The Nimitz class of Aircraft carriers is impressive yet the New Ford class is Absolutely scary with all their Advancements in Technology 😮😊

@Whoozerdaddy

8 ай бұрын

The video for the Ford class just dropped a few hours ago. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6FllauIY5CZf6w.html

@injuredtabletennisplayer1474

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, wait til the Ford hits.

@yellowbeardjamesgibson9297

8 ай бұрын

@@injuredtabletennisplayer1474 Thank you for your comment !!! The first Ford is Already in service & Parked off Israel the. 2 nd Ford Goes into service in 2024 as they come on- line the older Nimitz class will be retired or maybe mothballed no info available !!!

@Aloh-od3ef

8 ай бұрын

All that technology and the British are still able to reload and launch more planes per hour than the Ford class 😂

@williampaz2092

8 ай бұрын

What’s amazing about this is that, aside from Britain’s Royal Navy, the rest of the world cannot even produce a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier and the US Navy considers the Nimitz Class obsolete.

Decommissioned carriers sometimes end up as floating museums.

@lilkittygirl

8 ай бұрын

Or coral reefs

When they retire the ship and after they strip it down they usually send them to the Philadelphia navy yard where they sit in case of an emergency like with other naval ships. If need be these ships can be brought back to service in an emergency within a year.

@whirledpeaz5758

8 ай бұрын

Not a nuclear powered ship, the cores must be closely monitored and supported when shut down, the end of life of the ship is defined by those reactors. Specifically, the reactor vessel over the 50 year life has become too radiation embrittled to operate safely. And is too integrated into the hull to economically replace.

I remember coming out of my hotel room in San Diego one morning at around 7AM and watching an aircraft carrier silently gliding by my room at around 80 yards away. Very impressive. Total silence with sailors on deck at parade rest.

@user-tq7ks2xu1c

7 ай бұрын

Did that a couple times between 06-11

Jono - when you eventually see an aircraft carrier it will be even larger and more impressive than you imagine. As a now retired American diplomat, I had the fantastic opportunity to visit three carriers during my career. The first was the Nimitz itself making a port call in Haifa, Israel. But infinitely better were visits to two carriers at sea, the Independence in the Pacific and the Enterprise - the first nuclear carrier - in the Atlantic. (Both ships have now been decommissioned.) You fly out from land and make a tailhook landing on the carrier, decelerating from 140 mph to zero in about three seconds. Very intense physically; I thought my brain was going to squirt out my ears. Then a day observing flight operations on the humongous deck, visiting the hangar deck, the bridge, several other operating units depending on your security clearances, crew quarters, a nice lunch, and eventually a catapult launch for home - more on that to come. Several high points of the visits: the WWII carrier Enterprise was the most decorated US Navy ship of the war. When it was scrapped, a large section of bulkhead, or wall, was saved and welded into the nuclear Enterprise that I visited. I was quite emotional seeing and touching the bulkhead, recalling all it represented. On the flight deck during ongoing air operations, the intense training of the crew is clearly evident. Each function has its own color shirt to instantly differentiate crew members. Visitors, always accompanied by a safety officer, can stand within about twenty feet of a fighter jet being catapulted off the deck while on afterburners. First you feel the concussion of the thrust, then a moment later the heat of the afterburners. Damn. E ticket all the way. Finally, the catapult take-off, which requires training to avoid injury. The last instruction is to put your feet up on the seat in front of you; if you don't your legs will be broken smashing into that seat due to the G forces of zero to 140 mph in three seconds. My best analogy is that being catapulted off the deck of a carrier is like being smacked with a baseball bat for three seconds - whomp, whomp, whomp - and then you leave the deck, are in regular flight, and the whomping stops. Sorry for the length of my comment but with your intense interest in carriers I thought you'd enjoy a bit of personal observation.

@kitkakitteh

8 ай бұрын

Well I thoroughly enjoyed your comment, thank you.

@wayneg9040

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. @@kitkakitteh

@jimpowell2296

7 ай бұрын

I was in a fighter squadron during Vietnam, two war time Westpac cruises, 1967-1969. Our sister carrier that we deployed with was the Enterprise, I was on the USS Ranger (Top Gun) fame.

