Just before I reported onboard my ship, they were returning from a North Atlantic run. Pretty horrible weather and heavy seas had actually punched one of the anchors through the side of the ship, there was a 6 foot crack in the superstructure, and they had lost an aircraft and the attached tractor. When they were moving it below decks to the hangar bay, the ship took a heavy roll and the aircraft started to go off the elevator, the sailor on the tractor bailed off before the aircraft dragged the tractor into the North Atlantic. As I said, I wan't onboard for that deployment, but I was thoroughly informed by everyone when I checked onboard. A Navy ship is like a high school with gossip, it spreads like wildfire.
Just before I reported onboard my ship, they were returning from a North Atlantic run. Pretty horrible weather and heavy seas had actually punched one of the anchors through the side of the ship, there was a 6 foot crack in the superstructure, and they had lost an aircraft and the attached tractor. When they were moving it below decks to the hangar bay, the ship took a heavy roll and the aircraft started to go off the elevator, the sailor on the tractor bailed off before the aircraft dragged the tractor into the North Atlantic. As I said, I wan't onboard for that deployment, but I was thoroughly informed by everyone when I checked onboard. A Navy ship is like a high school with gossip, it spreads like wildfire.