Are these all they are cracked up to be?

PO1 Russell Henson - Words of wisdom.

Well said, PO1 Russell Henson. It's amazing what damage even a couple of guys in a rowboat can cause if you let your guard down.

PO1 Russell Henson and 1LT William Clardy
But when was the last time a US Navy ship has actually been sunk? That tells you something about the level of professionalism and training the members of the Damage Control teams have!

PO1 John Miller, it also helps to be lucky. Ask the Royal Navy, who have had way more ships shot at in earnest than we have in the half-century.

When the HMS Sheffield went down in 1982, the fact that the missile impact happened to take out the firefighting system was a major factor in the ship continuing to burn for 3 days. In marked contrast, HMS Glamorgan was able to contain the fire caused by an Exocet detonating in the hangar, right under the ship's fully fueled ASW helicopter. HMS Ardent was lost because one of the bombs which struck her breached several watertight bulkheads. HMS Antelope was lost after attempts to disarm an undetonated bomb caused it to detonate -- and it's worth noting that several of Her Majesty's ships survived the Falklands War after being hit by multiple bombs solely because the bombs didn't detonate (while flying too low for the Brits' missiles to engage them, the Argentinian pilots were also flying too low for the bombs to arm before impact).

In contrast to that (incomplete) list of RN ships which have been attacked, we've only had 2: the USS Stark (hit while underway by 2 Exocet missiles, 1 of which detonated) and the USS Cole (attacked while refueling). In the case of the Stark, the ensuing investigation found serious fault with the conduct of several officers on the ship:
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/world/navy-forgoes-courts-martial-for-officers-of-stark.html

http://www.jag.navy.mil/library/investigations/USS%20STARK%20BASIC.pdf

You're telling me PressTV out of Tehran isn't unbiased?!?

LT (Join to see) - Isn't that where the Iraqi Information Minister went after we booted his ass?

SN Greg Wright - no doubt if it did the missile sponge or in this case torpedo would take it for the carrier. Modern US navy is all about the carrier and rightfully so.

SN Greg Wright and LCDR (Join to see)
I wasn't a Sonar Tech, but if I remember ESWS training (which ironically I got on a Carrier), isn't SLQ-25 AKA Nixie designed to throw the sonar in torpedoes off so that it will go after Nixie instead of the intended target?

PO1 John Miller - That's one countermeasure. There are others, including counter-fire, spoofing, ...etc. But you know all that.

PO1 John Miller - Yes but only for Acoustic torpedoes which the Soviets and most other enemy navies suck at. Most of the effective sub to ship torpedo systems are fire and forget like the wakehomer and this rocket torpedo. Unlike the wire guided 48 ADCAP which is almost impossible to defeat. The STS on the sub would laugh when he saw the SLQ-25 and say "fat chance" but that is why we are lucky they are on our side.

SGT Jerrold Pesz
Considering the last time a US Navy ship sank, 1969 to be precise, I'm not too concerned.

Considering how few times somebody has actually tried to sink a US Navy ship since the 1960s, perhaps you shouldn't be so sanguine, PO1 John Miller.

... have you heard of suicide mission? some "technology" don't need to recover at all. They just need to "explode". Even a submarine! lol

Sure, they can run a suicide mission. Heck, anyone can. But, we are talking about a torpedo that is supposed to have a longer range, at a higher speed, with a quicker readiness. I'm saying it's a load of malarkey. With their history it's nothing to sweat about. Honestly, they are trying to show the region that they are strong and can pose a threat to western influences. Iran wants to be THE major power player in the Middle East. If you watch their movements, that's all they want. They don't want us over there and attacking us would only lead to another war, which they do not want. This is all just propaganda to fuel their image.

LCDR (Join to see), what about the time they claimed to have taken control of one of our UAVs?