@wayneg9040

7 ай бұрын

Jim - thank you from this citizen for taking the oath and serving by its responsibilities. Good man. Were you flying the F-4 Phantom off the Ranger? IMO, best looking fighter ever. It just dripped menace. (Best looking air breathing aircraft - SR-71.)

@jimpowell2296

7 ай бұрын

@@wayneg9040 No I was not a pilot. I was a radar tech. Actual rate was an AQ, fire control technician. The F4 phantom was a beast. It looked like it was going 1,000 mph just sitting still. Being in a wartime theatre is quite an experience. Working 12 hours a day 7 days a week. Night or day ops. Exciting stuff. Being 40 feet away from a launch or a recovery is hard to describe. I tell you though I really enjoyed it. Being part of something like war is tiring but very rewarding. Giving the pilot (driver) a good radar system that will function when it is needed to launch a missile against a bogey or bandit is a good feeling. Just did my job like many others did. My pleasure to serve.

If that battle group is coming for you to open a can of whoopass. You will never get close enough to see it in binoculars.

@usmc24thmeu36

8 ай бұрын

By then you are already DEAD.

you have to be aware that an aircraft carrier never travels alone. there are usually NINE other crafts with it at ALL TIMES, which includes TWO silent running submarines... AND each carrier has around 5000+ personal onboard....

San Diego California is probably the best place to visit if you want to see a carrier in person.

Wherever a carrier goes it becomes the largest air force in the area

I've seen U.S. carriers many times while in the USCG, but the 1 ship that had me in awe was passing the battleship N.J. while heading into GITMO Cuba.

@Marc_donkey

8 ай бұрын

Had a chance to walk the deck of the USS Missouri when I was a kid

@lordmasterisaac

8 ай бұрын

I live in Philadelphia and have been to see New Jersey docked at Camden. She is absolutely impressive.

When you come to Texas you should go to Corpus Christi. They have the USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier museum. It was used in WW2, obviously not as big as this but you can basically go everywhere inside the aircraft carrier and see all the different areas of the ship. Definitely worth the trip.

@cshubs

7 ай бұрын

If there's time, there's also Battleship Cove in Fall River Massachusetts which features the USS Massachusetts battleship, a destroyer, a sub, a PT boat and more. My best friend's dad when I lived there was a volunteer for WWII vets of destroyers. With that connection, when he went to Battleship Cove for some reason, we'd go with him and get access to just about everything. We were about 12, and we walked all around the Massachusetts, even up into the tower where regular tourists couldn't go.

@efraim3364

7 ай бұрын

was there a few months ago, i basically became a tour guide for about 50 people. They were from all over the world

You can serve on deployment on a ship like this and not even meet half the crew during your whole deployment

@Sunset553

8 ай бұрын

that’s wild

I was born in the 90's, i grew up with the Nimitz already well proven. Even today the Nimitz class is just awe inspiring. Then you look at the Ford and it feels like we've been final countdowned. You definitely need to do one on the new Ford class if you're impressed by the Nimitz

@mycroft16

7 ай бұрын

With all the kinks in the ground up redesign getting worked through it's getting scarier too. The Ford class is insane. You're either incredibly naive or extremely stupid if you provoke a strike group into getting deployed to your vicinity.

For a naval aviator the carrier is affectionately..with reverence & awe is called "the boat".

I have to tell you that you really help my day with your love and curiosity. I may be 72, but I too am enthusiastic and in wonder of the absolute authority of these carriers. When the man spoke regarding tools for eliminating swimmers, at the same time I said to my daughter, " what kind of idiot would want to go against any carrier". I am new to your channel but must say, I really love it. Willum

Love your comment "if your seeing that coming towards you your in for a crappie time" so true Juno.

