Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

bd popeye said:

Did you fellows know that this past Monday the 25th was the 43rd anniversary of me joining the USN?..wow.

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Monday August 25th was my wedding anniversary. I had to give my wife an upgrade on here ring as part of the re-enlistment bonus.


I will now get back to bottling my Malbec (so I can pay for the upgrade)

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​Here's some wallpaper for you..

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 24, 2014) The X-47B unmanned aircraft conducts its first night time deck handling and taxi tests Aug. 21 aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo by Liz Wolter/Released)

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Aug. 21, 2014....ex-USS Saratoga (CV 60) under tow from Newport RI.

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Below are some excellent photos of ex-USS Saratoga (CV-60) under tow off the coast of North Carolina. She's headed to ESCO Marine, a shipbreakers yard, in Brownsville TX.

Saratoga was decommissioned on August 20th,1994. These photos show what 20 years of no maintenance preservation can do.

I see the the port bow anchor is still attached. I betcha the USN still owns that anchor. It may be used on a future Ford class CVN

bd popeye said:

Below are some excellent photos of ex-USS Saratoga (CV-60) under tow off the coast of North Carolina. She's headed to ESCO Marine, a shipbreakers yard, in Brownsville TX.

Saratoga was decommissioned on August 20th,1994. These photos show what 20 years of no maintenance preservation can do.

I see the the port bow anchor is still attached. I betcha the USN still owns that anchor. It may be used on a future Ford class CVN

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It always saddens me to see a great vessel be taken apart to become pots and pans. Not a fair way to go for a vessel that contributed so many years of service.



I will now get back to bottling my Malbec

Sad to see the old ships falling apart like dominoes.

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Sad to see her go.

She was commissioned the year I was born, 1956.

She's been around my whole life. The second of America's purpose built super carriers, the first of which, the Forrestal, was commissioned in 1955.

bd popeye said:

Below are some excellent photos of ex-USS Saratoga (CV-60) under tow off the coast of North Carolina. She's headed to ESCO Marine, a shipbreakers yard, in Brownsville TX.

Saratoga was decommissioned on August 20th,1994. These photos show what 20 years of no maintenance preservation can do.

I see the the port bow anchor is still attached. I betcha the USN still owns that anchor. It may be used on a future Ford class CVN

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I betcha her bones are still really good. Give her a new paint job, new deck, boilers etc and she'll have another 50 yrs.. But all good things must come to an end.

ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 27, 2014) Sailors inventory missiles aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 27, 2014) Sailors prepare to hook cargo to an SA-330J Puma helicopter during a vertical replenishment on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Card/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 29, 2014) Sailors direct an F/A-18C Hornet attached to the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 15 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 25, 2014) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Andrew Chadwick, from Lompoc, Calif., helps position a General Electric F-414 Super Hornet engine on an engine cart in the jet engine shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 27, 2014) Sailors assigned to the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 attach a rotor blade to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Giovanni Squadrito/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 24, 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) transits the Pacific Ocean. Sterett is underway as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and on the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Vazquez/Released)

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 22, 2014) Navy Counselor 1st Class April Taylor, from Atlanta, Ga., demonstrates a pipe patching technique during a damage control training evolution aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80). Roosevelt is deployed as a part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Wolpert/Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 25, 2014) Lt. Marlon Sales, from Manila, Republic of the Philippines, trains flying squad members during a drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Released)

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 11, 2014) Machinist's Mate Fireman Brianna Galvam, from Fresno, Calif., overhauls a fire main valve on a valve barge adjacent to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is undergoing a scheduled docking planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael R. Gendron/Released)

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GUAM (Aug. 15, 2014) Ship's Serviceman 3rd Class Shiangela Edwards, assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), fires the M4 rifle during a weapons qualification course at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Emory S. Land is a forward-deployed expeditionary submarine tender on an extended deployment conducting coordinated tended moorings and afloat maintenance in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caine Storino, Released)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 21, 2014) U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sailors plot sub-surface contacts in the combat direction center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a surface ship anti-submarine warfare readiness and effectiveness measure exercise. Stethem, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Fire Controlman James Downs/Released)

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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Aug. 8, 2014) Sailors aboard a Naval Special Warfare rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) practice coming alongside the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during routine small boat training. Mesa Verde is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Hanson/Released)

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