None of these pictures were taking by me. I helped out some of the photographer's mates a few times and they always wanted to give people who helped them photos that they took.
Personally, If you can get the gig being a photographer's mate on a carrier looks to be a pretty cool deal.
Anyway, some of these pictures are rather large so they're inlined.
In case anyone asks. The ship is going 30+ knots, or maybe it's 33+ knots but there's no way it more than 35 knots.
ABE 1993
This one is the Abraham Lincoln battlegroup from WestPac 1993. The ships are (left to right). USS Princeton (CG-59), USS Ingraham (FFG-61), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), USS Pasedena (SSN-752), USS Fox (CG-33), and USS Mount Hood (AE-11).
Stofsk wrote:Too bad I'm Australian, and we don't have Carriers - much to my frustration.
I guess you'll just have to keep an eye out for when we swing down and do some donuts around your little island.
I went to Freemantle/Perth with my ship. I assume that they ocassionally hit some other cities. Perth seems to be popular though. Of course the next visit might have to wait until 10 years after this Iraq/Bush stuff is over.
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Whoever knocks.
Stofsk wrote:Too bad I'm Australian, and we don't have Carriers - much to my frustration.
I guess you'll just have to keep an eye out for when we swing down and do some donuts around your little island.
Laugh it up, navyboy! Our SAS troopers will be paying you a visit in the middle of the night, then we'll see how well you sleep.
I went to Freemantle/Perth with my ship. I assume that they ocassionally hit some other cities. Perth seems to be popular though. Of course the next visit might have to wait until 10 years after this Iraq/Bush stuff is over.
I remembering hearing on the news: just before the Iraq War, you guys were practicing with our guys on an uninhabited part of the coastline. Then one of our braindead politicians who was opposed to the war came out in like a boat and said "We're here to protest blah blah" Dear god, what is it about my country that promotes dickheads to positions of authority?
The only time I ever went onto a ship (or boat as is the case) was this Russian sub that was in Sydney. It was very claustrophobic. But still cool.
Next time you guys come around to Melbourne, let me know? *salutes*
Stofsk wrote:Too bad I'm Australian, and we don't have Carriers - much to my frustration.
You mean don`t have carrier anymore just like Canada,Australia got rid of them,and countries who don`t need carriers have some like Brazil
Yes. We had a carrier, the HMAS Melbourne. (yay!) I don't know why we don't have any carriers now, it would rock being on one. Why does Brazil have carriers?
Because Brazil is better than Australia!
(Or so they think that way...)
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Stofsk wrote:Too bad I'm Australian, and we don't have Carriers - much to my frustration.
You mean don`t have carrier anymore just like Canada,Australia got rid of them,and countries who don`t need carriers have some like Brazil
Yes. We had a carrier, the HMAS Melbourne. (yay!) I don't know why we don't have any carriers now, it would rock being on one. Why does Brazil have carriers?
I don`t know why Brazil has carrier,but they bought the Melbourne and renamed her Minas Gerais. www.hazegray.org
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Montcalm wrote:I don`t know why Brazil has carrier,but they bought the Melbourne and renamed her Minas Gerais. www.hazegray.org
Yup, and now they have the Clemenceau.
They dominate the world on soccer, soon they'll dominate the world on second-hand-30(plus)-years carriers.
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