I was on the USS Enterprise CVN-65 from 1973 to 1977. The first time you actually see one of these behemoths your first question is always - "How can you make that much steel float?" The video you reacted to was a very brief overview of a USN carrier. A couple of fun facts they left out are: It takes a crew of between 5000 and 6000 officers and men to operate a carrier. With at sea replenishment, a carrier can stay on station for months at a time. Which means that the cooks needed to prepare at least 15,000 meals a day. In addition to the forklifts you counted (yes, there are more) the ship has 2 full sized fire trucks, one on the hanger bay, one on the flight deck and Tilly - the mobile crane on the flight deck. On Enterprise there were 4 barber shops, 4 stores, a library, a chapel, 2 large mess decks with 2 serving lines each, a 100 bed hospital including surgery suites and an ICU, and a 6 chair dental department and about 85 aircraft. During flight operations, the air space around the carrier and on the flight deck is busier than Chicago O'Hare airport. When running at full speed, it takes about 1 to 2 miles to stop a carrier. I was a nuclear power plant operator, so I spent most my time down in the engine room. My record was 26 days that I stayed below the hanger bay and never saw the sun.

@wayneg9040

7 ай бұрын

John - as I noted in my original posting, CV 65 was one of two carriers that I visited at sea. I assume the bulkhead from the WWII Enterprise will be removed from "your" Enterprise. Do you know if it will be fitted into the new Enterprise, CVN 80? I really, really hope so. As a aside, I had the honor of meeting then-former President Gerald Ford in 1979. With his WWII service in the Navy Reserve, he would be well honored by the Ford class of carriers.

Fellow Saffer brother here, writing from Colorado - lovely to see your channel. Looking forward to more content. Sterkte, my broer.

Several years ago, I was invited on a friend's and family day cruise aboard the U.S.S.Bush. It was truly amazing from the time we left till we got back, even that was exciting, like a huge ballet.The Bush is the last of the Nimitz carriers. Unless you were on the flight deck or could see outside, you weren't even aware of movement. I'm sure it isn't always the case. The dress whites aren't for everyday, just formal occasions. We were told the ship is fast enough to ski behind. Of course getting up on your skis will take awhile from a dead start.

@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy

7 ай бұрын

So Ford gets his own class of carrier and Bush, who flew off carriers in WW2, gets the last Nimitz? Why didn't Bush get the new carrier named after him? BTW, they had one of Bush's old Navy aircraft at the Pensacola NAS along with his grade book from flight school. He got low marks for leadership, so the museum quietly removed the grade book from the display. I guess he studied hard and improved himself after the war.

They go a lot faster then 30knots.... there's a few times, where they needed to get somewhere...and their escorts were at 100% speed while the carrier needed to slow down, so they can keep up...

I was stationed on the Carl Vinson, you have no idea how big those ships actually are. The flight deck is 4.5 acres and is about 100 feet above the water. When they want to move, they can cross a time zone in a day.

@Lightning613

7 ай бұрын

stationed “in” the Carl Vinson. It’s a vessel, things go in it. (Coca-Cola isn’t shipped on the bottle).

@aangelcg

7 ай бұрын

@@Lightning613 No genius, I was on the Chucky V. On the flight deck. I worked outside. Nice attempt to be smart, well, not really.

@Lightning613

7 ай бұрын

@@aangelcg yes. You worked the flight deck, but was still “embarked in” the ‘Chuckie-V.’

@Lightning613

7 ай бұрын

P.S. the most confusing was when the “Sled” (Midway) engines stopped working and none of the 4 diesel generators worked. Just bobbing in the ocean like a big dead cork. I was informed the “Sled” wasn’t “dead in the water,” but rather: “Under Way, Not Making Way.” as an Airedale, still seemed like dead in the water to me.

I was on the USS Saratoga CV60 for 4 years. As big as it is, it starts to feel small after a few months at sea.

Depending on many factors, retired vessels meet many different fates. Some are mothballed, sold, turned into museums, training vessels, gunnery targets where they are often sunk to help construct a reef, and some are broken up as scrap.

@victorwaddell6530

8 ай бұрын

Ttue . The decommissioned carrier USS America was sunk by the US Navy in a SINKEX Operation . This was to discover how much damage a US carrier can withstand before sinking , and how to build their future carriers to withstand more battle damage than previous classes .

