What's the longest consecutive time you've been out to sea?

2015-02-21T20:38:21-05:00

The longest I've been was 55 straight days. Long enough time for the entire crew to crack open a beer. Relived my college days with a Rolling Rock!

Response by PO2 Skip Kirkwood made Feb 21 at 2015 9:07 PM

2015-02-21T21:07:24-05:00

70 days under way and submerged, the standard SSBN patrol time during the 1970s.

Times several.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 21 at 2015 9:30 PM

2015-02-21T21:30:37-05:00

Long enough for a steel beach picnic, but I can't remember the exact number. It was around 50.

Response by CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter made Feb 21 at 2015 9:39 PM

2015-02-21T21:39:48-05:00

60 some odd days. 54 days on the line on Yankee Station trying to put the fire out in Vietnam. USS Coral Sea 1972.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 21 at 2015 9:46 PM

2015-02-21T21:46:35-05:00

ENS Private RallyPoint Member The Navy doesn't do deployment like the West Pac anymore? I think it was a 6 month deployment.

Response by LCDR Gabriel Helms made Feb 21 at 2015 9:46 PM

2015-02-21T21:46:58-05:00

Honestly, I can't remember exactly how long we were at sea, but on the USS Carl Vinson, it was around late August or early September to late December 2001. We were supposed to have 3 beer days, but one was cancelled because we were too busy bombing Afghanistan. It pretty much sucked. ;-)

Response by LCDR Steve Didio made Feb 25 at 2015 4:40 PM

2015-02-25T16:40:22-05:00

Well, my shipmates and I on the USS Truxtun (CGN-35) had the privilege of 144 consecutive days on Station in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf in 1980. This was during the peak of the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Not sure how that length of time stacks up as far as records go, but it sure felt like one heck of a long time without seeing land.

Response by PO2 Kurt Alexander made Sep 6 at 2015 5:46 AM

2015-09-06T05:46:06-04:00

89 days... Missed our 90 day deployment ribbon by about 6 hours. Thanks Captain!

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Oct 22 at 2018 7:29 PM

2018-10-22T19:29:51-04:00

Don't recall.... we had a few steel beaches on the way to Afghanistan...