POV's on deck

[GroundPounder]

http://jalopnik.com/5875646/this-aircraft-carrier-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-parking-lot

Never seen or heard anyone ever mention this before. I'm not sure if that would be the way that I would want my car moved, but I'm guessing that you take what you get and like it.

 

[Jim123]

This kind of thing is fairly common knowledge to people who have been stationed overseas and allowed to bring their personal cars over- although usually it is a handful of vehicles hitching a ride when a gator makes a port call.

Thousands of cars that belong to the ship's crew- now that is rare. One of the reader comments on another version of this article mentioned that the Navy did the same thing when FORRESTAL shifted homeports in the 1970s.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

we would move cars on a regular basis, usually less than 6 per trip during normal workup cycles.

 

[insanebikerboy]

That boat is heading north from San Diego to Washington for some scheduled drydock/repair time. The article fails to mention that the cars on the deck belong to the sailors on the ship, so instead of sailing the boat to Washington and paying for the cars to be shipped, the cars go on board the carrier.

 

[jmcquate]

I wonder if they are using Matchbox cars on the Ouija board?

 

[Catmando]

Coming back from WestPac aboard the Enterprise in the late '70s, I made arrangements to have my new Hong Kong Choy Lee sailboat hauled back aboard her.
But I backed out of the deal when told if there was a flare-up anywhere, and the Enterprise had to respond, my sailboat would be pushed overboard, forthwith!

(Nevertheless our magazines were still loaded with a lot of furniture and BUFEs.)

 

[BusyBee604]

IThe article fails to mention that the cars on the deck belong to the sailors on the ship.

In addition, our Sailors are more careful & take better care in handling, securing etc. than commercial ships would have. Rough Wx could pose problems and had to be considered in movement planning.

Prior to 1971, some CVs allowed crewmembers to transport onboard, new foreign cars purchased in Japan (Japanese & European....at GREAT discount). It was only allowed on the end of deployment transit from Yokosuka to CONUS, and only if FlOps (except for COD & Airwing flyoff) not scheduled during transit.

In 1970, The US DATSUN Dealers Assn. complained to the Navy that this was adversely affecting domestic sales and the practice was terminated for all makes.

The USN did continue to allow free transit/storage of new motorcycles. On our '71 MIDWAY deployment, we returned with 300+ various Japanese machines (also at great discount), crated & stowed securely in the newly offloaded weapons magazines. The Yoko NX (A-33) coordinated the purchases & delivery pierside, from the various factories. My '71 KAWASAKI 350cc cost US$750 (tax/duty/transport free). I don't know if this "good deal" lasted much longer after that, as 2-wheeler accidents/injuries/fatalities Navy-wide were on the rise, i.e. sadly, MIDWAY shipmates suffered 3 fatalities on these bikes in the month following our arrival back in Alameda.
BzB

 

[HAL Pilot]

You can also ship POVs on MSC ships space available. But the ship my be rerouted and you may not see you car for months..... Or when unrepping, the other guy may use them as targets for the shot line.... It's a 50-50 proposition. I've know guys who did it multiple times with no problems, and guys who did it once and got back a banged up rusted piece of junk 6 months late.

 

[GroundPounder]

Coming back from WestPac aboard the Enterprise in the late '70s, I made arrangements to have my new Hong Kong Choy Lee sailboat hauled back aboard her.
But I backed out of the deal when told if there was a flare-up anywhere, and the Enterprise had to respond, my sailboat would be pushed overboard, forthwith!

(Nevertheless our magazines were still loaded with a lot of furniture and BUFEs.)

He got to take his sailboat, why shouldn't you?

 

[BusyBee604]

AWAY ALL BOATS...IMO, one of the best Navy films of all time! Jeff Chandler played perfectly, the "gruff but fair & respected" Gator Skipper.
BzB