@fasttruckman

8 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly the U.S. has not sold a retired U.S. carrier to any other Nation after WW2 in order to protect its technology and to keep its designs from falling into unfriendly hands. The U.S. does not even trust its allies with a retired U.S. aircraft carrier. As far as the U.S. is concerned, you want an aircraft carrier, you design and build it on your own. If a U.S. carrier is to be scrapped. It must be scrapped in the U.S..

@jonakers704

8 ай бұрын

Due to the nuclear reactors on the Nimitz class, they will most likely just be cut up for scrap once the fuel is removed and the reactor compartments are removed. That kind of "surgery" basically turns the rest of the ship into so much floating junk, and it is just sold for scrap. Note that part of the decommissioning process is to remove as many useful parts for other ships as possible, such that the only thing remaining afterwards is the hulk of the ship.

I grew up reading about WW2 and the carrier war was so central. Fascinating time in history. Some of the carrier task forces toward the end of the war in the pacific were amazing. I like your channel.

One thing to note, when they decommissioned the carrier previous to the Nimitz class they were going to make one an artificial reef. Since it had a similar design to the Nimitz they decided to try to see what it takes to sink it. They bombed it, shot it with torpedo's the works. No matter what they threw at it they couldn't sink it. They had to send in navy demo team to set explosives to get it to sink.

@user-tq7ks2xu1c

7 ай бұрын

I was in Pensacola,Fl when they did it 25 miles out they just opened up the whole ship and controlled shaped charged when I sunk it went down perfectly on its keel it's probably a nice reef by know since that was in 2006

I was in the Navy on a Destroyer and I can tell you when we traveled as a squadron and destroyers are there to help protect the Aircraft Carrier. You are right they are freaking HUGE... you feel like a small little ant next to them. They are like an small city and have more crew than a lot of cities have for population

@DaneChristopher-qo3ug

6 ай бұрын

DDG12, Qm and ships swimmer. Fueled underway from bird farms many times. Boy they are huge!

These are cool, but the Ohio class Nuclear Submarines that patrol the oceans constantly are the scariest things on earth

@wayneg9040

8 ай бұрын

I visited the then-SSBN Ohio in port in Washington state while undergoing a year of study at the National War College. Visiting the missile room with its 24 missiles in 24 launch tubes, each missile with multiple warheads, is scary and sobering indeed.

@maharai23

8 ай бұрын

You haven't seen the F-22, then. The air supremacy aircraft that was able to get close enough to iranian F4's (who were stalking a US predator drone) to visually inspect their armament (under 100 feet away) without even being detected on radar. The jets have a radar cross section smaller than a cheerio. They're seriously the scariest thing with wings since the Cretacious period. FYI, after inspecting those aircraft, they pulled alongside (surprising the hell out of the Iranian pilots), radio'd, "You should go home now", and the Iranians did... Quickly.

I couldn't believe how big they were when I saw one and I can't explain how big they are to friends who haven't seen one.

if you could see a strike group approaching through binoculars, they're close enough that they've decided to let you live 15 minutes ago.😂

Cool video man! I was lucky enough to get a grand tour onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt some years ago when it was just coming back to service after a major overhaul. Really cool to see it all in person. Visited the hangar, mess, flight deck, tower, etc. Even sat in the captains chair and saw the Theodore Rooselvelt room with cool artefacts he had collected. And when leaving they gave us small picture books where one pic was with us on the ship. sneaky and cool stuff. I highly recommend to anyone who is interested to see if it possible to visit one.

Carriers are also very useful in rescue operations. Such as after earthquakes and hurricanes. They can provide a base of operations. They can provide food and water. They can provide medical assistance. They have the helicopters to transport food, water, and medical to areas that may be impossible to reach otherwise. They can provide security, cause sometimes bad people want to steal stuff. They can provide power to a hospital, and to a base of operations. Of course, there are other ships, and personnel, that can help. The carrier is just the most obvious.

