a Special ....
Thanks I thought that might have been what you referring to but wasn’t sure. But you fail to mention when going down that inboard passageway during rough seas, when ship took an unexpected pitch from the normal rolling pattern, how many times you hit your head or shoulder on the electrical boxes etc. mounted on bulkheads on each side of that passageway.
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