USS Milwaukee's role: Navy’s 10,000-pound bombs, and Florida “earthquakes”

[Penguin]

This morning I came across this article:
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Florida “earthquakes” actually Navy’s 10,000-pound bombs

The U.S. Navy replenishment oiler USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) underway at an undisclosed location on March 23, 1982.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Another apparent earthquake off Florida’s Atlantic coast has been attributed to the U.S. Navy testing the seaworthiness of a new vessel.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the Navy conducted a shock trial Sept. 4 on the USS Milwaukee off the Volusia and Flagler county coastlines.

Paul Caruso at the National Earthquake Information Center says sound waves from an explosion that’s part of the test registered as a 3.8 magnitude earthquake on U.S. Geological Survey seismographs as far away as Kansas.

A Navy spokeswoman says three tests are scheduled for the USS Milwaukee, each involving a 10,000-pound explosive charge.

Shock trials on another Navy vessel this summer also registered as earthquakes.

CBS Orlando affiliate WKMG reports that in April a magnitude 3.7 earthquake was detected off Daytona Beach, although it’s not clear if that too was related to Navy tests.

Some dolphins and small whales stranded along Florida beaches in 2008 after similar tests, but officials couldn’t determine what killed the animals.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-earthquakes-navy-10000-pound-bombs/

Among the things that puzzled me - besides "what is the USN doing?" - is this:

On 27 January 1994 the USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 April 1997. On 15 January 2009, the Milwaukee was sold for $56,410 for scrapping to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Milwaukee_(AOR-2)

• Laid down, 29 November 1966, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.
• Launched, 1 January 1969
• Commissioned USS Milwaukee (AOR-2), 1 November 1969
• Decommissioned, 27 January 1994
• Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1997
• Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1997
• Title transfer to MARAD, 24 February 2001, for disposal
• Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
• Final Disposition, MARAD announced, 14 January 2009, that Milwaukee was sold for $56,410 for scrapping by Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA.
• Removed from Reserve Fleet and arrived, 10 February 2009, at Bay Bridge Enterprises, 10 February 2009

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/21/2102.htm

Bay Bridge Enterprises of Chesapeake, Virginia, operates a facility along the industrial estuaries that surround the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, one of several Naval bases in the region around the mouth of the James River, the Navy’s principal East Coast hub. Bay Bridge is capable of handling up to three ships at a time. The company has been owned by the Adani Group, an Indian industrial conglomerate, since 2005

So, my question is this:

How come a ship that arrived at the breakers in February 2009 turns up in USN shock trials in 2016? What happened to USS Milwaukee after February 2009?

Bay Bridge Enterprises opened in 2001. Adani bought Bay Bridge in 2005. In 2010, Bay Bridge moved to Texas
http://pilotonline.com/news/local/e...cle_c3230fb0-8990-55d4-9d10-e202d1b37e91.html

 

[Taygibay]

Are we not confusing this retired vessel with the Freedom type LCS
that took over the very same name?

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcs5/Pages/USS-Milwaukee-Arrives-in-Mayport.aspx#.V9cUCDth2hc

Icy day to you my friend, Tay.

 

[Thəorətic Muslim]

Kind of a stupid question, but can a big enough bomb, on the ocean floor, cause a tsunami?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Kind of a stupid question, but can a big enough bomb, on the ocean floor, cause a tsunami?

Well the Baker test was at 80 feet and that caused a big wave.

 

[Penguin]

Are we not confusing this retired vessel with the Freedom type LCS
that took over the very same name?

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcs5/Pages/USS-Milwaukee-Arrives-in-Mayport.aspx#.V9cUCDth2hc

Icy day to you my friend, Tay.

(now why didn't I think of that?)

"The Navy will finalize the repairs to the combining gears ahead of shock trials that will prove the ship’s systems in a simulated combat scenario."
https://news.usni.org/2016/02/19/uss-milwaukee-arrives-in-bae-systems-yard-in-jacksonville

10,000lb explosive goes off near USS Jackson LCS 6 as part of recent shock tests - she apparently withstood damage "better than expected"

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/07/19/lcs-navy-explosive-tests-jackson/87311792/
https://news.usni.org/2016/06/15/lcs_jackson_shock_trial

The Navy conducts near-miss explosives testing on new classes of surface combatants, typically in mid-production. Critics say that the tests can add to procurement costs due to vessel damage and repairs, but the Navy says that they can be an important learning tool.