@tobingallawa3322

7 ай бұрын

Does not take long to hook a ship up to provide power and fresh water to the shore. Pretty sure a carrier can function as a hospital

A classmate of mine from high school was on the U.S.S. Nimitz. Sadly he developed a drinking problem and the Navy ordered him to rehab and to attend Alcoholics Anonymous. To give you an idea of just how big the Nimitz is they had 5 AA chapters on that boat.

"You're in for a crappy day aren't you." oh yeah!

The Gerald Ford is already in operation. Last month it was sent, together with the Eisenhower, to the Mediterranean near Israel and Iran. Also last week, a plane landing on a carrier in California, I think, missed the landing and fell on the ocean right by the beach. No one was hurt but, the plane, was a few million dollars loss.

@justintime41776

7 ай бұрын

Hawaii was where the all female crew crashed into the ocean.

@AA-xo9uw

7 ай бұрын

@@justintime41776 No evidence that the crew of the P-8 is made up entirely of females. You fools didn't learn your lesson after the incident on the Vinson.

You need to watch how they feed all these sailors in one day! So entertaining!

I saw an aircraft carrier in New York a few years ago and I still can’t believe how massive they are

I served on the Dwight D. Eisenhower, worked on the flight deck while out to sea. They are truly massive, walking alongside it when it's at the pier, it feels like a space ship from Star Trek just landed in the water. And I too have massive fear of drowning, deep water in particular terrifies me. But the thing is so damn big, that it makes you forget that fear. Because short of a MASSIVE attack, that big girl ain't sinking lol, so it doesn't really bother you.

It’s weird as hell seeing them in person, you forget it’s a ship because it’s sooo massive.

While you're not likely to get to go aboard one, if you come to the US, you can go on several of the Essex Class carriers which are preserved as museum ships. Several battleships are also museum ships, so it's quite possible to get tours of those. The sheer size of them is astounding.

@slycer2002

8 ай бұрын

Agreed! The Yorktown in Savannah, GA, the Lexington in Corpus Christi, TX, and the Intrepid in New York City would all make amazing places to stop. Additionally, the USS Midway is on display in San Diego as well.

@Norbrookc

7 ай бұрын

@@slycer2002 USS Hornet (CV12) is in Alameda CA.

I use to be an xray welder, i mainly worked out in the field,i helped build the USS RONALD REAGAN, WORKED ON IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR, IT WAS FREAKING AWSOME.LORDY LORDY HOW THE YEARS HAVE FLOWN BY

I've been a Navy buff my whole life. I grew up glued to my television watching the early days of the space program. My earliest recollection of television was watching Gus Grissom blow the hatch of his Mercury capsule after splashdown, and being picked up by navy divers for transport to the US carrier nearby. US carriers featured heavily each time a mission returned from space. All those carriers struck me as incredibly impressive, stupendous symbols of the US as THE world superpower. All of them predated the Nimitz class. Then came the Nimitz. It was brand spanking new and the most gawd awful awesome thing I had ever seen! It was clearly built to utterly rule the seas for decades to come. And there was just one of them, with new ones to come every four years or so. It would take forever for the whole of the US fleet to field them! Oh so slowly, I watched as the US carrier strength grew with each new Nimitz replacing a venerable carrier of old. And now I look back, feeling my age, the Nimitz on the verge of retirement, a newer, even fancier carrier class now already in service. My whole life, the Nimitz, that most amazing beauty, is what kept me free. Now she shall rest. Her name will sail again. The future navy will build another Nimitz someday to sail again, perhaps among the stars.

i am 62 an old USCG i thank the new vets who stand guard for me and the USA

I live in San Diego and I see them all the time. My brother-in-law was stationed on a carrier and retired with 24 years in the Navy.

Had the honor of being able to spend 5 days on the now decommissioned ship the Enterprise. It was called a tiger cruise, my son in law was assigned for 4 years. Safest I’ve ever felt in my life

I used to do a lot of sailing on the east coast, and down in the Caribbean. One night, one of these approached me at night. I saw the lights come over the horizon. Got a hail from it almost immediately. I was essentially told to move out of the way. I changed course to sail on a 90 degree alteration from of the ships heading. Sails up and engine on, they went by me only a half mile away. I didn’t bother to seep that night. Quite a learning experience for me. I never saw anything that big move that fast

Missed opportunity bro. You should have watched a video on the newer Ford Class carrier. About the same size, but far more advanced.

