[HN Gopher] USS Recruit (1917): The Wooden Dreadnought in Manhat... ___________________________________________________________________ USS Recruit (1917): The Wooden Dreadnought in Manhattan's Union Square Author : weatherlight Score : 64 points Date : 2023-10-22 04:21 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.warhistoryonline.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.warhistoryonline.com) | mcpackieh wrote: | I love the dazzle camo, it really does make the 'ship' hard to | recognize as a ship. | | Maybe not effective for it's intended purpose of frustrating the | use of optical rangefinders, but it sure looked cool. | evbogue wrote: | Is this real? I've been through Union Square 10,000 times over | the past 20 years and never heard mention of it. | Tommstein wrote: | > _"When the First World War came to an end, the USS Recruit | stayed put for another two years. However, as Christenson | explains, 'By 1920, the United States had the largest Navy in | the world in terms of sailors, and there was less of a need for | them with the end of World War I.' As such, the ship's flag was | lowered on March 16, 1920, and she was decommissioned and | dismantled."_ | evbogue wrote: | well yes, I assumed it was gone by the time I wandered | through Union Square. I just feel like I should have seen a | memo printed into metal about it at some point during my | journeys. | thisismyaccoun7 wrote: | Nope. Its successor is still in San Diego though | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_(TDE-1) | mcpackieh wrote: | There's a somewhat similar sort of thing in New Jersey for | development/training (not recruiting afaik), basically a | warehouse with the superstructure of a cruiser/destroyer | sitting on top of it: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Rancocas | thatfunkymunki wrote: | You sure about that? | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_(1917) | evbogue wrote: | Wow! You can see Barnes and Noble from that photo. Never | knew about it, now I know. | psunavy03 wrote: | I don't think you read the linked article. Yes, there have | been several "USS Recruits" at various bases which have | hosted Navy boot camps over the years. One is in San Diego | at Liberty Station, a mixed-use development which used to | be Naval Training Center San Diego and is now anchored by a | Stone brewpub. | | Source: I served in San Diego in the reserves, did | detachments there while on active duty, quaffed quite a few | pints at said Stone brewpub, and have walked around the | "ship." | lostlogin wrote: | I'm confused. Are you saying the NY ship did, or didn't | exist? | slyall wrote: | They both existed. The New York one is completely gone. | The San Diego one still physically exists as a museum | "ship". | marcellus23 wrote: | > Nope. | | I'm guessing you just misinterpreted the parent's comment -- | you didn't intend to mean that it's not real, right? | pimlottc wrote: | I think they meant it's not there anymore. | Animats wrote: | The successor to that one is the USS Trayer. It's at Great | Lakes Naval Training Center. It's a 2/3 scale Navy destroyer, | indoors, in a water tank alongside a pier. It's not just a | mockup; it's a large-scale simulator, and most of the | equipment works. New Navy recruits go through a 12-hour | training exercise on the ship, called "Battle Stations 21". | The Navy doesn't give out full details, but fire and flooding | are involved. | Freak_NL wrote: | At 2/3 scale, does that mean taller seamen are going to | find things a bit cramped? | simmerup wrote: | There are so many photos of it in the article... | pjc50 wrote: | "was only there for three years" a century ago. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-10-23 09:00 UTC)