The Ship Model Forum

No problemo!

The reason you don't really see any on models (or at least why I don't put them on) is because they are so long that it's difficult to make them look realistic.

Good info, thanks Kenny!

Thanks!. i didn´t know about this. Interesting stuff.

Cheers.
Pachi.

The Navy also uses a "homeward bound pennant" of similar design for ships returning to the United States after prolonged deployments. The dimensions are not prescribed by regulation, but NTP-13(B) describes the customary practice as one white star for the first nine months of continuous service outside the U.S., plus another for each additional 6 months. The overall length of the pennant is one foot for each member of the ship's company on duty outside the United States for more than 9 months, but not to exceed the length of the ship itself. The proportions are 1:200. The homeward bound pennant is flown when getting underway to a U.S. port and remains hoisted until sunset on the day of arrival at the destination, at which time the commanding officer is presented the blue portion and the members of the ship's company dividing the remainder.
[i]Joe McMillan, 14 November 1999[/i]

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Thanks but, how is that pennant?. Is it a standard one or tailor made?. I mean, the shape and colours.

[quote="Francisco P. de Nanclares"][quote="Gone Asiatic"]no homeward bound pennant.[/quote]

Gone, could you elaborate this, please. Just curious, as I have never heard of this.

Thanks in advance.
Pachi.[/quote]

Ships that were relieved on foreign stations typically hoisted a homeward bound pennant when under way for the USA the length of which reflected the time the ship was forward deployed.

In KITTY HAWKS`s case - just shy of ten years.

[quote="Gone Asiatic"]no homeward bound pennant.[/quote]

Gone, could you elaborate this, please. Just curious, as I have never heard of this.

Thanks in advance.
Pachi.

USS KITTY HAWK departing Yokosuka. Curious - no homeward bound pennant.

Oddly enough the Kitty left Yokosuka this morning bound for Bremerton and mothballs.

Bummer!

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Washington Carrier Docks Early With Fire Damage
By Steve Liewer, Staff Writer
San Diego Union-Tribune
May 28, 2008

CORONADO – The fire-damaged aircraft carrier George Washington arrived yesterday in Coronado, five days after a blaze injured 24 sailors as the ship cruised off South America.

The vessel pulled into North Island Naval Air Station two days ahead of schedule because of the fire, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the Naval Air Forces command. While the carrier is here, technicians will examine the damaged area to determine how soon the ship can return to action.

Flames broke out Thursday morning while the George Washington was conducting a resupply procedure with the frigate Crommelin. Smoke poured from an air-conditioning and refrigeration space and an auxiliary boiler room in the rear of the ship.

Among the injured, 22 experienced heat stress and two suffered burns. None was injured seriously enough to require leaving the carrier.

It took four hours to extinguish the blaze, Brown said, and sailors remained on alert for 12 hours. The cause of the fire hadn't been determined, he said.

The George Washington left Norfolk, Va., on April 7 en route to Yokosuka, Japan, where it is scheduled to relieve the Kitty Hawk this summer as the only carrier based overseas.

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