BIGREDONE Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Some pictures of the USS Theodore Roosevelt off Lee on the Solent today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Great pictures Big Red One! That takes me back to the mid 1980's when the Nimitz class supercarrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower came into the Solent for a few days. We took a boat out around her on a sunny sunday afternoon and what a sight to behold! Was also lucky enough to see the Battleship USS Iowa steam out of Portsmouth in 1986? after racing down to the solent after school one evening when we got the whisper she was leaving port. All of those big US Battleship's have either been de-commissioned, made into museums or mothballed now. The below vid for the tekkies amongst us will prove informative! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EcdeUyOzAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGREDONE Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Yes I was there when the Iowa went out, she was open to visitors over the weekend so went onboard for a look round. You don’t get ships visits anymore like you used to when all the navies of the world came in to Pompey. We used to get a carrier nearly every year, I think the last one was the Enterprise or Nimitz. That is when they used to have big exercises with NATO every year and so many ships came in they had to dock in Southampton as well......those were the days. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Here are you few more............. Nice complement of F18 super hornets on the stern. Anyone else wanting to take a look will have to be quick, as she leaves today. Edited April 8, 2009 by Lord Burley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerman Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 great shots again.we shot down to see it last evening 7.30 at dusk saw a fully loaded huge container ship pass behind it and could only see the roof of the bridge.we also saw the no 71 light up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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