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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Kongō DDG-173

I noted that the lead ship for the Kongō-class was '173.' I assume that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force asked me if I wanted to decide on the schedules for these ships and I made these calculations. I noted earlier that Part 1 of the series finale of the "Adam-12" television series, titled "Something Worth Dying For," was episode number 173 and I also noted that the commissioning date of the Royal Navy's HMS Arrow F173 in 1976. I was 17.3 years old on 7/2/1976 and I believe that is the reason for these numerical sequences.

The keel for Kongō DDG-173 was laid on 5/8/1990, according to the article link as referenced.

From 7/4/1976 to 5/8/1990 is: 13 years, 44 weeks

'1344'

From 3/3/1959 to 7/16/1963 is: 13 days, 4 months, 4 years

'1344'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel

A structural keel is a large beam which the hull of a ship is built around. The keel runs in the middle of the ship, from the bow to the stern, and serves as the foundation or spine of the structure, providing the major source of structural strength of the hull. The keel is generally the first part of a ship's hull to be constructed, and laying the keel, or placing the keel in the cradle in which the ship will be built, is often a momentous event in a ship's construction--so much so that the event is often marked with a ceremony, and the term lay the keel has entered the language as a phrase meaning the beginning of any significant undertaking.





The 9/26/1991 launch date for DDG-173 was 173.4 months after 4/14/1977.

From 4/14/1977 to 9/26/1991 is: 173 months, 12 days
12 / 30 = 0.4 month
From 4/14/1977 to 9/26/1991 is: 173.4 months

1-7-3-4

From 3/4/1959 to 7/2/1976 is: 17 years, 3 months, 4 weeks

1-7-3-4


Kongō DDG-173 commissioned: Thursday, 3/25/1993

From 11/26/1976 to 3/25/1993 is: 5963 days

'59 & 63'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_class_destroyer

The Kongo class of guided missile destroyers, a modification of the United States of America (U.S.) Navy Arleigh Burke class (Flight I), serves as the core ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)'s Escort Flotillas. The Kongo class employs the highly advanced Aegis fire control system and is armed with the RIM-66 SM-2 Block II surface-to-air missile, RUM-139 vertically launched anti-submarine rocket, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration, and an Oto Melara 127 mm/54 caliber gun. Its Mark 41 vertical launch system can hold 90 missiles. However, in keeping with the defensive mission of the JMSDF and passive role of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in general, the Kongo-class lacks the Tomahawk missile.

All Kongo-class destroyers take their names from Japan's mountains, the class name referring to Mount Kongo.





Kirishima DDG-174 was the second ship of the Kongō-class.

Laid down: 4/7/1992
Launched: 8/19/1993
Commissioned: 3/16/1995


From 7/4/1976 to 4/7/1992 is: 15 years, 9 months, 3 days

1-59-3


From 7/16/1963 to 8/19/1993 is: 30 years, 34 days

3-3-4


From 5/1/1967 to 3/16/1995 is: 10181 days
From 3/3/1959 to 6/19/1968 is: 3396 days
3396 / 10181 = 0.333

3-3-3





JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Thursday, May 10, 2007

I have this memory today, it seems like I have had it for 20 years, but I'm not sure about that. It was 1986 and we were at Micheal's funeral. His father, Denzil, my step-father, was grief-stricken over the death of his son. I was still in shock at that time. He told me that I was the only son he had left and that he was the only father I had left. My father had died the previous year. I remembered how Micheal told me at the funeral that he was sorry about my father dying.

I look at this one photo of a person who may have been my friend in my real life....I see a similarity to a woman I worked with at Microsoft. I like her. She was from Canada I think, of Egyptian descent. People talked about her being a lawyer before working at Microsoft as a TAM, but from what she told me, she had dropped out of law school. She and I were dancing at the Christmas party one time. She drove me home. I quipped at one point, for some reason, about how I had spent so much time in the North Atlantic, my offspring would be eskimo. I wanted to invite her up to my apartment when she dropped me off, but decided against it.

ah, damn......that princess with the pink car.....wish I could find the photo.....

I haven't seen the movie, but lately some previews for Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai have been playing on tv. There is something about that woman, where she reminds me of someone I was with. I have this unexplained sadness when I see her in those previews. And it feels like something is missing, I have this feeling that something is missing, can't explain it.





1970: 7 & 11

from 7/16/1970 to 12/6/2003 is: 3 weeks, 4 months, 33 years

34-33

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/

The Last Samurai (2003)

Release Date: 5 December 2003 (USA)

Tom Cruise ... Nathan Algren





From 3/3/1959 to 7/3/1962 is: 3 years, 122 days
122 / 365 = 0.334
From 3/3/1959 to 7/3/1962 is: 3.334 years

33-34

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/

Tom Cruise
Date of Birth: 3 July 1962

Top Gun (1986) .... Maverick
Days of Thunder (1990) .... Cole Trickle
The Firm (1993) .... Mitch McDeere
Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Ethan Hunt
Jerry Maguire (1996) .... Jerry Maguire
Vanilla Sky (2001) .... David Aames
Minority Report (2002) .... Chief John Anderton
The Last Samurai (2003) .... Nathan Algren
War of the Worlds (2005) .... Ray Ferrier





The actress who portrays the love interest was born 1959 days before 4/30/1982.

