To: Jeff Head
I would love to go to that. I served on two of those, Nimitz and Eisenhower. Did an overhaul period in Newport News on Ike, where I got to walk underneath the ship while in drydock.
They are huge!!!!
BTW, I also did a tour on the JFK during my 20 year Navy career.
26 posted on
10/03/2006 8:19:43 AM PDT by
fredhead
(Women want me....Fish fear me....I can dream can't I?)
To: fredhead; cva66snipe
God bless you, and thank you for that service. You should speak to Freeper CVA66snipe. You guys could probably sit for hours and trade stories...with that experience of yours, and the same that his FR name emplys, hehehe, I KNOW you could.
43 posted on
10/03/2006 8:25:45 AM PDT by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: fredhead
"... I also did a tour on the JFK during my 20 year Navy career."
I worked on the JFK at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. in 1968 during the final phases of construction and outfitting. Last of the non-nuclear U.S. carriers, I think.
To: fredhead; Jeff Head
I would love to go to that. I served on two of those, Nimitz and Eisenhower. Did an overhaul period in Newport News on Ike, where I got to walk underneath the ship while in drydock. They are huge!!!! BTW, I also did a tour on the JFK during my 20 year Navy career Yea but did you ever crawl inside the boiler of the JFK and climb to the base of the stacks :>} Done that on CV-66 in 1978. Walked under it in 79&80.
Looks like the Navy is fixing to decomm JFK as well. She'll go to Boston Harbor you can bet the bank on it. JFK was done much like the AMERICA. Oddly enough KITTY HAWK has out lived them all. JFK was the last conventional but was not a KH Class carrier but rather a KENNEDY Class. The only one.
149 posted on
10/03/2006 10:07:03 AM PDT by
cva66snipe
(If it was wrong for Clinton why do some support it for Bush? Party over nation destroys the nation.)
To: fredhead
"I also did a tour on the JFK ..."
Did you ever visit the captain's quarters? I was on a shipyard inspection crew that was checking for minor (mainly cosmetic) things that needed to be fixed at the last minute before turning it over to the Navy. There was a large adjoining suite for female, on-board guests. The "bathroom" (I won't call it a "head") had been painted hot pink, and it had a bidet - first one I had ever seen!
To: fredhead
First ship, Forrestal VA85
Second ship, JFK VA34
Third ship, America VA95
Forth ship, America VA95
Fifth ship, America VA95
And last but not least, after 18 years retired, a three day visit aboard USS Bataan (my son is on board) and a command coin.
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