OT: Last Voyage of the Horne

[Admiral Nelson]

Some of you may like this, so I'll repost here this thread of pictures I took earlier today.

Grey Seas, Grey Skies... The USS HORNE, appears out of the murk...

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The aged cruiser contrasts greatly with the brightly colored pleasure craft....

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Nobody has a moment to glance at the old girl...

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The salvage tug NAVAJO tows her to her final resting place; to be sunk as a target near Hawaii.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/Horne/Horne-4561.jpg

A technological marvel of 1967 is now stripped down to the bare essentials:

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The forward missle launcher, and illuminators. The "E"s record her record of excellence.

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Last passage through the Golden Gate, a journey she first made when brand new out of the yard at Hunter's Point.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/Horne/Horne-4663.jpg

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An angry sun watches her depart...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/NelsonAndBronte/SanFrancisco/Horne/Horne-4711.jpg

Farewell, and thanks for your thirty years of service to your country...

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[TBR]

Man, am I glad that the one ship I have the most emotional ties to, the "Mölders", is the one German DDG to have been saved as a museum ship!

(It was near heartbreaking to see "Lütjens" prepared for target practice, even though I never sailed on her, and I'm glad "Bayern" and "Sachsen" still have many years of active service, so for me "Köln" is the next to fear for.)

[jdkbph]

Bravo, sir. Well done.

JD

[Bullethead]

Man, am I glad that the one ship I have the most emotional ties to, the "Mölders", is the one German DDG to have been saved as a museum ship!

I'm glad my old ship wasn't used as a target. While making for cool video and providing important data, it always seems to me like a betrayal. Work hard and take risks for the common good your whole life, only to be shot in the back by your friends and left in an unmarked grave. So in a way, I take some comfort from the fact that my old ship's living on somehow, probably scattered all over the world as I-beams and rebar.

[Crinius]

Great pics. Made my heart jump.

[Blackcloud6]

Cool pictures. A nice tribute to the ship. Thanks for sharing.