USS Ronald Reagan in Jebel Ali (UAE port call)

TradeArabia ^ | 18 March 2006

[A.A. Cunningham]

USS Ronald Reagan in Jebel Ali
Posted: Saturday, March 18, 2006

Dubai

US navy aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, has arrived in the Dubai port of Jebel Ali.

The carrier's 4,800 crew members 'will have a chance to tour, shop, and enjoy liberty,' said a statement by the US Navy's Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain.

The 334-metre nuclear-powered vessel arrived in the Gulf last month to conduct maritime security operations in the region and 'support ground troops in Iraq,' said the statement.

'Visits to places like Jebel Ali and Dubai in the UAE are a great opportunity for our sailors to experience a culture much different from their own,' said Captain Terry Kraft.

'The UAE is an important ally in the region in supporting the efforts of coalition maritime forces who are supporting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf.'

The administration of US President George W Bush to smooth over ties with Dubai authorities after Congressional opposition forced the UAE government, which owns Dubai Ports World, to offload six US port operations it had acquired through its $6.9-billion takeover of Britain's Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P and O) in mid-February.

[A.A. Cunningham]

060315-N-7130B-154 Persian Gulf (March 15, 2006) - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) prepares to make a port call in Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Reagan and embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently on a deployment conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Aaron Burden (RELEASED)

[onyx]

Oh no, the dreaded UAE. /sarc

GOOD POST.

[onedoug]

USS Ronald Reagan in anti-semitic Jebel Ali (UAE port call)

[bnelson44]

Quite a site!

[CarrotAndStick]

The thing in the background is it this?:

[Cannoneer No. 4]

USS Gonzalez visits Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates; Prepares for Upcoming Inspection

Gonzalez lit up some Somali pirates yesterday.

[SoCalPol]

Ain't she great. Always enjoy looking over at the USS Reagan when she is homeported.

[onyx]

YES. She is grand. I will always cherish that day she sailed into home port, our home town, San Diego!

[jazusamo]

Thanks for the post, She's a beautiful sight.

[demlosers]

Ooooooooooooooooh Nooooooooooooooooooooo! a UAE port call!

[jveritas]

I am very glad that my fears were proven wrong and the UAE still maintain a great relation with us and most importantly with our military after all the Dubai Ports World fiasco and hysteria.

[onyx]

Well, of course whatever fall out remains to be seen.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Jebel Ali

[quantim]

I'd hate to have that thing mad at me.

May God bless her.

[LeoWindhorse]

I bet the sailors are dying for a port call in Pattaya
or Subic Bay

[sheik yerbouty]

An artificial island built to look like a palm tree.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Singapore (February 11, 2006) – As USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departs Singapore after a four-day port visit, Sailors take a final look at the "Lion City." More than 4,800 Sailors from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group visited the city and took part in community service and friendship-building activities. Reagan is currently underway on its maiden deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism and maritime security operations. Official U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Kathleen Gorby.

[onyx]

Travis McGee took Hildy and I out on his sailboat (which is pictured on his FR page) to greet the USS RWR on the day she sailed into her home port at north Island NAS in San Diego. It's a day I shall forever cherish.

I love that ship. The San Diego FR chapter are trying to arrange a tour of the ship when she returns home and I fully intend to fly out to join them.

[LeoWindhorse]

I am sure that Sg. is a singularly boring place to port call.
Didn't used to be , but after the a-retentive ethnic Chinese got ahold of the place....

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I visited the Yorktown once. It is on static display at Charleston.