"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:32:09 +0000, Don White wrote:


Must have been the Teddy Roosevelt. The nukes anchor out in the
'stream'
rather than tie up as the Coral Sea, Intrepid, Wasp, Essex etc..did
for
years. Every summer it was a hilight to see the carriers come in. I
grew
up about two city blocks from pier 20-21 where the early ones docked.
That
pier is now used by the cruise liners...including the new Queen Mary 2.

Halifax? It might not have been the first, but the Truman did visit.

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...ru-halifax.jpg

Thanks Thunder. That's a great picture.