This was my first ship. It brings back fond memories whenever I see her.

@reubenmorris487

11 күн бұрын

My first cruise was on the Stennis as well...Oct 2001 to May 2002...West-Pac with VF-211 and Airwing 9.

@TheXheavymetaldadx

11 күн бұрын

I was on board 04-07, phone shop

I was at Senator Stennis’ retirement party in 1985(?) when President Reagan announced the next carrier would be the USS John C. Stennis. It’s unbelievable the feeling I got when the US Marine band played Hail to the Chief and the President comes on stage. It was a night to remember!!! Senator Stennis was a special man and was head of the Armed Services Committee for many years. He always represented the people and stood for a strong defense for America🇺🇸

It was amazing to see it come out of the dry dock and into OB1! I love working here!

This is one of the things I love about my job at Newport News shipbuilding. Getting to see stuff like this

Now that’s a true carrier, great ship yard also…❤

I did 2 tours on her in 04 and 06. Glad to see she's still kickin!

Proud to be a Hampton Roads resident for 50 years and seeing the outstanding deliveries to our Navy over the decades! Thank you! Helping keep our employment high and workforce skilled!

@sbrunner69

13 күн бұрын

You should be. Your community is a pillar of our country. Love you guys for doing what you do every day

@TheBelrick

13 күн бұрын

Must hard witnessing the collapse of the USN

@tonymanero5544

13 күн бұрын

Our taxpayers fund this. Then there are billionaires like Trump who don’t pay taxes who view taxpayers as suckers.

@sbrunner69

13 күн бұрын

@@tonymanero5544 That’s just conspiratorial and bit strange. Get a grip.

@sbrunner69

13 күн бұрын

@@tonymanero5544 Everything you enjoy depends on this basic hardware, you know thet right?

I am a plankowner of CVN-71 when I was first assigned there were about 50 of us living in a building in Norfolk. Spent a bit of time in Newport News before and after her commissioning. We brought it online and got all the kinks out, including the hull straightening via three hydrogen bombs lit off the rear end of it. Many memories.

I ran thousands of feet of cat 5 aand fiber optic on this ship back in 99' back h9me in San Diego. Went from the Stennis to the Lincoln to the Carl Vinson and plenty other ships before and after. IT 21 Install. Got to go on the way too. Navy brat Army guy. Fly Army.

Memories of being stationed on Forrestal CVA 59 Norfolk naval shipyard Portsmouth VA 1966 drydock being fitted out to head for WESTPAC I can still hear the chipping hammers!

I was on the Carl Vinson back in the 80’s. I remember when we were in dry dock at Hunters Point in ‘87. What a spectacular time and experience.

Very cool to see the sped up video like that.

@liamklavon3011

12 күн бұрын

2 weeks summed up into 2 minutes 🤙🏼

Glad to see the old girl afloat again. I was aboard Oct 2010 - Mar 2014, I retired from that ship.

The fact that ten of these were built still bewilders me to this day...and it's not even our most advanced Super Carrier.

along with the refit and upgrade of our current ships, its good to see the museum ships all entering drydock repairs - their missions may be over but by bringing them back on maintenance we can ensure they're available should we need them again one day. Our navy has a lot to rebuild.

Outstanding!

I got to go aboard her when She was still new, in 1996 or 1997. She stopped at Port Everglades; in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Awesome Shipmates!! New upholstery and a big fresh tank of gas. Soon you will be out there again, making us proud. Im a Plankowner on the Lincoln, and the shipyard was home for a while.

I was still in grade school when this ship was launched hope it will still be around when I retire 👍

I got to meet retired Sen. Stennis who the aircraft carrier is named after when visiting my father a few decades past in Meridian, MS. It was most interesting in talking with Sen. Stennis over coffee and breakfast that morning. The carrier carries a name to be very proud of. May her crew always come home safely. Shalom

@mytakeonamerica

12 күн бұрын

how many times did he say the N word?

@politicsuncensored5617

12 күн бұрын

@@mytakeonamerica How many times has Obama greeted another black with the N word? Ireally don't give a F myself. Shalom.

@mytakeonamerica

12 күн бұрын

@@politicsuncensored5617 what does President Obama have to do with the racist senator?

@politicsuncensored5617

12 күн бұрын

@@mytakeonamerica You brought up the 'n" word trying to be a azz. Obama fits the definition of your word. Shalom

@lance3613

12 күн бұрын

And don't forget... www.nasa.gov/stennis/

I love my country.

Awesome! 👍

Great video Thank you!

Beautiful! Magestic!

The possible firepower projection of a US Carrier 2:32 is something most people do not have any comprehension of. That's not to mention the other vessels which accompany it. Seeing it eased out of drydock by tugs, covered in scaffolding, that awesome is still in the air.

@reubenmorris487

11 күн бұрын

They should be thankful they don't know the firepower an aircraft carrier can project.

proud new ship. love the view when the boat pull her out of the dock i don't want to talk her down, just to clarify! not in ANY way. just want to say, me - personally - waiting for her younger sister CVN 80 Lets make sure history never forgets the name .... ENTERPRISE!!!! Greetings from austria / europe

Rock on. Newport News!

Moran tugs - worked Miami and Port Everglades ( Ft. Lauderdale ) for them in 90's /00's . Real fun with cruise ship terminal's ...

When is the next video for the construction of the USS Enterprise CVN-80.

The beep beep beep it makes as it backs up can be heard 3 miles away. 😁😁😁

I was there on JCS in 1996. Went under her in dry dock, rode her around the world in 1998. Beautiful ship. Shellback. Order of Magellan. It’s just a shame they cancelled our Mediterranean ports because of Sodamn Insane.

