The modern homeport concept was John Lehman's idea. It is one part quality of life and one part politics. By spreading the fleet around country it creates a political constituency to support the Navy and gives stability to Navy families.
We had it in Pascagoula, Mississippi thanks to once very powerful Sen. Trent Lott (and former House member from district 5, MS where Pascagoula sits). Huntington Ingalls Industries (under a couple different names) always has had a major presence in Pascagoula...as does Chevron's largest U.S. refinery.
My dad was in the USAF and we were stationed at Hickam AFB in the late 60's. I have always loved Pearl Harbor, there's no place like it. Fun fact: We went to Pearl and toured USS New Jersey after her Vietnam service. I have photos of us in front of the 16's.
When my dad was in the Navy from 1965 to 1995, I lived in Pearl Harbor, HI. Groton, Conn. Newport, RI. and Norfolk, Virginia. He served mainly on Carriers
One thing of historical significance about Hornet CV-12 is that she is docked at the very same pier her predecessor (CV-8) embarked the Doolittle Raiders at.
That is true and should note that even though Hornet CV-12 never operated out of Alameda she did first visit NAS Alameda in 1945 and was docked at that exact pier along with Saratoga, Enterprise, and San Jacinto. There is a great picture of that, four classes of carriers, up on NavSource Naval History under the name of each carrier.
Jacksonville, FL is still one of the places with multiple Navy bases. Mayport NS, and Jacksonville NAS or NAS Jax as it is often called. My dad was from there and we lived there for a number years and I remember the Saratoga and the Forrestal returning home after Desert Storm.
Yeah Jax is the third largest conctration of USN activity and I am fortunate enough to call the area home and have grandparents who are veterans who allow me to see them every so often... Which the bases are a major part of life here and we still think we are the home of the Blue Angels... Which Mayport is an interesting place being mostly assault carrier domating the sandbar landscape... And NAS Jax is like another one of our incorporated areas it's so different to area around it... And it's open air Museaum is really nice.
Jax used to have two carriers, their air wings, and all of their supporting ships. Everything but their subs. Plus you had all the anti submarine aircraft at NAS Jacksonville. There is a fraction of what there used to be but I guess it beats nothing. I lived there in the late 80s when she still had the Sara and the Forestfire home ported there. As a young guy, Jax beach was quite the party when all the ships were home but it got even better a few weeks after they all left. All those wife’s and girlfriends got bored and started hitting the clubs in packs. It was then a real party for us local boys. I guess there was a reason they said it was best to leave them pregnant when you went on deployment.
Ryan, welcome to my homeport (Alameda)! I was assigned to a carrier in Alameda in ‘91. The Navy left, but I stayed, and am glad that the Hornet is here!
The Royal New Zealand Navy only has a single naval base located in the suburb of Devonport, in Auckland. Therefore, all its ships have ceremonial homeports around the country. If the ship is named after a New Zealand region, such as Canterbury or Wellington, then the port is located within that region, unless the region has no suitable ports. Otherwise, a port is selected by the bigwigs, such as New Plymouth for HMNZS Aotearoa or the homeport remains Devonport.
A nice video. Karljohansvern ("Karl Johan's defense") was the Norwegian Navy's main base in the period 1850-1968. The naval base is located in the town of Horten only a few miles from where the German WWII heavy cruiser Blücher today rests at the bottom of the Oslo Fjord. The naval base has preserved most of the old buildings and appears to be in good condition. Today, the naval base is a museum with, among other things, a large library on the history of the Norwegian navy. The museum also includes the torpedo boat "Rap" ("quick") which was built in 1873 at Thornycroft's shipyard at Church Wharf in Chiswick, England. Together with HMS Lightning (1876), she was the world's first true torpedo boat in active service. Fast torpedo boats/corvettes (in excess of 60 knots), powerful frigates and conventional attack submarines are small navies' way of asserting themselves against larger enemies.
My Dad served in the Navy WWII Korea and Vietnam and we stationed all over from Subic Pearl Portsmouth but he finished his lengthy career at Philly. Worked on the NJ for her Vietnam service.
The Missouri spent most of my life in Bremerton Washington adjacent to PSNS until 1993 when it was shifted to pearl harbor after the gulf war 1, I always think of magnum force when I see the Hornet and the motorcycle chase
It's odd that the SF bay area was once so strongly associated with the USN but now apparently has almost no naval activity outside of the reserve fleet.
I suspect it has to do with Pearl Harbor becoming the main Pacific Naval Base and since 1991 since San Diego is the main naval base in the West Coast the Bay just became surplus to requirements
@@fifthcrusade4607 I think that during the BRAC realignment the Bay area cities used that opportunity to get rid as much military as they could with Travis AFB being the only thing left that I now of. San Diego stayed pretty much the same except for the Marines taking over Miramar from the Navy.
