Posted on Mar 12, 2015
PO2 Mark Saffell
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Ok all you old Salts. Let's see who can identify this ship. Try without looking at my profile.
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PO2 Mark Saffell
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David is correct. It's the USS Enterprise. That picture was taken on the day of her Inactivation Ceromony. I was invited to attend since I serves onboard and belong to The Enterprise Association. Was a very sad day for those of us that served onboard.
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MSG Intermediate Care Technician
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Its an aircraft carrier?
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COL Charles Williams
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Yes. It is an Aircraft Carrier. US I assume as I see an American Flag... :)
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PO2 David Hagwood
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I believe it's USS Enterprise. Those ramps positioned at the edge of the flight deck are unique to that ship, I think. I never seen them on a Nimitz Class. There's also the exterior piping on the hull, which is also seems to be unique to the Enterprise. Nimitz class ships have the piping mostly interior of the hull. After I submit this, I'm going to look at your profile to see if I'm correct. :-)
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PO2 David Hagwood
PO2 David Hagwood
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PO2 Mark Saffell YES, I was correct! I am still on USS George H. W. Bush; but when they were about to decommission the Enterprise, I wanted to take a tour of it. I looked at the various design differences. It was certainly a unique design, a class of its own. I noticed the two difference that stood out to me in that picture; but I also noticed that it had a more narrow design on the inside. Nimitz Class ships are wider in design, not longer. The passages are wider, the spaces are bigger, and even the hull-mounted hardware is different. I could see it was built for a different time. I heard that it was still a great ship to serve on, even until the last years it was in service. Because I'm an AD, I looked at the Jet Shop there; and I believe for the new aircraft we will be receiving, it would not have adequate space to work on such a large engine as the P&W F-135 engine and support GE F-404/414 engines simultaneously. That's what I mean that it was built for another time. I did enjoy my tour through that piece of history.
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PO2 Mark Saffell
PO2 Mark Saffell
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Her design was different in many ways. They had no bidets how much power they would get from Nucs so they over compensated. She has 8 reactors and is by far the fastest carrier on the water. We use to joke she could launch planes without turning into the wind but it turns out it may not have been a joke.
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