Word: cruisers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman sat on the ground with her head in her hands; a policeman tried to keep things moving. The tow truck creaked as it dragged the two cars out of each other's steel embrace, but the people made no sound. An insistent flash from the policeman's cruiser froze the image in blue once every second...
...federal court in Los Angeles for a ruling that in effect would permit the company to halt construction of the assault ships on Aug. 1. Similarly, the giant Newport News shipyard, a subsidiary of Tenneco, has asked a federal court for permission to stop work on a guided-missile cruiser. On its own, the Newport News yard, which has been building Navy ships since 1897, has suspended construction of the most advanced U.S. nuclear carrier, the Carl Vinson...
...crackled a call given only if the ship is in peril or coming under attack: "Captain to the bridge!" Gangways aboard the Belknap filled with jostling men racing to their stations. Fifteen long seconds passed while the men tensed against the unknown. Then a heavy shock passed through the cruiser, followed by a long, rumbling shudder that felt like an earthquake. Up above, the Kennedy's angled landing deck was smashing through the superstructure of the Belknap like a battering ram. The impact crushed the ship's funnels, sending clouds of acrid smoke billowing through the cruiser...
...inch shells were exploding in an ammunition locker on the Belknap, sending shrapnel whining across both decks. Twice the Ricketts had to back off before she finally was able to tie up to the Belknap. The Ricketts' crew had axes handy to cut the lines if the blazing cruiser seemed on the point of blowing...
There were starkly conflicting versions of the courses steered by the Kennedy and the Belknap, leading to the disaster that all sailors fear - a collision at sea. The Navy began an investigation to determine who or what was at fault when the carrier and the cruiser started a maneuver that should have been so simple but ended so tragically...