Aircraft Carriers III

Jura The idiot · Apr 4, 2017

bd popeye said:
...for it is written;

Amen...

Amen!

FORBIN · Apr 4, 2017

bd popeye said:
The odds in Vegas are running 5-1 against the ship sailing this week. Insiders say..wait until next week..

Just kidding..

I believe and declare she gets underway this week and I will bless her with following winds and fair seas...for it is written;

Amen...

No in fact it is a Chinese ship so normal no reliable infos only to deceive or fool us haha

bd popeye · Apr 5, 2017

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 1, 2017) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Daniel Dorsey, assigned to the Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) security department, stands watch on the ship's flight deck. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick/Released)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 1, 2017) The exterior lights of Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) illuminate during sunset. This test is one of the final evolutions required before Ford goes underway.(U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick/Released)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 1, 2017) Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transition the bridge crane in the ship's forecastle. The crane was used to remove hawse pipe covers as Ford prepares for sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick/Released)

Jura The idiot · Apr 5, 2017

I didn't get these two:

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 1, 2017) The exterior lights of Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) illuminate during sunset. This test is one of the final evolutions required before Ford goes underway.(U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick/Released)

were they checking lights switched on and off maybe??

Janiz · Apr 5, 2017

Why the chain is all-black without markers?

Jura The idiot · Apr 5, 2017

LOL some of you know how critical I can be, so it's good to hear Official: USS Ford expected to start sea trials this week

A top U.S. Navy officer says the USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to head out soon for its first round of sea trials.

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Vice Adm. Tom Moore told reporters Monday he thinks the ship will head out "in the near term and probably this week." Moore heads the Naval Sea Systems Command and spoke at the Sea-Air-Space exposition at National Harbor in Maryland.

Another Navy officer said at the exposition that the sea trials are "imminent."

The $12.9 billion Ford is the first in the U.S. Navy's new carrier class. It is being built at a Newport News shipyard and is expected to be commissioned this year after cost overruns and delays.

Sea trials had initially been scheduled to start last month.

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bd popeye · Apr 5, 2017

Jura said:
were they checking lights switched on and off maybe??

Yes it is that simple. There are dozens of exterior lights on a CVN.

Janiz said:
Why the chain is all-black without markers?

Ok you mean the anchor chain. Usally the anchor chain was painted grey in my day. Why it is black I do not know. And the chain is marked. You just can't see it. Trust me if they weighed(let go) the anchor. You would see the marks. Normally they are painted white & red.That chain is very long. Most of it is stored below decks.

I noticed on this video that the anchor chain is pained several colors more than likely denoting how much lenght is left when releasing the anchor. I was not a member of the deck force so I'm not 100% sure of the colors. Take a look.

FORBIN · Apr 5, 2017

bd popeye said:
The exterior lights of Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) illuminate during sunset. This test is one of the final evolutions required before Ford goes underway

Hummm seems good my Friend

Janiz · Apr 5, 2017

bd popeye said:
Ok you mean the anchor chain. Usally the anchor chain was painted grey in my day. Why it is black I do not know. And the chain is marked. You just can't see it. Trust me if they weighed(let go) the anchor. You would see the marks. Normally they are painted white & red.That chain is very long. Most of it is stored below decks.

It might be the fashion. I was surprised by the lack of white markings on the chain which show the place where it could be broken in case of emergency leaving an anchor in the water. But I bet it's onle the work of camera angle in this case as it's impossible to do that any other way.

Equation · Apr 5, 2017

FORBIN said:
No in fact it is a Chinese ship so normal no reliable infos only to deceive or fool us haha

Only fools that passed rumors for facts get deceived. It's not China fault, it's the readers.

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