Although I am diametrically opposed to all American troops currently on foreign soil and especially vehemently opposed to the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gaza, Congo, Yemen, Kosovo and what was Yugoslavia I thought this picture provided a glimpse of actual US power and brought to my mind a variety of current issues.

This is the USS John F. Kennedy docking, I think, in Malta recently.

Awarded: April 30, 1964
Keel laid: October 22, 1964
Launched: May 27, 1967
Commissioned: September 7, 1968
Decommissioned: August 1, 2007
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.
Propulsion system: eight boilers
Propellers: four
Blades on each Propeller: five
Aircraft elevators: four
Catapults: four
Arresting gear cables: four
Length, overall: 1,050 feet (320 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 267 feet (81.4 meters)
Beam: 128 feet (39.2 meters)
Draft: 36,7 feet (11.2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 80,950 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Planes: approx. 78
Crew: Ship: 3,117 Air Wing: 2,480


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Comment by Doug Singleton on December 27, 2009 at 12:26pm
That 'crap' is just mud being pushed up to the surface by the mooring tugs as well as the water being roiled from the carrier's hull. You see the effect anytime a vessel is docking in silty or muddy bottomed water.
Nothing more then what you do when you swirl your hand in a shallow pool of water at the beach and cause the particles of sand to become water borne, thereby discoloring the pool.
Comment by Marklar on December 27, 2009 at 11:25am
Yep, mighty damn big. I got to take a little look at the USS Carl Vinson in about 1987 from the inside. We entered through the interior hanger bay where the elevators are and it was like walking into a four lane highway that's going through a tunnel. I also got to see the maneuver engines which a friend of mine, who served aboard, worked on. They were the size of a large van though maybe a bit longer and I believe he said there were six of them altogether, but that the main engines were nuclear powered. Apparantly the six maneuver engines were only used for maneuvering slowly in and out of port.
Comment by Jeff on December 27, 2009 at 6:41am
I just noticed all that crap that surrounds it in the water...

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