Plank owner here, looks like the same spot she was tied up when I showed up in June of 1995 . Less rust this time… and hopefully better crew spirits …. AT 3 Diaz - arriving

Served On The Stennis from 2000-2003

@reubenmorris487

11 күн бұрын

We probably passed by each other...I was part of VF-211.

@talksickmusik

11 күн бұрын

I was in the Air Dept V1

The most epic “watching paint dry” music

@user-vq3mv9eu2r

8 күн бұрын

It's a montage... even Rocky had a montage.

She will be welcomed back to the fleet. Bremerton will be happy to have her back.

I guess one of the nice about carriers when they do this is they can just pile everything that is coming with them on the deck like a damn sailing warehouse.

What a monster, What an asset. Please protect her and others like her.

1:31 What is the red and white checker pattern on the front used for?

@Culdcepter

13 күн бұрын

Wonder if it was for some kind of laser-guide for when she first got to drydock, to keep her aligned with the blocks as the water was drained out?

@dieselyeti

13 күн бұрын

This drydocking brought to you by the Ralston Purina Company..

@jstephenallington8431

7 күн бұрын

It is a guide for aligning the ship to the blocks below in the dry dock.

Ready for Deployment!

Just bought this stock, its my belief the US has to improve their fleet and it should do very well. I wonder what they are bluring out at the end :D

@briancooper2112

13 күн бұрын

I agree!

@andromedafan

13 күн бұрын

Maybe they are blurring out superlifts for either CVN-80 or CVN-81.

@jstephenallington8431

7 күн бұрын

Something that they didn't want you to see! 😂

We have 100,000 ton patient who needs her two hearts operated on. She has to be prepared for surgery over 6 months, surgical time is one year and 6 months recovers from the invasive procedure. Yes, we have to cut open the patient to do this with heavy surgical equipment, no Slim Jim catheter surgery. Reactor refueling is like that.

Curious when the prop covers come off.

As a former CO of mine said, "Sailor's belong on ships and ships belong at sea"! Well, she's getting closer to going back to sea!

What do the do with the reactors during maintenance periods like this in dry dock ? Are they shut down or very reduced running ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@edwardrhoades6957

12 күн бұрын

They were in for refueling, and the reactors can't operate when the ship is out of the water, since they use seawater for cooling.

@smith5312

12 күн бұрын

@@edwardrhoades6957 cheers 👏👍

@jstephenallington8431

7 күн бұрын

They are de-fueled at Norfolk Naval Yard before the refit, taken back there for refuel.

If I see something blurred out, it makes me want to find out what it could be. CWIS platform protecting the dock?

@guyintenn

13 күн бұрын

Just looks like 2 buildings with a wall (HESCO barriers maybe) around them on Google Satellite view.

@buzz5969

12 күн бұрын

A titty shot…

@steveross6312

11 күн бұрын

Probably something to do with the nuclear reactors. If you look at google maps, there is what looks like a double-fenced high-security area next to the blurred building. Perhaps they stage reactors/reactor components there.

You many months till she goes to sea ?

Tailhooker 2001. Privileged to have been onboard.

They show the boat being taken out of two different drydocks, DD-12 and I'm not sure about the other one, (it was the South Yard anyway)

Are the Navy crew living on the ship while in dry dock?

Magnificient ship, like all our carriers. May she never have to launch her planes in anger.

@dallashensley5488

6 күн бұрын

She already has launched her birds in anger. I was there in 1998 (maiden voyage) when we spent 130 days in the Persian Gulf on our way around the world.

I just want more cvn-80 updates.

SPLASH DAY

Great jobs!!

When do ships like the Stennis start to move under their own power after the RCOH??

@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547

12 күн бұрын

There will be various tests of the new reactors and then they will boil some water and test the turbines, if all is good then they go to sea trials. I believe this will be 4 to 6 months from now when the rest of the work has been completed.

@jstephenallington8431

7 күн бұрын

Not until after they leave Norfolk Naval Shipyard and they're towed out to sea a little ways. Everything is too close quarters for a ship that size to move about on it's on before that.

Deployed with her in 2000.

once the most powerful ship on earth.........

I have to ask, how much say do the commanding officer of the ship have in the say of what work gets done during a dry dock period? They would know if say the power plant needed more attention and more funding than say the weapons upgrades. Do they have a budget or does the navy say exactly what should be spent on what systems? I understand that during a overhaul certain systems need to be upgraded class wide but every ship is different

Begs the question of what exactly is blurred out at the bottom there - my guess is something pertaining to the refueling process, because on Google Maps it has a very thick wall around it with limited ingress and egress routes.

Gerald ford class?

@hellhound47bravo3

12 күн бұрын

No. Nimitz class

That's it? You moved slightly up and to the right. That's your move? (Its a quote from Family Guy don't get angry)

Dry dock No.74

Adelaide Australia

Beep.....Beep....Beep.... We so needed the reversing sounds while she was pulling out of the dry dock instead of the music.....

So the ship moved a few hundred yards without sinking? Yay, what a "milestone move". Expectations are obviously low.

Ensign, 1/3 impulse power.... take us out.

Victor Harbour Air Port Is Not True

I Got 747 Problems

I’m surprised the cancel culture crew hasn’t demanded this avowed racists name be removed from the ship. That just tells me they only demand what they’re told to demand. Cause John Stennis is definitely worthy of being cancelled.

Years for refit really? I smell a governmental gravy contract.

I love you american my future usa country dream❤️😊🇺🇸