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Pamela · 12-15-2015, 10:27 AM

Many years ago, I was shocked to see a Commodore 64 being used to handle and control Sea Sparrow missiles on my first seagoing ship. This was 1987.

I found out that that ship was sunk as a target in 2006. Talking to a guy who was there, I was told that it didn't go down without a fight. After hours of gunnery bombardment, it took TWO Harpoon missiles to put her on the bottom, and that was because the Captain of the lead ship heard that the Admiral was calling in the Air Force to finish her and refused to allow a Navy ship to be sunk by Air Force planes, requested permission to use Harpoons and the request was granted. Each missile, IIRC, cost half a million back then.

12-15-2015, 10:27 AM	#3
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	Many years ago, I was shocked to see a Commodore 64 being used to handle and control Sea Sparrow missiles on my first seagoing ship. This was 1987. I found out that that ship was sunk as a target in 2006. Talking to a guy who was there, I was told that it didn't go down without a fight. After hours of gunnery bombardment, it took TWO Harpoon missiles to put her on the bottom, and that was because the Captain of the lead ship heard that the Admiral was calling in the Air Force to finish her and refused to allow a Navy ship to be sunk by Air Force planes, requested permission to use Harpoons and the request was granted. Each missile, IIRC, cost half a million back then.