USS Nimitz entering Pearl Harbor May 18, 2005

[55chevy]

Thats cool. I remember visiting Pearl Harbor like it was yesterday. My dad is here for a visit right now and I just showed him this. He was on the USS Coral Sea and just was telling me how they were once parked right beside the first Neuclear Carrier built the USS Forristal and had to look UP to see the deck on that ship from the deck on his.. Said that mother was Big.. Said the USS Nimitz made the Coral Sea look like a tug boat.

[JChlupsa]

Heres one I took walking out to my car after work today. The HIANG F-15s approach turn for final is right over my office.

[Rick H]

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Thats cool. I remember visiting Pearl Harbor like it was yesterday. My dad is here for a visit right now and I just showed him this. He was on the USS Coral Sea and just was telling me how they were once parked right beside the first Neuclear Carrier built the USS Forristal and had to look UP to see the deck on that ship from the deck on his.. Said that mother was Big.. Said the USS Nimitz made the Coral Sea look like a tug boat.



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The USS Forrestal CV-59 was not nuclear powered. She had conventional power and was the lead ship in her class.
The first nuclear powered carrier was the USS Enterprise CVN-65.

I had the honor of deploying with the USS Nimitz when I was stationed aboard the USS Antietam in the late 80's. She is a monster when you are refueling along side her. Our ship was 567 feet long and the Nimitz dwarfed us.

I do know a thing or two about Naval ships seeing I spent 20 years in the Navy, retiring in 1995.

Have a safe Navy day.

Rick H.