Married2Allis
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What a ship. Thanks to our US Navy for keeping us safe!!
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Crazy Horse
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Aptly named, I don't follow a lot of politics up here or south of the border but I always liked Gerald Ford for some reason. Seemed like a guy that could live
next door and have a cold one with you, some might think otherwise of course but I thought he was pretty cool.
next door and have a cold one with you, some might think otherwise of course but I thought he was pretty cool.
Billy Shafer
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Fine ship. But I just can't see getting rid of the steam cats. Just wont be the same. I was on the USS Saratoga CVA 60.
Billy Shafer
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Just noticed the deck number. 68 is the Nimitz 78 is the Ford.
12 years from the start of construction to commissioning. Even though it is "commissioned" the ship will not be "combat ready" until 2020 - they continue to have problems with planes taking off and landing. You know the whole purpose of a carrier.
What makes it worse is that during construction the "drone" revolution has essentially made the ship obsolete.
What makes it worse is that during construction the "drone" revolution has essentially made the ship obsolete.
Texasmark1
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I remember William Holden In "The Bridges at Toko Ri". He was playing the part of a USNR F 9 Banshee (twin engine jet fighter bomber) pilot called to duty in the Korean war and the bridges were across the Yalu river separating N. Korea and China. Wikipedia lists the movie script and the basis for the movie which is worth reading in a separate listing about Lt (jg) John Koelsch.
He had the jitters about not making it back from his last flight (which he was preparing to take...unknown to him at the time) as he stood in he galley drinking a cup of coffee and glancing over at a tv where a football game was playing in LA, CA......his thoughts.....what the heck am I doing here...... In the background you could hear the steam catapults launching aircraft......made a heck of a lot of noise....which would launch him later in the day on the fateful mission.
If the enlisted bunks were below the cat. don't know how they got any sleep when launching.
He had the jitters about not making it back from his last flight (which he was preparing to take...unknown to him at the time) as he stood in he galley drinking a cup of coffee and glancing over at a tv where a football game was playing in LA, CA......his thoughts.....what the heck am I doing here...... In the background you could hear the steam catapults launching aircraft......made a heck of a lot of noise....which would launch him later in the day on the fateful mission.
If the enlisted bunks were below the cat. don't know how they got any sleep when launching.
old
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Sadly it is obsolete already. One of the problems our military have it the computer systems when installed might be top of the line but in less then a year they are obsolete system since things keep changing so fast.
It does look a lot longer then the JFK CVA67 that I was on.
It does look a lot longer then the JFK CVA67 that I was on.
Billy Shafer
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Guess where the training room was on the Saratoga. Right below and between the two forward cats.Sounded like two freight trains going over head.
Married2Allis
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Have there been any DoD programs that weren't over budget and immediately obsolete in the past 30 years? So the F22 & F35 have componentized systems that are upgradeable ... likely that carriers and anything else has them as well.
Was in an air squadron attached to the USS Hancock CVA-19 from 62 - 66. Our bunks were right under the starboard cat on what I think I remember was the 02 deck, one down from the flight deck but above the hanger deck. Didn't really matter much because when the ship was at flight quarters we were working not sleeping.
Most of the ships company bunks were below the hanger deck well away from the cats. The area below the arresting gear was just as bad. When one was trapped it was with a big bang followed by the zip sound of a ~2 inch steel cable being unwound really fast.
Most of the ships company bunks were below the hanger deck well away from the cats. The area below the arresting gear was just as bad. When one was trapped it was with a big bang followed by the zip sound of a ~2 inch steel cable being unwound really fast.
I'm only aware of one nuclear carrier that was retired, the Enterprise (an early 1960's ship?). If the Nimitz is #68 and this one is #89, does that mean we have at least 22 nuclear carriers if we count those in service and those out of the ship yards being outfitted? How many more are planned and under construction?
PaGlenn
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The photo seems to show a smaller flight tower then those on earlier carriers. Shows a lot of open area on the carriers deck.
List of active carriers and their commission date:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 3 May 1975 / -- Active
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) 18 Oct 1977
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) 13 Mar 1982
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) 25 Oct 1986
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) 11 Nov 1989
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) 9 Dec 1995
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) 25 July 1998
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) 12 July 2003
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) 10 Jan 2009
PCU Gerald R. Ford(CVN 78) Not fully commissioned
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) 3 May 1975 / -- Active
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) 18 Oct 1977
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) 13 Mar 1982
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) 25 Oct 1986
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) 11 Nov 1989
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) 9 Dec 1995
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) 25 July 1998
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) 12 July 2003
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) 10 Jan 2009
PCU Gerald R. Ford(CVN 78) Not fully commissioned
Married2Allis
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Wow -- the USS George H.W. Bush is old by technology standards. Time for a new one.
Ultradog MN
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Nice photo.
Thanks.
Here is the ship's namesake playing
basketball on the light carrier USS
Monteray in 1944. Gerald Ford is the
jumper on the left.
Thanks.
Here is the ship's namesake playing
basketball on the light carrier USS
Monteray in 1944. Gerald Ford is the
jumper on the left.
Goose
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That reminds me of once when I was in a Marine fighter squadron on the USS Lake Champlain. One day a bunch of us Marines got bored out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and began playing football in one of the hangar bays--using a ball bearing for a football. We had a serious game going.
I looked over to the side and saw a Navy Warrant Officer watching us. You could almost see a question mark about a foot high over his head. He couldn't see the ball bearing, all he could see was us Marines running around. Of course, anything the Marines do is viewed with an element of suspicion by the Navy anyway and it was written all over his face, "What the hell are those damned Marines up to now?"
I looked over to the side and saw a Navy Warrant Officer watching us. You could almost see a question mark about a foot high over his head. He couldn't see the ball bearing, all he could see was us Marines running around. Of course, anything the Marines do is viewed with an element of suspicion by the Navy anyway and it was written all over his face, "What the hell are those damned Marines up to now?"
dcarp
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Here's a picture of the USS FORD
I agree Billy. I was an ABH-3 on the USS Coral Sea CVA-43. I spotted the bow Cats and steam is the only way to go. The new EMALS System has had plenty of problems being able to handle fully loaded aircraft. However,the F-35 is a STOL type aircraft. I assumed for now the F-18 and F-22 are being used. Also the E-2's and the helos need a place to land and are vital to air support. Here is a picture of the F-4's we had on the Coral Sea.
Interesting story-supposedly true. Ford was on the flight one day when the ship took an unexpected hard roll. He slipped, slid across the deck and over the edge, just caught a hand hold on the lip at the last second. Hung on until the ship rolled back the other way and managed to pull him self back onto the flight deck. If he hadn't been young, strong and an excellent athlete he would have gone into the drink and likely lost. Ironic that he was parodied as a klutz when President; in fact, he was one of the best athletes to ever hold that job.
And a man of courage and character. To bad that isn't the case today.
And a man of courage and character. To bad that isn't the case today.
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