And while the Kitty Hawk is out to sea, look what else the chicoms are doing...
USS Kitty Hawk left at sea for Thanksgiving
Eight thousand American sailors and airmen will spend a lonely Thanksgiving on the South China Sea on Thursday after the Chinese government unexpectedly denied the USS Kitty Hawk access to Hong Kong port.
The aircraft carrier and its strike group had been expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. But Bryan Whitman, Pentagon spokesman, said China had denied the visit at the last minute with no explanation.
Families of the sailors aboard the Kitty Hawk, which is based in Yokosuka, Japan, had flocked to Hong Kong only to be left high-and-dry. US consular staff were faced with having to provide alternative holiday arrangements for disappointed relatives.
Maybe the thread title should be amended to add, "Meanwhile Chicoms cx Kitty Hawk port call"
The missile destroyer "Shenzhen" will visit Japan from November 28 to December 1, at the invitation of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. LINK
Interesting how the world is turning. Makes me wonder where our friends are anymore...
Thanks for that info and telling the larger story. Happy Thanksgiving!
Kitty Hawk was underway for an exercise with the Japanese. Maybe this was the Chicoms way of disapproving.
Looks like the crew will miss out on their annual pre-Christmas shopping boondongle. Lots of folks love these trips but I know quite a few that hated them too. They would have rather been home on Thanksgiving.
Get a close look at that vessel fellows, we’ll probably have to send it and all hands to Davy Jones in a few short years...
Hey TG,
Nice to see your tag line Sister. How about that Quartet Meeting held at Anapolis? Of all places to have a meeting! Talk about “the land of many waters”, hows that for describing the USA with 4 oceans the Great Lakes and the Gulf surrounding our continent? Amazing suff