[RandallFlagg]

I was on the USS Peleliu (the next biggest sized ship to the carriers) and we docked on the other side of the Coronado bridge. My ship is 40 stories tall and three football fields long (I had to paint it often...YEECH!). The carriers will not fit not just because of their height, but their keel is too low; they stay on the north side of the bridge.
On a side note, sailors traditionally throw their white caps out of the sterngate of the Peleliu on the last underway period of the very last day aboard ship. We write in permanent marker the names and years of all the countries we've been to in our service onboard.
My white cap said, Thailand, Australia, Phillipines, Kenya, Singapore, Somalia, Hong Kong, Korea, Dubai, Oman and Kuwait.

[afraidfortherepublic]

My white cap said, Thailand, Australia, Phillipines, Kenya, Singapore, Somalia, Hong Kong, Korea, Dubai, Oman and Kuwait.

Thank you, Sir, for your service and your story.

[A Navy Vet]

"My white cap said, Thailand, Australia, Phillipines, Kenya, Singapore, Somalia, Hong Kong, Korea, Dubai, Oman and Kuwait."

My white cap would have mostly said, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Sea of Japan, Pacific Ocean, etc.