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RE: Dana Point Boaters March for the Harbor
(AUG. 20-SEPT. 2)
“I would love to comment but I am afraid of repercussions.”
RE: Electric Foil Surfboards Causing Waves in Oceanside Harbor, are they Considered Vessels?
(DEC. 11 - DEC. 24, 2020)
—Dana Point Boater
RE: California Coastal Commission Releases Sea Level Rise Plan for Public Comment
(SEPT. 3-SEPT. 16)
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—William Stone “Thank you, tolerant boater. These are silent, create no wake, they don’t pollute, and they are the most maneuverable watercraft in the ocean. Let people have fun.”
—Chris Barwick, in reply to Tolerant Boater
RE: Alamitos Bay Marina
(APRIL 2016)
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On Board With Johnson by J.R. Johnson
FAST FACTS
First Nuclear Carrier Launched on Sept. 24, 1960
The USS Enterprise served for 51 years and was involved in the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, and provided support for ground forces in Afghanistan after 9/11.
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
UNITED STATES— The USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched in Newport News, Virginia on Sept. 24, 1960. The ship nicknamed the Big E was powered solely by eight nuclear reactors, and therefore did not need to carry its own fuel and allowed the ship to carry more weapons and aircraft.
The project came out to $451.3 million, according to wired.com who reported that the project is equivalent to $3.3 billion in today’s market.
There were five other ships that were set to be constructed in the fleet but the Enterprise came in too far above its budget and the other plans were scrapped.
The 1,120-foot ship made its first nonstop trip around the world in 1963 but it didn’t head into battle until 1965 when the Enterprise was sent to Vietnam where it launched 125 sorties on the first day and 167 tons of bombs and rockets, most of the ordinance was aimed at the Viet Cong supply lines.
The ship was back in dry dock from 1969 to 1970 before returning to Vietnam with new nuclear reactors and the ability to power the ship for 10 years.
The Enterprise was active for 51 years before being decommissioned in 2012, according to the Naval technology website.
The Enterprise had over 250,000 sailors and officers to service onboard, travelled more than one million nautical miles and saw more than 400,000 aircraft landings and 25 deployments. It took part in the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and supported operations in Vietnam as well as Afghanistan and Iraq.
The ship was towed to the shipyard on June 21, 2013, where it underwent the process of deconstruction.
9/11: 20 years later
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
Twenty years have come and gone since the morning of 9/11. Twenty years where we have all grown, changed, loved, and lost.
I was six, I remember vague impressions of the day. At the time I lived on a naval base in Millington, Tennessee, my impressions are a little more involved than some my age.
I remember being confused, then concerned, and a little afraid as I watched the adults around me cry and hug each other directing students into the room that was the cafeteria as well as an auditorium. I remember looking for my brother who was in second grade at the time and I remember waiting for my mom to come to pick us up.
The world changed that day, from a six-year-old perspective the base I had lived on for the majority of my early memories felt unsafe.
I never considered my dad’s job until that day, when my dad and the other moms and dads started pulling guard duty at the gate and my dad carried a gun. Up until that time I had only seen my dad in dress whites or dress blues because he worked in the congressional office, I never put two-and-two together that his job was hazardous.
I recognize that this is not boating and fishing news but each of us experienced the same tragedy that day just from different perspectives and I couldn’t let it pass by without acknowledging where we were and where we are.
We all have a story, a memory, an impression of what happened that day and where we were.
The morning of 9/11 the world stopped we watched the same clips in horror as the towers fell and we all felt a moment of terror for what would come and the nation shared a moment of grief for what we had lost.
In the days leading up to 9/11, I read a million articles that covered the societal changes that the United States experienced due to 9/11 and the memories of survivors and the children whose lives were shaped that day through the loss of a parent or loved one.
That day was unlike any other in our nation’s history, we all stood together to grieve and for a moment in time nothing else mattered, politics were set aside, differences ceased to exist, and we embraced our neighbors.
I wanted to take a moment of your time to remember those that were lost and the sacrifices that were made that day.
May their memory always be a blessing.
Reader Q&A By Jordan B. Darling
Q“What is happening with the Jerry Boylan trial?” —Steve Smith, on the Log website
AIn a Sept. 9 email Thom Mrozek, director of media relations for the United States Attorney’s Office said that the trial is set for March 22, 2022.
The last major update about the Boylan trial was received on Feb. 23 from Mrozek, who said that Boylan was arraigned on Feb. 16 at which time he entered not guilty plea to the charges of the indictment and was released on a $250,000 bond and that there would be a jury trial scheduled for March, 30 before United States District Judge George H. Wu in Los Angeles.
On Sept. 1 families of the Conception fire victims filed a lawsuit against the United States Coast Guard for allowing the tour boat to operate with faulty electrical and safety systems.
The lawsuit was filed in the federal court for the Central District of California on Sept. 1 and faults the Coast Guard for setting the stage for the 2019 tragedy.
The boat had recently passed the agency’s safety inspection less than a year before the fire. The lawsuit faults the Coast Guard for not properly enforcing its own rules.
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