STONEY said:I shudder to think what would have happened at Pearl Harbour if they had the measely duty watches we have today. Remember many of the ships there managed to get underway and escape destruction even though they weren't expecting an attack . Our readyness today is a joke , I remember when the duty watch would have been able to flash up the ship and after recall proceedures the ship would have been able to get underway within a few hours .
Ex-Dragoon said:That being said, maybe if we placed the Ready Duty Ship on a 1 in 5 system it may soothe your alarmist concerns.
N. McKay said:Without saying anything that oughtn't to be said in public, roughly how long does it take the Ready Duty ship to get underway?
STONEY said:I shudder to think what would have happened at Pearl Harbour if they had the measely duty watches we have today. Remember many of the ships there managed to get underway and escape destruction even though they weren't expecting an attack . Our readyness today is a joke , I remember when the duty watch would have been able to flash up the ship and after recall proceedures the ship would have been able to get underway within a few hours .
Pat in Halifax said:To respond to N. McKay:
It should take no more than 4 hours for the ready duty ship to get underway. Having said that, once departments are at minimal manning for the mission req't, the ship will sail at CO's discretion. I have seen it in a little over 2 hours. Bare in mind, most recalls for RDS are SARs and do not go much beyond 72 hours so departments can 'safely' sail a few personnel short as long as key players, again dependent on the requirement, are present.
NavyShooter said:The idea of a Nested pair of ships with reduced watches makes sense....don't the MCDV's do that already? I wonder if it'd be do-able for a CPF?