Comments on: Ship Photo of The Day – Despite What You May Be Told, Sometimes Size DOES Matter

By: Tim Goldsmith

Tim Goldsmith — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:31:12 +0000

The CGC Galveston Island is an 110 foot cutter. According to her web site her duties include SAR, enforcement of laws and treaties, and ports, waterways, & coastal security. I would assume that for what she has to do her size is satisfactory. Wikipedia states that China MSA has two vessels over 100 meters in length. Odds are this is one of those vessels. According to the article it was a SAR exercise. The USCG appeared to use the right tool for the mission. Size is really irrelevant here. The job was accomplished.

By: Chris Barrows

Chris Barrows — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:05:48 +0000

come'on gCaptain….every maritime nation worth it's salt has varying classes (that means different sizes and purposes) of ships….this article is a perfect example of making an issue out of nothing. Now you want to write about icebreakers and the difference in actual icebreaker fleet numbers and future orders between the US and PRC/other nations; that would be a story worth continuing to focus on.

By: Ormond Otvos

Ormond Otvos — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:27:18 +0000

First question for the article author, Mike Schuler, is “Why all the nationalistic penis envy?”

The second, less snarky, question is why there are no numbers, such as actual lengths, mission objectives, the actual jobs of the two ships, where the biggest CG ships rate.

We don’t need this kind of weakly written article. Get serious, Mike.

By: Philip Brown

Philip Brown — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:49:22 +0000

So that's what that was.I saw it go by Honolulu Harbor from two miles inshore (Punchbowl) and it would have been a couple more miles out.She's big. We wondered WTF?

By: Al Fulton

Al Fulton — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:29:24 +0000

You never want to upstage your guests….