We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:55:51 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sigh. That was fun. Exhausting, but fun. Home is the sailor, home from sea: Her far-borne canvas furled The ship pours shining on the quay The plunder of the world. Home is the hunter from the hill: Fast in the boundless snare All flesh lies taken at his will And every fowl of air. 'Tis evening on the moorland free, The starlit wave is still: Home is the sailor from the sea, The hunter from the hill. Truly, her last full crew. If things work out, next time we take a picture like this it will be in Mobile Bay,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html Mon, 31 Jul 2006 23:44:39 -0600 You guys are truly doing God's work. Fletcher's are real beauties. One thought - has any one on your team discussed docking, blasting and painting at a shipyard in the US? I mention this because of lead paint. I would think the spaces inside the skin of the ship have lead paint (along with asbestos) and also the hull coating and/or undercoating might be lead based. Removing it is expensive and time consuming due to US enviromental statutes. I work at a USN ship repair facility and we recently began an overhaul of a navy barge from the 50's that had some asbestos and a lot of lead paint. It was a headache and cost big $$$ to get the barge blasted and the abestos remove (Rodgers is probably full of PCB's in the electrical system too). Might be cheaper to do the exterior of the ship and the interior spaces you plan on opening to the public in a Mexican yard where enviromental controls might be less stringent and therefore less expensive. Not trying to tell anybody how to suck eggs, just offering a thought. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48651 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48651 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:20:27 -0600 Welcome back! Come visit me where you are always welcome. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48549 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48549 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:11:14 -0600 John has obviously been seduced by the gray side. Thanks for your whole team's efforts to preserve a slice of history. Can we call you shipmates now? Remember- Sailors have more fun.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48548 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48548 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:54:56 -0600 I'm really looking forward to seeing the final result of your work, John. It'll be way kewl to watch the documentary!! What a great project to be involved with. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48547 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48547 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:25:01 -0600 John, Welcome back! Thank you for working so hard to preserve a little bit of history. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48545 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48545 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:59:09 -0600 Welcome home. Good job. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48544 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48544 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:49:24 -0600 Awesome story, awesome picks, big guns, and margartia's Hell whats not to like about this? Get some rest sir! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48543 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48543 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:44:44 -0600 Great Job Boss - Well Done. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48542 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48542 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:42:43 -0600 Welcome home, young man. What took place in Mexico, I hope will be the spring board for the ships that Ward needs for his project for training First Responders in Terrorism off the ground. Once again, the Rodgers will be the leader of the pack. I hope that the storm brewing, will not hinder the arrival of the USS John Rodgers back home. MR. Storm Magnet is at it again.. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48541 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48541 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:34:17 -0600 Welcome home, BG. Enjoy the long and untroubled sleep of honest men. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48540 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/07/im_back_home.html#comment-48540 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:13:01 -0600