Former director of the LCS program Rear Adm. Brian Antonio told USNI News that damage was expected. "Some things are going to break," he said.

The first test was at the furthest range from the aluminum-hulled Jackson; the next two blasts – planned for later this month – will be at increasingly closer range.

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/photos-uss-jackson-completes-first-shock-trial

You have a nice day, @Tay! (I know I will ;-)

I thought they might be doing to the old USS Milwaukee what they did to USS America....

 

[Taygibay]

I thought they might be doing to the old USS Milwaukee what they did to USS America....

Oh! Shocking!

Tay.

 

[Penguin]

Oh! Shocking!

Tay.

Yeah! (I suppose a new carrier class could also use support from a new AOR/AOE class ( http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/aoe.htm ).

The first 6 of planned 17 units of T-AO-X class - followon to Henry Kaiser class - were awarded to GD and 2 are on order, namely T-AO 205 John Lewis and T-AO-206 Harvey Milk)
http://navaltoday.com/2016/07/01/us...uild-first-six-t-ao-205-replenishment-oilers/

 

[Incog_nito]

I think USN is interested in selling it's old LHDs and LPDs to India? with upgrades.

 

[Penguin]

I think USN is interested in selling it's old LHDs and LPDs to India? with upgrades.

America-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHD are new, in service and not available.

The Tarawas began leaving service in 2005. By April 2011, four of the five amphibious assault ships had been decommissioned, leaving only Peleliu in active service. Peleliu was decommissioned on 31 March 2015 in San Diego

Old Tarawa class LHAs, as follows:
Name Hull number Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Tarawa LHA-1 15 November 1971 1 December 1973 29 May 1976 In reserve
Saipan LHA-2 21 July 1972 18 July 1974 15 October 1977 Sold for scrap , scrapped as of 02/23/2011 International Shipbreaking, Ltd, Brownsville TX.
Belleau Wood (ex-Philippine Sea) LHA-3 5 March 1973 11 April 1977 23 September 1978 Sunk as target ship on 13 July 2006 during during SINKEX 2006
Nassau (ex-Leyte Gulf) LHA-4 5 March 1973 21 January 1978 28 July 1979 In reserve
Peleliu (ex-Da Nang, ex-Khe Sanh) LHA-5 12 November 1976 25 November 1978 3 May 1980 In reserve

Tarawa, Peleliu > laid up in Hawaii
Nassau: planned retention in reserve at Beaumont, TX.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility
http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/07/07idx.htm

MAYBE SOME LPD/LSD?

 

[Incog_nito]

US already gifted one to India - will IN going to try to buy the other 4?

 

[Taygibay]

As long as they wanted to sink the Belleau Wood a month
after the middle of the brutal battle that was it's namesake,
they could have waited a couple years and allow the cente-
nary of it to pass.

Lack of gallantry there, Tay.

 

[Penguin]

US already gifted one to India - will IN going to try to buy the other 4?

You mean USS Trenton (LPD 14. Commissioned USN: 6 March 1971; Decommissioned USN: 17 January 2007 )? In 2007, that was sold to the Indian Navy and renamed INS Jalashwa (L41). Six used H-3 Sea King maritime utility transport helicopters are operated from the ship. Sea Harrier aircraft can be operated from the deck of the ship

In 2006, the Indian government had announced it would purchase the US Navy's retired Austin-class landing platform dock USS Trenton for approximately ₹ 228 crore ($48.44 million). This was a so-called 'hot transfer' i.e. the ship decommissioned from USN and was immediately taken over by IN (so no deactivation and storage). The price paid is the cost of the hot transfer. The Indian Navy purchased six UH-3 Sea King maritime utility transport helicopters for $39 million for operation from the ship.

Trenton's sister ship USS Nashville was also offered, but India declined the offer.

 

[Incog_nito]

@Penguin there's any possibility that IN might buy 11 more as they have need of such ships.

 

[Penguin]

... seals are such annoying creatures.

Anyway, did you want to make a point or an appointment?

 

[Jaga Badmash]

... seals are such annoying creatures.

Anyway, did you want to make a point or an appointment?

Just to tell you that every post has its answer however how much stupid it was.