I was assigned to two aircraft carriers. It was fun meeting people who became good friends.

great video man. keep up the cool content

So good to see you reacting to our navy's arsenal. My dad was a WWII naval officer, 2 of my 3 brothers and I were all sailors in the 70s, with my one brother part of the Nimitz's carrier strike group. He even got shot in Italy as he was exiting the ship for some well deserved r & r. He's fine - they only shot him in his leg. Here's a fun fact! Nimitz class carriers have a complement of about 5,000 men & women, and I imagine the GRF class will have about the same size crew. It's truly a small city on the ocean.

Can you imagine, all of the planning, and engineering that goes into the development of one of these also. Determining all of the raw materials needed, etc.

I was on a cruiser -- the carriers are nice in that you can do your workout in one place. Smaller ships had "little here and there" kinda gyms.

The top speed of aircraft carriers is classified but it is probably well above 30 knots. The Destroyers (also classified speed) have a hard time keeping up with them.

@peterhineinlegen4672

8 ай бұрын

They can do over 50. They are by far the fastest ships in the Navy. I saw the Lincoln do 30 in reverse, during sea trials off the coast of Virginia.

"Enemy swimmers." 🤣🤣

Oops!? That was a troop of Boy Scouts on a 1 mile swim.

When decativated, they sometimes put them on display, such as in NYC the USS Intrepid or the USS Midway in San Diego. Another Carrier was sunk off the coast of Florida to be used by recreational divers and an artificial reef like the USS Oriskany.

As a kid every time we passed through Mobile, Alabama we would stop to see the USS Alabama battleship, it takes hours to see everything.

You can tour several aircraft carriers in the US. One is in San Diego, CA. Another is in Corpus Christi, TX. My father was in the Navy during the Korean War. He was on an aircraft carrier. We have taken him to the one in San Diego once, and he's been on the one in Corpus Christi at least 3 times. I went with him last year. He is in his 90s and wished to go to the aircraft carrier one last time. My brother contacted of a company and that company sent their private jet to pick us up at our local airport (in the middle of the US). They flew us straight to Corpus Christi. The people at the ship personally took him down to the parachute room where my dad worked. We were back home in time for dinner. I'll NEVER forget that experience with my Dad!!! And...interesting thing. My dad and his younger brother served on the SAME ship during wartime. That was about unheard of at that time. They may have seen each other 1 time on the ship. But they did take shore leave together in Japan. Their SISTER was stationed in Japan at the time!!! 3 Okies had a family reunion in Japan!!!

I travelled in the USS Eisenhower when we deployed into Haiti. We were able to fit a Battalion of Infantry, all associated support groups, and all of their gear on the hanger deck...It was an awesome experience.

Fun fact. Navy sailors have 6 uniforms that we wear depending on time of year or job being done. Great video bud.

The engineering required to get that carrier to float with all materials it's made off then all the additional weight. The pressure on these people to nail this, 5000 people crazy crazy expensive weapons and vehicles absolutely crazy amount of brains.

I've been on one down in Norfolk Virginia. You can't even imagine how big until you see one in real life. If you get a chance to visit one jump on it. That's thing about America is you have so much badass military stuff around. In my little city we have tanks,helicopters and fighter jets that you can check out. They're decommissioned though but I'm 30 miles from the largest Air force base in the world. Wright Patterson. They let you visit and check out the crazy jets and stuff but there is a part off limit. Supposedly its where the aliens were taken from Roswell lol. I believe we have more aircraft carriers than what he mentioned. But they want like half or 11 in action at all times.But we have like 20 or 22 total.

Dude, you only have to “pristine” during work. You can be you the rest of the time. Love the hat, man! Take care and be safe.

Proud to have served on the USS Constellation (CV-64) my years in the Navy.

In San Diego the USS Midway had been converted to a museum! Definitely worth a visit!

