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Harry Krause wrote:
I hope your son returns to you safe and sound. Thanks and thanks to all the others with well wishes. I am confident he will. The biggest risk on a carrier is not paying attention to what's going on around you. The guys really at risk are those Marines and Army troops doing battle house to house. Eisboch |
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![]() "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Don't think so. The Truman was commissioned in 1998. It was followed by the USS Ronald Reagan and Congress has recently approved the building of the USS George H.W. Bush. All are nuclear powered Nimitz class carriers. My son-in-law spent 3 of his 4 years in the Navy stationed on the USS Saipan. As you pointed out it is a smaller, conventionally powered carrier for Marine helicopters and Harrier jets that can launch and land vertically. Eisboch 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. |
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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 |
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![]() "thunder" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Nice pics. Please extend my thanks to your son for serving. You indeed
have a right to be proud. "Eisboch" wrote in message ... I recently got some officially released US Navy photos. The first is our younger son John manning the rail as the USS Harry S Truman got underway from Norfolk Oct 13th for a six month deployment. John is a newlywed and his bride was one of the hundreds on the pier seeing the ship off. (Note the shiny new wedding band) I think the picture says it all. The second is an impressive shot of the Carrier in transit. The pics may be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/4uujj Eisboch |
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![]() "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Doug Kanter wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... I recently got some officially released US Navy photos. The first is our younger son John manning the rail as the USS Harry S Truman got underway from Norfolk Oct 13th for a six month deployment. John is a newlywed and his bride was one of the hundreds on the pier seeing the ship off. (Note the shiny new wedding band) I think the picture says it all. The second is an impressive shot of the Carrier in transit. The pics may be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/4uujj Eisboch That's nothin'. I have two of those boats, "Lobsta 1" and Lobsta 2". I just don't use 'em that much. :-) Just kidding! Nice pics! On the ship itself, is it Harry S Truman or Harry S. Truman? The first is correct, the second is not. The first is correct. I read a biography on Truman and he never used a period after "S". Eisboch My mother won a contest in about 1951 by knowing that Harry S did not have a middle name. One of those items that stick with you the rest of your life. As to manning the rail. Friend was an enlisted man on a carrier in the 50's. He said a great incentive to not be a sailor, but to be an officer was the show the enlisted had to put on by standing on the deck as you arrived in port. And arriving in San Francisco caused you to almost freeze to death. |
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![]() "thunder" wrote in message ... 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 ...and the John C Stennis.. |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:21:24 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:
Stennis, anyone? Cornelius. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts...?index=S000852 |
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:39:18 -0500, Eisboch wrote:
I recently got some officially released US Navy photos. The first is our younger son John manning the rail as the USS Harry S Truman got underway from Norfolk Oct 13th for a six month deployment. John is a newlywed and his bride was one of the hundreds on the pier seeing the ship off. (Note the shiny new wedding band) I think the picture says it all. The second is an impressive shot of the Carrier in transit. The pics may be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/4uujj Eisboch Great pics. You've good reason to be proud. Best wishes for your son and his bride. His being away for so long will be rough on her. Hopefully she'll take advantage of the support offered by the Navy families and, I'm sure, by her husband's family. John H On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD, on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! |
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![]() "Don White" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... I recently got some officially released US Navy photos. The first is our younger son John manning the rail as the USS Harry S Truman got underway from Norfolk Oct 13th for a six month deployment. John is a newlywed and his bride was one of the hundreds on the pier seeing the ship off. (Note the shiny new wedding band) I think the picture says it all. The second is an impressive shot of the Carrier in transit. I believe the Trueman was the first nuke powered carrier to visit my home Truman port. This was just after the first Gulf War and the papers said it delivered the most ordinance of any ship over there. The Eisenhauer and Eisenhower Lincoln came after that but the new troubles have kept all away since. We did get a visit from the Salpan (small carrier)and it's escorts a couple of Saipan. And its an LHA not a carrier. weeks ago. |
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