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AIRCRAFT CARRIER - HARD A PORT!
ANYONE WITH ANY INFO ON THIS PIC - LET US KNOW! WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPLIES AND WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS! Well I am in the Navy and I used to be stationed on the same type of ship. What that ship is doing is called shake down. It is where the crew takes the ship out to sea and they will pretty much do the extreme with the ship to see how much it can handle before it breaks.. The ship in the picture is doing high speed turns. Believe me when they start doing those types of moves on a ship that is 97,000 tons it is an awesome ride!! ONCE AGAIN DON AT THE DANZ FAMILY.COM HAS COME TO THE RESCUE: Aircraft Carrier Hard a Port!: Pic ID=8294 The photo is of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The photo was most likely taken during one of the ships sea trials after a successful three-year refuling and complex overhaul (RCOH) completed in June 2001. This was the ships and only refueling in a 50-year life-span. Work included the refueling of both of the ships reactors and significant modernization work. This included a major upgrade of the island house that involved the shipyard removing the top two levels of the island house and replacing them. This action was driven by the installation of a new antenna mast that runs down along the island and provides for better radar capabilities. NNS also integrated a new radar tower aboard Nimitz. Maintenance and repair work was performed below the ships waterline and included the application of new paint. In addition, nearly 3,000 valves were replaced and another 600 were overhauled in various ship systems. Nimitz, the lead ship of the class, is also the first of its class to undergo this major life-cycle milestone. Nimitz will go from here to capably serve as an instrument of national defense for another 25 years. The ship's keel was laid on June 22, 1968 at Newport News Shipbuilding. It was christened on May 13, 1972 by Mrs. Catherine Nimitz Lay, daughter of the ships namesake, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and commissioned in 1975. Nimitz's first deployment began on July 7, 1976 when it departed Norfolk, Va., for the Mediterranean Sea. The ship has been a powerful and effective Naval presence for 26 years and will rejoin the fleet as one of the most modern and sophisticated aircraft carriers in the world. Nimitz returned to Hampton Roads on March 1, 1998 and on May 26, 1998 began her mid-life refueling overhaul that has enabled her to be able to provide the United States with another quarter century of service. On June 25, 2001, Nimitz departed Newport News Shipbuilding for a temporary berth at Naval Base Norfolk, Va. On September 21, 2001 the carrier departed Norfolk, Va., and conducted an inter-fleet transfer to her new homeport of San Diego. Nimitz arrived in San Diego on November 13, 2001. Nimitz began a four-month Post-Shakedown Availability (PSA) at Naval Air Station, North Island in January 2002. Nimitz ended her pier-side availability on May 7, 2002 and conducted Sea Trials, a first step in preparations for her next overseas deployment. As the lead ship of the world's most powerful and capable class of warships, Nimitz stands ready to serve as our nation's finest instrument of peace, power projection and platform for diplomacy. FROM MIKE: Your picture looks familiar. I believe I was aboard at the time. The C.O was Capt. Compton and we were performing acceptance trials. I was not aware that that photos had been taken. This was off the coast of Virginia in 1975. During this same trial, we pulled maneuvers that had waves wash over our stern and I believe (rumor to this day) that we permanently bent one of the shafts while breaking a few pillow blocks free by passing full astern from high speed forward. --- Rec'd 4-12-03 Question: about the pic "Aircraft Carrier- hard a port" This pic could not have been taken in 1975. Take a close look on the fan tail (stern) and just aft of the island you will see a small white ovel. Nick named R2-D2, real name is the CWIS pronounced see-wizz. This six barrel 20mm gun is a Close In Weapon System and was not on the CV(n)-68 in 1975. ?????? 
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