Stout's sailors went from March to October without setting foot on land and performed maintenance usually done in port while at sea.
It's amazing what the crew of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Stout (DDG-55) has pulled off. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world, impacting their fellow sailors on other ships in unprecedented ways, Stout sailed on... And on... And on. This ship stayed at sea for a whopping 215 days straight and she has the wear and tear to show for it. The fighting ship looks like a set from a dystopian naval thriller, streaked in rust, her hull dinged and battered from the hard deployment.
The ship didn't pull into a single port between early March and her arrival in Rota, Spain on October 3rd. In that period of time, she spent her time escorting ships, including Wasp class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) and the Nimitz class aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Nimitz (CVN-68), as well as executing a slew of other tasks in the 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleets' areas of responsibilities. In that time, Stout executed three dozen consecutive underway replenishment cycles and executed maintenance that is usually done in port, while remaining at sea. The Navy stated the following in a release:
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4 comments:
That's why they call them swabby. 😆
Bet those guys are ready for some shore leave.💃🍺🍾🥃
Very impressive. I'd like to be at the dock to shake every hand as they come ashore.
Welcome home sailors. Welcome home.
Fcking amazing. 2020 and we still haven't addressed this very basic material sciences issue
We do live in the future alright, looking from a 1950s perspective lol
I'm ashamed how little progress we've made. Well but it's not surprising really as China has stolen so meant trillions from us it is meant to be noticeable somewhere. Hospitals closing, schools closing, shitty highways and lame material sciences
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