100,000 Tons of U.S. Firepower too Big to Dock at Portsmouth: Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore ....

Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | March 23, 2015 | Tom Payne

[Cecily]

She weighs in at an impressive 100,000 tons and is longer than The Shard is tall.

And today the mammoth USS Theodore Roosevelt was anchored just off the coast of Hampshire because she was simply 'too big' to sail into the Royal Navy's historic Portsmouth dockyard.

Thousands of stunned spectators jammed roads and lined the banks of the River Solent to welcome the 1,092ft-long floating city as it arrived for a five-day visit to the UK on the first stop of a global deployment.

[Cecily]

Is Obozo really sending the carrier to bomb the oxygen thieves known as ISIS? I hope so.

[C19fan]

There was a time the Royal Navy had the largest warships if the world.

[brownsfan]

I’m surprised Obama hasn’t mothballed this one too!

[agere_contra]

Impressive!

[Blood of Tyrants]

“She can go three months without resupply”

Provided the crew doesn’t eat and the planes don’t fly.

[Psalm 73]

In the words of the exiled NR writer Andrew Stuttaford, that is one BSD....

[bt-99]

Nicknamed -The Big Stick

[Stormdog]

“There was a time the Royal Navy had the largest warships if the world.”

There was a time when the sun never set on the British Empire.

[riverdawg]

“Another joked in reference to recent increased tensions between the West and Russia: ‘Wonder if any Russian bombers will fly up the Channel this week?’”

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe the Roosevelt should take a side trip up the Baltic Sea while it’s in the general area.

[C210N]

There was a time the Royal Navy had the largest warships if the world.

Must of been quite the site, looking from lower Manhattan into the harbor and seeing a good portion of the British fleet, prior to being clobbered by them.

[skimbell]

The Iowa was called "The Big Stick" while it was floating around.

I'd think either one of them could make a good claim for the name.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

100,000 tons of diplomacy.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

There's a list of facts about half-way through. I hope this one is a bit of disinformation:

* She is armed with two $165,400 (£110,498) 'sea sparrow' missiles, capable of hitting targets 10 miles away.

TWO???

[Lower Deck]

There was a time the Royal Navy had the largest warships if the world.

Not since before World War II.

[Lower Deck]

TWO???

Two launchers. Eight missiles per launcher.

[Lower Deck]

Is Obozo really sending the carrier to bomb the oxygen thieves known as ISIS? I hope so.

Yes. She replaces the Carl Vinson on station. Once her 8 month deployment is over then she heads for a new home port in San Diego.

And I don't think any U.S. carriers have been able to pull in to Portsmouth for decades. I remember seeing one, I think it was the Kennedy, back in the 70's anchored in the Solent.

[Boogieman]

Probably they mean two missile launchers, not just two missiles.

[Constitution Day]

That’s what she said.

[Red Badger]

Gonna need a bigger dock..................

[Red Badger]

Her desalination plant makes 400,000 gallons of fresh water from the sea ever day – enough for 2,000 homes.

Maybe California could try that......................