Newport Sea Trials 2018 - USS Buttercup
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2018
- Welcome to the USS Buttercup, what might be the unluckiest ship in the Navy. She floods to listing at a massive 45-degree angle several times per week... but that's intentional!
She is Officer Training Command Newport's damage control wet trainer; an immersive testing ground for all sorts of emergency flooding prevention techniques. Today, take a dip with NROTC Midshipmen as they test their skills the only way the Navy knows how: hands-on full throttle!
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Sea Trials is a 10-day event, where Midshipmen must perform a series of scenarios and properly demonstrate the skills they have developed throughout their training at the crucible Battle Stations event designed to test Midshipmen performing under pressure as they demonstrate proficiencies in physical fitness, watch standing, seamanship, firefighting, damage control, and swimming. 
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Amazing experience, glad I can show friends and family what it was like when I went thru in 2008!
Nightmare fuel
WOW! Brings back great memories! We didn't have helmets🤣! The water started coming fast and before we knew it we were all dam near under water and it was freezing especially after several attempts to get it right!! Teamwork!!! Shipmates❤️
Man I miss this! Best part of bootcamp was this stuff
What’s with the helmets? Regular dungarees when I did this in the 70’s. Good to see they still do this.
I'm not entirely sure why they wear the helmet, but it's probably some liability thing.
I was wondering the same thing!! I went through this in the 80s and we didn't wear helmets brother!!!! As you said it is great to see there Still doing this!!!!
78 for me !
@@scotchman224 about the same for me. Was there 76-80, but spent most of 78 in Boston yards.
I was in the Navy between 76 and 80- boot camp in Orlando got out of the Navy in Boston August 1980. SM2
If that's Newport R.I. I did the same one at least twice back in the 80s. No helmets in my day. Just what you'd actually have on the ship. Water was usually about 58 degrees.
I did this about a week ago!
Theres an old episode of "Ripley's Believe it or Not" where Jack Palance tours the USS Buttercup.
Did this in the 1980s... However it was in a Damage Control school in Norfolk, VA instead of this location. We didn't wear helmets --who wears helmets at sea? At least we didn't in the 1980s.
good thing they got those rubber boots. wouldn't want your feet to get wet after all.
Getting a concussion from someone swinging a brace beam in the wrong direction doesn't help train your cadet nor keep them in the service.
Nice cold tub
Good job guys and gals. I'm a former submariner. You could've looked more concerned! Submarine wet trainer is a bit more. Lol
Did that in both OCS & SWOS. We killed the Buttercup!