Ship Visit

Last weekend (at least, I THINK it was only last weekend...) we went to visit two American ships harbored in Muara Port: The USS Patriot and the USS Momsen!

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the USS Patriot. It is a relatively small ship, mostly constructed of wood, and was commisioned soley for the purpose of demining.
"There are three different types of mines, none of which can blow us up as far as we have experienced, and all work to our will to blow up only when we tell them to. We have many cool machines onboard this ship, such as a probe..."

Full speed ahead!

Captain Lily says, "Land ho!"

Approaching the USS Momsen, a *slightly* larger ship than the Patriot, and is armed with many large guns...

...such as this one we can see upon entry.

Or this one, which can turn almost 360 degrees, and has a barrel with a diameter of 5 inches! (Sorry to all you gun fans out there; I wasn't really attempting to remember figures to give you an accurate picture of the gun...)

Taking a look at the gun this way...

The view from the top of the ship (I am really poor with my terminology)

The cool logo on the side of the helicopters!

Posing with the helicopter

As well as the current American flag, all ships in the US Navy display the "Don't Tread On Me" flag, first used during the Revolutionary War in the United States. The stripes represent the 13 colonies, and the snake is a sign of deadly drawback.


There were many other cool things onboard the ships, but, unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures :(