Toured the US warship USS Shoup today :D

[AussieTerry84]

Anyone here seen it before? Its docked in my city atm (Melbourne, Australia - where The Pacific was filmed).

Got some pics taken, im on my iphone atm but i'll load em in a few hours .

Are navy ships viewed as foreign territory? Cause i believe in Australia its the against law for foreigners to carry weapons. I dunno maybe its changed over the past decade cause there was dude on guard duty in full kit with a M4.

[DRM]

Are navy ships viewed as foreign territory?

No.

[dg]

I'm sure there are agreements among friendly countries that they can all be armed on & around their own vessels when in each others' ports. I don't see how it could work any other way.

[Shawn Lutz]

They are just in town to re-stock the Fosters LOL

[Rsmacker]

Are navy ships viewed as foreign territory? Cause i believe in Australia its the against law for foreigners to carry weapons. I dunno maybe its changed over the past decade cause there was dude on guard duty in full kit with a M4.

I did a job on a US-based Cruise ship a couple of years ago, setting out from Barcelona, not stopping, just doing a little circuit down a bit of Italy then back to Spain over 2 days. Fucking hell, the paperwork was immense, had to do a full Carnet for everything, because in the eyes of EU law, I was actually exporting and then re-importing an artic full of kit, which Spanish customs could have jumped on if I'd not done the forms. We were told before we joined the ship that it was considered US Sovereignty, went on US laws, and we weren't allowed to bring any food on board - an armed US guard stopped me for having the temerity to be eating a muffin as I strolled up the gangplank, made me ditch the bastard thing! They were deadly serious too, there was no fucking about, they were really sharp with security, though I suspect that's because of the amount of dipshits who'd love to get on board a boat full of Yanks with a bomb strapped to their waist.

[Rsmacker]

They are just in town to re-stock the Fosters LOL

They'll have a job, Fosters isn't made in Australia any more. The Aussies had some taste and kicked Fosters into touch.

[Shawn Lutz]

They'll have a job, Fosters isn't made in Australia any more. The Aussies had some taste and kicked Fosters into touch.

Awsome, that shit sucks

[DonP]

Pic's?

Foster's is made in China now?

[etepbbb]

Anyone here seen it before? Its docked in my city atm (Melbourne, Australia - where The Pacific was filmed).

Got some pics taken, im on my iphone atm but i'll load em in a few hours .

Are navy ships viewed as foreign territory? Cause i believe in Australia its the against law for foreigners to carry weapons. I dunno maybe its changed over the past decade cause there was dude on guard duty in full kit with a M4.

Thats very cool, lets see some pics. A good friend of mine served on a couple of carriers, and always spoke highly of visiting down under. He said the people were cool, and they had no problems finding a beer.

[Hellbat]

As far as armed guards, I believe warships flying their country's flags are considered sovereign territory under most agreements. I could be totally off base though.

[AussieTerry84]

nobody drinks Foster in Australia, well not since maybe either the 70's or 80's it isn't even sold at liquor stores here!

i just made a FlickR profile so hopefully this works

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60302880@N03/sets/72157626211625566/

couldn't get any good pics of the ship cause of how Station Pier is setup. There are some more pics on my GF's iphone i'll try upload later aswell of the .50's on the deck.

also here is a link to a full pic of the ship

http://en.valka.cz/attachments/11563/USS_Shoup_20060417.jpg

[DonP]

Cool.

[RacerX]

Interesting history for a fairly new ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shoup_%28DDG-86%29

[lerxstcat]

Interesting history for a fairly new ship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shoup_%28DDG-86%29

Das' rite, we built that ship in Pascagoula, MS! Keep your civilian craft away!

[Shawn Lutz]

I would not want that helicopter looking for my ass and firing at me thats for sure Cool pictures!

How the in the hell does a Navy ship collide with a civi vessle?