I was on the Nimitz in the early 80’s coming back from a Med cruise. We got into a bad storm in the Atlantic. They had to replace a bunch of catwalks and antennas at flight deck level towards the bow. Slept like a baby while I was off duty during the storm. The sailors on the cruiser accompanying us had a tough go of it. I suspect they have better forecasting tools these days so as to avoid unnecessary damage.
Late 80’s going back to Bremerton, off the coast of Oregon in March, we took a 24 deg roll. No A/C on deck, but some of the yellow gear in the hangar broke free and went flying.
CO came up to the bridge wearing most of his breakfast.
The rougher the wx, the better I slept.