While serving in VN in '68, I went to Hong Kong on R&R. When I arrived the first thing I noticed was was an American aircraft carrier in the bay, surrounded by the city. My first thought was "these people are crazy for letting that carrier in the Harbor". It was so menacing that it was scary.

@dm-gg7ll

7 ай бұрын

South Africa is about to be a failed state. And good riddance.

@dannyalbin7241

7 ай бұрын

I remember pulling into Hong Kong on the Carl Vinson. Carriers do send out like a soar thumb there

@dm-gg7ll

7 ай бұрын

Poor you

When I was a kid, my step-dad was on the Nimitz. I got to go out for a week about 150 miles out to sea with him. That thing is big.

After the carrier has lived its useful life they are either scrapped ( my ship USS Franklin D Roosevelt was sold for scrap), sunk to make an artificial reef, or converted for use as a floating museum.

When Uncle Sam picks up his stick to start swinging, the carrier IS the stick! You could water ski behind one.

10:49 😮 that formation is crazy 🤯

The only way to truly comprehend how massive they are is to be on one and, walk around. Not sure it's possible (i think ones is a museum). I was stationed on one of the biggest ever. The u.s.s. Enterprise(the big E). I hope you get to experience one up close. It's quite awesome. It was rumored that the enterprise could go fast enough to waterski behind.

@stevechappell580

8 ай бұрын

An interesting point regarding Big E (one of my brothers was stationed on it in early 1990s) is that it was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier and, as such, they weren't sure how many nuclear reactors they needed to power it so they installed 8. You read that correctly.....8. To put that into perspective, they determined, with this example, that they only needed 2 so all subsequent carriers were built with 2 reactors.

@AndyLShannon

8 ай бұрын

@@stevechappell580 Yes it was very fast. Early 90's was when I was there. Pretty cool.

My son is a Navy Captain, works at the pentagon. I asked him about the top speed, All he said was it's classified, so what your hearing doesn't even come close to their capabilities which they do not want China or any other country to know.

We Americans really do build some really awesome stuff.

Look up sinking an aircraft carrier on youtube , it shows them sinking the USS Oriskany carrier and turning it into a reef and a dive site off coast of Florida In the Gulf of Mexico , im sure some are scrapped for the metals they contain . My son is in Navy a Lt. Commander on a Submarine , cant say which boat as he can't even tell me.

Corpus Christi, Texas has the carrier Lexington as a tourist attraction. It was used in the Gulf of Mexico by the naval air station for training pilots on carrier landings and takeoffs.

20yrs in the Navy, I flew off KENNEDY, and EISENHOWER, Ship's company on ROOSEVELT, and Admiral Staff on REAGAN. Now retired, I still am both proud and amazed to this day to have had the opportunity to serve on all four. Truly impressive!

I served on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (mentioned in this video as coming up on retirement) from 1980-1982. Don't worry, about the only white clothing sailors wear on most days are their tee shirt and underwear -- all white uniforms are for dress occassions and not work. They weren't kidding, we had a larger variety of aircraft back in the 80s, they actually missed a few types that we had onboard. The capabilities are amazing, during the Iranian hostage crisis we were at sea for 93 days, pulled into Singapore for 5, then were back out for another 152.

I love my country, and we love our allies. Our allies can consider this a part of their power as well.

Most of the decommissioned ships are kept in special storage moorings. They call it "mothballing" (like packing clothing away for long term storage with mothballs to keep the bugs out). They cover all the metal with oils and other rust preventive coatings, and as mentioned, they prep the power plant for storage as well. Most of these ships are kept as a "just in case"... if there's a large scale war, we can rapidly pull hundreds of ships from storage and have them up and running quickly. Same thing applies to fighter jets, tanks, etc. Even though these are older technology, they are still more capable than most nation's current military hardware. Likewise, we could also use all this to equip an ally in the event they are at war and need equipment.

There is the “Ghost Fleet”. These ships are pulled from active duty and held in inactive reserve fleet. The Ranger The America and the Kitty Hawk were reserve carriers. As the Nimitz class gets retired they will replace the ones in the Ghost Fleet and those will either be so,d as scrap, sunk as an artificial reef or the off chance purchased and made into a museum ship.

