You are correct, it was the USS America. I'll let my USAF friend know. Thank you.
"It's not risky at all with practice…it was my opening pass to a Tomcat tactical demonstration at sea. I started from the starboard rear quarter of the ship, at or slightly below flight deck level. Airspeed was at about 250 knots with the wings swept forward. I selected afterburner at about 1/2 mile behind and the aircraft accelerated to about 325-330 knots. As I approached the ship, I rolled into an 85 degree angle of bank and did a 2-3 g turn, finishing about 10- 20 degrees off of the ship's axis. It was a very dramatic and, in my opinion, a very cool way to start a carrier demo. The photo was taken by an Aviation Boson's Mate who worked the flight deck on the USS America. Just as an aside...the individual with his arms behind his back is Admiral Jay Johnson, the immediate past Chief of Naval Operations for the Navy."
1. "Clouds on a B2 Bomber" by Virginia Tech's Dr. Mark S. Cramer: http://www.GalleryOfFluidMechanics.com/conden/b2bg.htm -- Via http://www.GalleryOfFluidMechanics.com/conden/pg_sing.htm
2. Beautiful, large high-resolution images of Bobbi Garcia's picture of the B-2 Spirit with the P-G cloud: http://community.Webshots.com/album/64801559Zbdmph -- Via http://www.Wilk4.com/misc/soundbreak.htm and http://www.Wilk4.com/misc/soundbreak.htm#b2
3. And now for the only known public video with a clip showing the B-2 Spirit causing a P-G cloud to appear around the bomber, and it happens very fast: http://www.is.NorthropGrumman.com/videos/b2_tx.wmv -- Via http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20040818.htm (P-G Cloud, 2nd collection; actually all the collection list the video)
This Prandtl-Glauert Singularity thingy is cool, but bizarre.