I served on a ship moored across the turning basin from where Missouri and New Jersey were moored at Long Beach. When ee weren't escorting the carrier we were in the SAG with Missouri
The photo you showed at the start brought back a flood of memories. My father got stationed at NAS Alameda in 1972 on board the USS Oriskany. Reading the hull number on the flight deck, she is to the left of Enterprise. The other carrier that I can make out appears to be USS Coral Sea. Can't make the hull number on the one to the right of Coral Sea, but it looks like USS Hancock. There were six carriers there at the time. The other two not shown are Ranger and Midway. We left in 75 and came back a year later. That base was my play ground being 15 years old at the time. The sea plane lagoon was to the right of Enterprise. Looking at the parking lot area, forward of it was a small aircraft bone yard. On the water side where Coral Sea is docked was the sail boat rental which is not shown in the picture. 50 cents a hour. I sailed right up to Enterprise and touched the hull. As for USS Hornet. When I was still living in Alameda, mid 90's to 2014, I went aboard her several times. My father's last ship board duty was on the USS Iowa. He took his retirement there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
If you are interested in a further walk down memory lane with a photo history of NAS Alameda, Arcadia Publishing Co. puts out a book on it with an entire library of photos from the beginning to 2010 or so, although not this photo specifically. Round about $22 and very interesting.
Bremerton Washington, it’s interesting to see ships being refitted or scrapped. And the turner Joy is moored by the ferry terminal right next to the navy yard.
When the military leaves it can be absolutely devastating to an area... it took Portsmouth, NH at least 15 years to recover from the shuttering of Pease AFB... and some dingbats in DC have been trying to close Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (across the river in Kittery, ME) for the last 30+ years. Brunswick, ME also took a massive hit when BRAC selected NAS Brunswick for closure... they've still not fully recovered from it.
As someone who was born in San Francisco, I'm kinda partial to the homeport's in the Bay Area. Of course, I was born in 1985, so by the time I was old enough to really understand most of that, the multiple BRAC rounds in the '90's was already well underway. (That could be an interesting future video idea- what is involved in getting a military base started, and then closing it down? There are TONS of old bases here in the Bay Area- SFNS/Hunter Point, Alameda NAS, Moffett Field NAS, Hamilton USAF, Presidio for the Army, etc).
People that have been to Alameda or lives in Alameda, any chance Hornet is near where Mythbusters shot some of their episodes? I remember the name Alameda coming up a lot when they needed some open space. The cheese canon and tree canon episodes comes to mind.
Great content.. Nice to get more understanding of how the ports function. I like how you are mixing up things from different ships and locations . The USS United States was a bit sad tho.. Hard to see a ship with that history sitting stripped and rotting away...
I really had to go out of my way visit the Hornet, but it was worth the trip. The ship placement is not very good, same with the Turner Joy in Seattle. I have been to Seattle three times and it’s never been easy or convenient to see.
I think that means where the ship will turned primarily based for its entire career For example the Hood was based at HMNB Davenport then HMNB Portsmouth and that was officially her homeport until her demise
i was Air Force so i dont have much opinion on home porting but my dad was in Norfolk on a DE then went across the river to Little Creek on an APD then back to Norfolk on an AGC for 6 weeks before being separated. quick question on the drydock. how do they get the ship perfectly aligned with the keel blocks when dry docking? its not like they can have some divers, just push the ship over a foot or so to make sure theyre squared up
@scottgraham8565 I was in the navy from 76 to 86. Went to Subic MANY times. Virgie Castineta, a gorgeous woman. Even ran into her the last time I was there. She married an airman from Clark. That looked exactly like me lol.
Discovery Channel fans will recognize the Alameda Navy station from many an episode of "Mythbusters"! Many times when they needed a long runway, they'd do their experiments at Alameda. Notably the finale episode featuring Adam driving a Mad Max truck through mementos from the shows history
Hmmm... Let's see.... Great Lakes, San Diego, Subic Bay, San Francisco, MINSY, Bremerton, Kingsville tx, Norfolk, Brunswick, Mayport, NAS Jacksonville, Rota Spain. Those are the laces I was stationed... But I think my favorite was Bremerton on the USS Camden. 1976 & 1977.