I was stationed on a destroyer. Back in 1984 while we were in the Mediterranean, I got to land on the USS Eisenhower in a dual prop COD plane. I stayed for two weeks at sea until I was flown to shore in a helicopter. Landing scared the shit out of me, but I'm glad I I had that experience. I got lost several times. Going from a destroyer with a crew of around 300 crew members to a carrier with 5,000 was quite an adjustment. While I was onboard the USU put on a concert on the hanger deck. It included the band Cheap Trick and Crosby from Crosby Stills and Nash. What a blast! I didn't want to go back to my little destroyer after that.

Did you not see the Aircraft carrier a few years ago that was laying just outside of the harbour in Cape Town? I went to see it from Blouberg beach and even though it was about 10km from the shore it was really, really impressive, even from that distance it was huge, can’t even imagine how it must look when you stand right next to it or on it..

there are more floors below the water line lol. best time was in the north atlantic during a nor easter storm we were all over the place scary but exciting if that makes sense. about 8 thousand folks on a carrier , the planes are not part of the ship those are squadrons based on land bases that get assigned to the ship so its separate personnel but when the ship is deployed its a assigned squadrons etc. i was assigned to the Stennis 74 wasn't even completed yet felt like i was walking up to the enterprise ship from star trek because i arrived to it at night in the ship yards and it was pitch black only construction and ship lights.

The carrier needs its speed not only for launching aircraft (catapults help but cannot completely overcome a carrier’s basic lack of speed!), but also to reach the far-flung corners of the globe where hot spots have a way of appearing!

I worked at the Newport News Shipyard from 1978 thrum 1982.

If you happen to ever visit Charleston SC, you can visit an old WWII era Aircraft carrier at Patriot's Point.

Wait till you see a carrier up close & in person. You won’t believe how massive these ships are.

I had the privilege of seeing/hearing both the 20mm and 30mm Gatling gun test fire at the GE range in Vermont many years ago. Even from 100' (30m) away with ear protection, it felt like someone beating on my chest. Shockingly violent. The 20mm was about 100 rounds per second, and the 30mm was about 60 rounds per second. They each only fired for about 2 or 3 seconds. Firing much longer melts the barrels.

What’s mind blowing is to walk between two of these when there in port at Norfolk Virginia.

top speed is actually closer to 42 knots it can out run all of its escorts after it launches or recovers its planes it has to slow down to allow them catch back up.

I have to say your comment about the number of forklifts you can see on the flight deck is VERY relevant.

Agree with the other comments. Would love to see you check out the Ford class carriers that are replacing these relics. 😁 (think you would enjoy the watch)

Its not just the carrier but all the destroyers etc that accompany them as well.

Jono, my grandson, served on the Theodore Roosevelt as a machinists mate, nuclear. He would service and repair everything concerning the reactors except the reactors themselves.

NY City has a retired WW2 carrier museum, the USS intrepid, huge to us yet still far smaller than modern carriers. You can walk topside and inside the belly of the ship, planes parked on the deck.

Hey man , I live in Southeast Texas , 10 minutes from the house you and your daughter were looking at that is built barn style with all of the woodwork on the inside . Anyways , I was gonna let you know that I have 5 acres and that aircraft carrier is longer than my 6 acres is deep lol ❤️🙏🚜🇺🇸

Carriers have to be fast so they can generate the correct air across the flight deck so they can always launch aircraft. One of the fastest ships in the US Navy believe it or not.

That aircraft carrier will never travel alone, always with a strike group to monitor above and below. Very productive in a show of determination of cause.

If you come to New York City at some point, check out the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier & Museum. It's nowhere near as big as it's from WW2....but even then it's still MASSIVE and breath-taking.

Seeing that during a time if war and knowing there's a sub lurking about as well would be enough for me to go underground.😱

I highly recommend the “Brintey” Spier Gangnam Style “Shooter” video here on KZread. It’s short but takes a highly dangerous and highly skilled job and makes it fun. It’s been around for a long time but it always makes for a good chuckle. Shooters have a very high stress job and earn that very competitive role on and aircraft carrier.