Finest Hour 111
Something’s Cooking Aboard DDG81
Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR
May 8, 2015
Finest Hour 111, Summer 2001
Page 48
From Cdr. Mike Franken, Commanding Officer, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81),June 16th—
Here is a picture of our first underwater explosive test. This is the splash made by a 7-ton explosive charge placed at 200 feet depth. The third and final shot was one-half this separation distance, putting us on the edge of the plume. We are now fixing the ship….
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