I'm looking at the teaser pic which is sort of blurry! From left to right, I can guess carrier classes BUT the only one I'm nearly 100% certain of its identity is far right. On the far right, going by the shape of the island, I think it's the USS Enterprise/CVN-65. The general island shape is a cube and she has a 3-story conical top. That conical top, which housed electronics unique to the Enterprise and nuclear cruiser Long Beach (which had an identical cube-shaped island to house common electronics with the Enterprise), was removed during the 1979-1982 refit of the Enterprise. They replaced most of Enterprise's original electronics and refit her radar and other sensor equipment closer to Nimitz-standard. I'm guessing this is 1970s era because Enterprise still has her island cone AND the carrier on furthest left might be the USS Midway following her 1966-1970 refit. Something's WEIRD about the deck layout on the ship furthest left -- I think the port/left elevator is on a sponson that's unique to the Midway. After her last major refit, Midway looked less like an Essex-class refit and more like a supercarrier. Midway's flight deck acreage after the late 1960s refit was close to a Forrestal-class ship. The 2 carriers in the middle of the photo are almost certainly Essex-class refits. The last 2 Essex-class ships in frontline service didn't retire until 1976. One of the 1976 retirees was the Oriskany which is an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico now. It looks the Essex carrier on the left, next to what I think is the USS Midway (which looks far bulkier than the middle two carriers), has its bow elevator down. The shadow of a hole in the bow only exists when the bow elevator is below flight deck level on the Essex-class ships. [After refits, they removed the bow elevator position on the Midway-class carriers.] They kept the bow elevators in the Essex-class carriers even after their refits. The 4 Essex-carrier museums still have bow elevators although I don't think they use them much if at all. The starboard edge elevators (by the island, not the port elevator at the end of the landing strip) still get powered and used to transport supplies and exhibits around the museum ships.
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Ryan, love your videos. Please stop saying missoura. It’s not missoura it’s Miss-sor-ree. I’m from Missouri. The only people that say miss-or-aaa is…nobody. Nobody says it like that. Maybe the country bumpkins from down south in Missouri but nobody north of Joplin. Point is, please stop butchering my states name.
The modern homeport concept was John Lehman's idea. It is one part quality of life and one part politics. By spreading the fleet around country it creates a political constituency to support the Navy and gives stability to Navy families.
Same idea with manufacturing sites for warplanes and associated gear.
We had it in Pascagoula, Mississippi thanks to once very powerful Sen. Trent Lott (and former House member from district 5, MS where Pascagoula sits). Huntington Ingalls Industries (under a couple different names) always has had a major presence in Pascagoula...as does Chevron's largest U.S. refinery.
My dad was in the USAF and we were stationed at Hickam AFB in the late 60's. I have always loved Pearl Harbor, there's no place like it. Fun fact: We went to Pearl and toured USS New Jersey after her Vietnam service. I have photos of us in front of the 16's.
That's so cool, wish i can visit In my lifetime
She (rather than "her"), and the rest of the fleet...
Stay with it boy! We love you.
Last time there on those piers to board CVA 41 and CVA 43 , Midway and Coral Sea 1971-1972. Memories!
When my dad was in the Navy from 1965 to 1995, I lived in Pearl Harbor, HI. Groton, Conn. Newport, RI. and Norfolk, Virginia. He served mainly on Carriers
One thing of historical significance about Hornet CV-12 is that she is docked at the very same pier her predecessor (CV-8) embarked the Doolittle Raiders at.
That is true and should note that even though Hornet CV-12 never operated out of Alameda she did first visit NAS Alameda in 1945 and was docked at that exact pier along with Saratoga, Enterprise, and San Jacinto. There is a great picture of that, four classes of carriers, up on NavSource Naval History under the name of each carrier.
Came to the comments to say this 👍
That's awesome
Favorite Navy town? Ridgecrest, CA, home to China Lake Naval Weapons Center. Only 130 miles from the nearest ocean port! 😀
Northeastern Connecticut here, so Groton is our fave. We go down to the sub base commissary periodically, as my husband is a veteran.
I have that photo. At the time that photo was taken, I crewed aboard one of those carriers.
I was stationed on Enterprise CVN-65 when it was home ported in Alameda back in 87-88. You’re bringing me back Ryan!
Pensacola, My Grandad worked on the base for 40 years, My Dad grew up there and I spent many happy years there. Best navy town ever
Excuse me, sir! Can you direct us to the naval base in Alameda? It's where they keep the nuclear wessels.
I just knew someone was going to throw the Star Treks Checkov reference in here!
Across the bay. In Alameda?
My dad spent a lot of time in Norfolk. Including time on the Battleship Iowa
Jacksonville, FL is still one of the places with multiple Navy bases. Mayport NS, and Jacksonville NAS or NAS Jax as it is often called. My dad was from there and we lived there for a number years and I remember the Saratoga and the Forrestal returning home after Desert Storm.
