[rlmorel]

Not true...there were times we were unaccompanied, or if we were, the escorts were nowhere in sight. It did happen. I don’t know if steaming doctrine in the Seventies was that much different than it is today, but I do recall it was not uncommon to not see another vessel anywhere out to the horizon. Of course, they didn’t have Aegis class missile ships back then, so maybe it was different.

[central_va]

unrepping?

[cva66snipe]

Not true...there were times we were unaccompanied, or if we were, the escorts were nowhere in sight. It did happen. I don’t know if steaming doctrine in the Seventies was that much different than it is today, but I do recall it was not uncommon to not see another vessel anywhere out to the horizon. Of course, they didn’t have Aegis class missile ships back then, so maybe it was different.

I remember back in the late 70's doing Flank Speed runs back and forth through the Straits of Messina one night. We were doing war games with subs best I remember and were not escorted. A carrier at Flank Speed you can feel it throughout the ship. Under normal Full or lower you don't feel the rise and fall or list but you sure do at Flank and you can also hear the turbines from Hanger Deck and lower.