Navy guys.....show us your ship!!

[mikey]

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[fingers80002]

Sorry, can't help ya.
In the 9yrs. I served, never saw a ship..........

[ScaredOnce]

I know there are quite a few Ex Navy people on the forum. Who has some pictures of their old ships?

This is the USS Preble DDG-46 where I spent 3, of my 6 years in the navy. I was stationed on board from Aug. of 1984 until Sept. of 1987. I knew her like the back of my hand. She was decommissioned in Nov. of 1991 and scrapped in 2002.

Sweet ship...

[mikey]

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[DiveGerry]

Husband was on the USS Guam(LPH9)


My son is presently on the USS Truxton (DDG103) that will be commissioned this year.

[run silent run deep]

SSN 612 USS Guardfish 594 class fast attack Submarine.... Home port San Diego. Since Decommision

[schr8er2000]

U.S.S. Mountrail APA-213 1966-1969 out of Norfolk VA Amphib Base



U.S.S. Beverly W. Reid LPR-119 on board last 3 months of tour....

[DaveM55]

10 years active, never saw a ship.

Had NEC's for shore based communications and instructor.

Every time I rotated I asked my detailer for a ship, but never got one.

Finally saw one when I taught a class for Motorola at a Navy base in Norfolk.

Never spent time in the brig, but working SP I escorted a couple people in there.

[Burnsie]

I'm not Navy, but my girlfriend is. She's on the USS Ashland (LSD-48) stationed at Little Creek Amphib Base.




-Burnsie

[Bmarshall91]

My father was in the Navy...
He was on board a total of 18 months from January 1970 until October 1972, with the VF-114 squadron of fighter jets (F4B Phantom Jets), and was sent on board only for the time that the ship was overseas. He was responsible for all of the classified information that was maintained by his squadron. Pretty cool stories he has too! He personally saw a guy get sucked into a jet turbine...(that wasn't the cool story).

This is where he spent his time...

USS KITTYHAWK CV 63 her home port in the USA was San Diego, CA and her home port while he was in Vietnam was Subic Bay, Philippines.


and my mom's, boyfriends, daughter is now commissioned to the USS George W. Bush CVN 77


Some facts on the CVN 77 some of you older Navy guys might be suprised to see...

2 nuclear reactors that run for 20 years with no refueling
47,000 tons in weight
80+ aircraft
20 stories tall
6,000 people in the crew
can operate 90 days without resupply