I'm sure there are certain individuals out there who will be able to tell us the class and name of this vessel as well as when it was stationed here. The grabs are a little blurry courtesy of the fact it was a moving shot and this DVD transfer isn't the greatest quality, sadly.
Anyway, on that note, have a nice Xmas and I'll start posting again when I get back from my hols :-)
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Perhaps an urban legend, but I was once told that when they tried to dock a particularly large, deep-drafted ship at Tamar, the ship struck bottom even though there should have been sufficient draft. Divers were sent down to find a car down there, or perhaps a couple, I forget what precisely I was told.
I look on the tale with some suspicion 25 years later, and wonder if anybody else has heard it or knows more.
As someone who has dived a fair amount of these fair shores - although not yet in Victoria Harbour - I can confirm there is an awful amount of junk down there, including lots of cars.
I'll have a look at my marine maps when I get the chance and see how deep it is, but it wouldn't surprise me if this story has some truth to it.
That ship is the USS Oklahoma City CG-5, Seventh Fleet Flag Ship homeported in Yokosuka Japan from 1968 - 1979. I was stationed onboard her from 1977 - 1979. It was a Cleveland class light cruiser commissioned in December 1944 and decommissioned in December 1979
It's the USS Oklahoma City. Flag ship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Guided missile cruiser, CLG-5, CG-5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_City_(CL-91)
It's the Light Guided Missile Cruiser USS Oklahoma City CLG-5. I Served aboard 1973 to 1975.
That is the USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5). I served on Staff, Commander 7th Fleet from 1969-1971.
thanks to everyone for commenting. The sudden appearance of several comments identifying the ship makes me think the post has most likely popped up on a US navy website somewhere, so thankyou for clarification.
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