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The USS Gerald Ford CVN 78 leads a column of vessels including ITS Cavour (C550), USS Mount Whitney LCC 20, ITS Ciao Duilio (D554), ITS Virginio Fasan (F591), and USS Normandy CG 20 - U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Orlosky
ITS Cavour (C550) is an Italian aircraft carrier
ITS Ciao Duilio (D554) is a destroyer of the Italian Navy
ITS Virginio Fasan (F591) is a Carlo Bergamini-class frigate of the Italian Navy.
ITS Cavour (C550) is an Italian aircraft carrier
ITS Ciao Duilio (D554) is a destroyer of the Italian Navy
ITS Virginio Fasan (F591) is a Carlo Bergamini-class frigate of the Italian Navy.
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chowderman
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the pilots probably flew home for lunch . . . .
Maybe they learn't from Pearl Harbor not to line them up in case of an aircraft attack????
Looks like it can only carry about 10 aircraft so I guess they can all fit under deck.
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Italian aircraft carrier Cavour - Wikipedia
I'm going to have to find some pics of the Nimitz.
Dad's boat.
Dad's boat.
J.J. McDaniels
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The New Jersey, BB-62. Sister ship of the Mighty 'Mo' in Subic Bay, July 12th, 1983.
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Check out this bad boy. The USS Tulsa LCS-16. Pearl Harbor, 2022.
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The USS Arizona during Sea Trials, 25th December 1916, East River, NY. If you look closely enough, you'll notice two Christmas Trees on her fore and aft cage masts.
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USS Texas, BB-35, New York Class, circa 1919. Currently preserved as a Museum Ship in Galveston, TX. Hell of a history here.
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Fantastic shot of The Constitution.
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The USS Oklahoma, BB-37 passing Alcatraz in the 30's.
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The USS Iowa BB-61, USS Wisconsin BB-64, USS Boston CA-69, and USS Albany, CA-123, August 1953.
Back in 1982 we did an east coast history tour. The 300-year anniversary of Philidelphia etc. I spent a day touring this wonderful craft, in Boston, as it sat in drydock, its hull being rebuilt one giant timber at a time.
The process of building these tall ships is an amazing combination of brutal effort and genius.
Awesome.
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chowderman
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my dad was 'Ship's Company' on the USS Consititution circa late 1940's. as he related, 'top boot campers' got a pick of duty - since his family was in Brooklyn, he picked the Constitution.
View attachment HJT_BootCamp.jpg
fast forward many years. . . I was assigned to new commissioning duty - commissioning happened in Boston at minus 4 billion degrees - right across the pier from the USS Constitution. my parents attended, my dad tried to hide his emotion, but yeah I saw it.
while at the Boston Navy shipyard, I inquired with the Constitution repair staff - if you ever need a favor, just ask a Chief for a favor for another Chief . . . so I came up with a really nifty Christmas present for my dad - a chunk of the original stem....
View attachment HJT_BootCamp.jpg
fast forward many years. . . I was assigned to new commissioning duty - commissioning happened in Boston at minus 4 billion degrees - right across the pier from the USS Constitution. my parents attended, my dad tried to hide his emotion, but yeah I saw it.
while at the Boston Navy shipyard, I inquired with the Constitution repair staff - if you ever need a favor, just ask a Chief for a favor for another Chief . . . so I came up with a really nifty Christmas present for my dad - a chunk of the original stem....
J.J. McDaniels
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She's been in active service since 1797. That's incredible. I'm just happy she's been very, very, very well maintained all this time.
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A Port Side close up of the Constitution!
Arguably, the B-24 won the war in Europe. Not just because of its abilities, but because we could make so many of them.
Many historians claim that the reason Hitler's Germany lost was because he never allowed them to build a four-engine bomber. As a result, he could not bomb our cities and factories as we did his.