Aircraft Carriers III

Wednesday at 8:27 AM

and
USS Abraham Lincoln supports Inherent Resolve from Persian Gulf https://navaltoday.com/2019/11/25/uss-abraham-lincoln-supports-inherent-resolve-from-persian-gulf/

 

Oct 21, 2019

and recently I've noticed texts (I think shenanigans, but who knows) about the UK "leasing" one of the carriers to the USN; related is
Sunday at 9:01 PM

well one thing is the UK is broke,
another thing is what the USN would do with the supercarrier-of-all-trades
??

 

I've now watched the footage (I don't know how to link it here, anyway it's probably meant to make an impression as if the elevators worked) inside the tweet https://twitter.com/CavasShips/status/1199217697931829248
Chris Cavas
@CavasShips
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Weapons handling room view of one of 11 electromagnetic #AWE Advanced Weapons Elevators operating aboard #carrier USS GERALD R #FORD CVN78 at sea on 25 Nov. The elevators, a key new technology aboard the FORD, have been cycled hundreds of times over the past 3 weeks.

 

I bet the bomb elevators work. The USN would load the ship down with USMC F-35Bs. But I don't think the UK will loan either one of these ships to the USN.

 

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 28, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Commanding Officer Captain Kavon Hakimzadeh, from Petal, Mississippi, and Truman’s Executive Officer Captain Daniel Prochazka, from Woodbridge, Virginia, carve Thanksgiving turkeys for the enlisted crew on the aft mess decks. Truman is underway conducting operations at sea to reintegrate the carrier strike group and make final preparations to ensure the carrier, air wing, and Sailors are operationally ready to deploy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Thomas R. Pittman)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 30, 2019) Sailors move a simulated casualty into a stretcher during a mass casualty drill in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Sutton/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 30, 2019) Sailors fight a simulated fire during flight deck firefighting drills aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaysee Lohmann/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2019) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the “Fighting Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 1, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Janiel Adames/Released)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2019) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Christopher Piotrowski signals to an F/A-18 Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 1, 2019. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations in international waters, alongside our allies and partners. The Harry S. Truman CSG last operated in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in 2018, demonstrating its ability to operate from the High North to the East Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Sutton/Released)

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Deploys

 

Nice walkthrough of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77).

 

Nov 13, 2019

now
USS Harry S. Truman Enters U.S. 6th Fleet Region After Delayed Deployment Start https://news.usni.org/2019/12/02/us...h-fleet-region-after-delayed-deployment-start

 

HMS Prince of Wales R09 docked at Victory jetty, with the Mary Rose museum and HMS Victory as well as the WW1 monitor M33: Tomorrow at 1015, her older sister HMS Queen Elizabeth is due back in harbour and will dock ahead of her at the Princess Royal Jetty. She's already in the channel and has disembarked 820NAS to RNAS Culdrose...

 

191127-N-ZM949-1074 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 27, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Russell (DDG 59) and USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transit together during routine training in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erick A. Parsons)

191129-N-MQ631-0007 by Official U.S. Navy Page, on Flickr

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2019) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 29, 2019. Harry S. Truman is underway conducting operations at sea to reintegrate the carrier strike group and make final preparations to ensure the carrier, air wing, and Sailors are operationally ready to deploy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Higgins/Released)

191201-N-RQ450-0742 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2019) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Fighting Checkmates" of Strike Fighter Squadron 211, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 1, 2019. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations in international waters, alongside our allies and partners. The Harry S. Truman CSG last operated in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in 2018, demonstrating its ability to operate from the High North to the East Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Sutton/Released)

191129-N-VY375-2089 by U.S. Pacific Fleet, on Flickr

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 29, 2019) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Aaliyah Deeley, from Gilmer, Texas, updates the flight deck status board in flight deck control aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Nov. 29, 2019. Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting routine training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Pyoung K. Yi)

191201-N-IK880-1025 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 1, 2019) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Laquoston Hafner, from Carthage, North Carolina, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, tapes off an F/A-18F Super Hornet jet wing for maintenance in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 1, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Thomas R. Pittman)

 

Some shots of QE to round out WESTLANT19: