[CW] OT - Amelia Earhart Flies Again

[Radio K0HB]

The message was meant to imply the person (committee?) who picked the name for this ship was obviously adrift.  See also "tumbled gyro".



__73, de Hans, K0HB

"Just a Boy and His Radio"™

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:04 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Hello Hans,
> Huh?  "Not under command" day warning, two vertical black balls.  We saw
> some Greek ships use this far at sea on the North Atlantic during the calm
> weather of the summer.  It was never done on a USA merchant or USNS ship
> that I ever saw unless it was part of the signals for anchorage with no one
> at the wheel.
> Did I miss something?  I'm only a merchant man sailor who stayed away from
> the navigation bridge except when them made coffee (which at start of
> watch!).
> Did one of the photos show a disaster or does NEAR mean something to you
> other than the word "near" and the interesting call sign?
> Inquiring minds want to know.
> 73
> DR
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Whoever-is-naming-Navy-ships,
>>
>> Your gyro has tumbled.  Show two balls vertically at your masthead.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> __
>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>> "Just a Boy and His Radio"™
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:34 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Amelia Earhart Flies Again!
>>> http://tiny.cc/amelia_earhart_flys_again
>>>
>>> i thought this had to do with this flight, but it was our Navy ship
>>> AMELIA EARHART - nice call sign NEAR.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/369894000/vessel:AMELIA_EARHART
>>>
>>> Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Amelia_Earhart_(T-AKE-6)
>>>
>>> One of our Military Sealift Command ships - civilian manned - USNS as
>>> opposed to USS.
>>>
>>> US Merchant Marine crew under US Navy command.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> David N1EA
>>> ex- USMM Radio Officer
>>>
>>>
>>
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