From 12/18/1976 to 4/30/1982 (USNA82) is: 1959 days

'1959'

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468746/

Koyuki (I)
Date of Birth: 18 December 1976
The Last Samurai (2003) .... Taka





I recognize 9/2/1965 as my first day at Princeton University and 4/30/1982 as my commissioning date from U.S. Naval Academy.

From 5/6/1952 to 4/30/1982 is: 3 days, 3 weeks, 359 months

333-59

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_Mukai

Chiaki Mukai ( Mukai Chiaki, born May 6, 1952) (M.D., Ph.D.) is a JAXA astronaut (Payload Specialist).

Chiaki Mukai, née Chiaki Naito ( Naito Chiaki), was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. She is married to Makio Mukai, M.D., Ph.D. Her recreational interests include snow skiing, Alpine competitive skiing, bass fishing, scuba diving, tennis, golf, photography, American Literature, and traveling.

In 1985, Mukai was selected as one of three Japanese Payload Specialist candidates for the First Material Processing Test (Spacelab-J) which flew aboard STS-47. She also served as a back-up payload specialist for the Neurolab (STS-90) mission. Mukai has logged over 566 hours in space. She flew aboard STS-65 in 1994 and STS-95 in 1998. She is the first Japanese woman to fly in space, and the first Japanese astronaut to fly twice. Dr. Mukai was assigned the deputy mission scientist for STS-107. In that capacity she coordinated science operations for this science mission.





5/1/1967 to 9/17/1978 (Sunday) is 593 weeks, 6 days

59-3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076984/

"Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
TV-Series 1978-1979

Release Date: 17 September 1978 (USA)

Plot Outline: The last major Colonial fighter carrier leads a makeshift fleet of human refugees on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.





From 5/21/1945 ("Capt. Apollo") to 3/3/1959 is: 5034 days
From 3/4/1959 to 12/14/1972 (Apollo 17 leaves Moon) is: 5034 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368745/

Richard Hatch (I)
Date of Birth: 21 May 1945
"Battlestar Galactica" .... Capt. Apollo / ... (21 episodes, 1978-1979)





1970: 7 & 11

From 3/1/1945 ("Lt. Starbuck") to 3/3/1959 is: 5115 days
5115 / 2 = 2557 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/16/1970 is: 2557 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070767/

Dirk Benedict
Date of Birth: 1 March 1945

"Battlestar Galactica" .... Lt. Starbuck / ... (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
"The A-Team" .... Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (96 episodes, 1983-1987)





From 4/14/1977 to 1/14/2005 is: 333 months

3-3-3

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)
TV-Series 2004-????

Release Date: 14 January 2005 (USA)

Tagline: The fight to save humanity rages on.

Plot Outline: After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama (Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (McDonnell) face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.





From 4/3/1973 to 11/28/1976 is: 3 years, 34 weeks, 1 days

334-1

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051397/

Jamie Bamber
Date of Birth: 3 April 1973
"Battlestar Galactica" .... Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama / ... (54 episodes, 2004-2008)





From 11/28/1976 to 4/8/1980 is: 3 years, 4 months, 10 days
(Day,Week,Month,Year)

10 / 30 = 0.33

From 11/28/1976 to 4/8/1980 is: 3 years, 4.33 months

34-33

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755267/

Katee Sackhoff
Date of Birth: 8 April 1980
"Battlestar Galactica" .... Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / ... (53 episodes, 2004-2008)





From 7/2/1976 to 9/7/1977 is: 432 days

432 * 0.3459 = 149 days

From 7/2/1976 to 11/28/1976 is: 149 days

34-59

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Krypton_Factor

Original run 7 September 1977 – 20 November 1995

The Krypton Factor was a British game show, produced by Granada Television and hosted by Gordon Burns, which ran from 1977 to 1995 on ITV. Contestants from across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland completed in a series of rounds that tested their physical stamina and mental attributes. The title alludes to Superman's home planet, Krypton, the title denoting strong Superhuman powers that the contestants had for taking part in the challenges they were set.





From 3/3/1959 to 1/23/1977 is: 5 days, 933 weeks

59-33

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/

"Roots" (1977) (mini)
TV-Series

Release Date: 23 January 1977 (USA)

Plot Outline: A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation.











I keep having these curious sensations that seem to be of me landing on the ground, and I assume I am strapped to a parachute because I can't see the parachute. I'm not certain how long I have been consciously aware of that sensation. In these sensations, I am almost, but partially, visualizing myself looking down at my legs as I am about to hit the ground. I can distinquish the color of the ground and some basic details about the texture of the ground. I can see the black military boots and I am wearing and what seems to be a green flight pressure suit that fighter jet pilots would wear. I see the image clearly in my mind, but I find it confusing because I don't consciously remember any such experience so I can only describe it as something I partially visualize, which seems curious itself. I used to describe such sensations as 'foreign dream,' because they seemed to have been produced by sources outside my mind, although this particular sensation about landing on the ground with a parachute while wearing a flight suit occurred to me after I had been awake for a while. Such waking images have probably been occurring to me for a long time but only the similar dreams would stay within my attention span for some reason.