Yeah Jax is the third largest conctration of USN activity and I am fortunate enough to call the area home and have grandparents who are veterans who allow me to see them every so often... Which the bases are a major part of life here and we still think we are the home of the Blue Angels... Which Mayport is an interesting place being mostly assault carrier domating the sandbar landscape... And NAS Jax is like another one of our incorporated areas it's so different to area around it... And it's open air Museaum is really nice.
Jax used to have two carriers, their air wings, and all of their supporting ships. Everything but their subs. Plus you had all the anti submarine aircraft at NAS Jacksonville. There is a fraction of what there used to be but I guess it beats nothing.
I lived there in the late 80s when she still had the Sara and the Forestfire home ported there. As a young guy, Jax beach was quite the party when all the ships were home but it got even better a few weeks after they all left. All those wife’s and girlfriends got bored and started hitting the clubs in packs. It was then a real party for us local boys. I guess there was a reason they said it was best to leave them pregnant when you went on deployment.
Ryan, welcome to my homeport (Alameda)! I was assigned to a carrier in Alameda in ‘91. The Navy left, but I stayed, and am glad that the Hornet is here!
I enjoyed Coranado when I was there. But San Diego in the late 90’s was the sh.t! Late nights in Tijuana, nuff said!
Lived in Bremerton for several years growing up.
I know how it feels, I’m out of port at home too, all that’s left is Riesling.
The Royal New Zealand Navy only has a single naval base located in the suburb of Devonport, in Auckland. Therefore, all its ships have ceremonial homeports around the country. If the ship is named after a New Zealand region, such as Canterbury or Wellington, then the port is located within that region, unless the region has no suitable ports. Otherwise, a port is selected by the bigwigs, such as New Plymouth for HMNZS Aotearoa or the homeport remains Devonport.
whomever framed that shot did a great job. Could sit here and stare at the front of that ship indefinitely.
A nice video. Karljohansvern ("Karl Johan's defense") was the Norwegian Navy's main base in the period 1850-1968. The naval base is located in the town of Horten only a few miles from where the German WWII heavy cruiser Blücher today rests at the bottom of the Oslo Fjord. The naval base has preserved most of the old buildings and appears to be in good condition. Today, the naval base is a museum with, among other things, a large library on the history of the Norwegian navy. The museum also includes the torpedo boat "Rap" ("quick") which was built in 1873 at Thornycroft's shipyard at Church Wharf in Chiswick, England. Together with HMS Lightning (1876), she was the world's first true torpedo boat in active service. Fast torpedo boats/corvettes (in excess of 60 knots), powerful frigates and conventional attack submarines are small navies' way of asserting themselves against larger enemies.
My Dad served in the Navy WWII Korea and Vietnam and we stationed all over from Subic Pearl Portsmouth but he finished his lengthy career at Philly. Worked on the NJ for her Vietnam service.
I like Bremerton, WA. Shipyard, 30 minutes high speed ferry from Seattle, great winter activities, great diving.
My favorite homeport would be Bremerton, WA as well.
The Missouri spent most of my life in Bremerton Washington adjacent to PSNS until 1993 when it was shifted to pearl harbor after the gulf war 1, I always think of magnum force when I see the Hornet and the motorcycle chase
The Magnum Force carrier chase was filmed on a couple of soon to be scrapped escort carriers moored at the Hunters Point shipyard
Any time someone mentions Alameda, I think of Uhura and Checkov asking directions to Alameda, where the nuclearrr wessels are kept.
Homeported in Yokosuka….7th fleet, Desron 15, USS Francis Hammond FF1067. 1976-1978.
It's odd that the SF bay area was once so strongly associated with the USN but now apparently has almost no naval activity outside of the reserve fleet.
I suspect it has to do with Pearl Harbor becoming the main Pacific Naval Base and since 1991 since San Diego is the main naval base in the West Coast the Bay just became surplus to requirements
@@fifthcrusade4607 I think that during the BRAC realignment the Bay area cities used that opportunity to get rid as much military as they could with Travis AFB being the only thing left that I now of. San Diego stayed pretty much the same except for the Marines taking over Miramar from the Navy.
Same with Newport, RI. They still have the war college, but no ships.
And even that's on its way out. The Mothball Fleet in Suisun Bay is almost all gone now.
the military presence was already winding down. the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and BRAC accelerated the process.
I served on a ship moored across the turning basin from where Missouri and New Jersey were moored at Long Beach. When ee weren't escorting the carrier we were in the SAG with Missouri
pier 9!
USS Coral Sea, CV-43. Homeported in Alameda. Served from January 75 to December 77. I remember that place.
The photo you showed at the start brought back a flood of memories. My father got stationed at NAS Alameda in 1972 on board the USS Oriskany. Reading the hull number on the flight deck, she is to the left of Enterprise. The other carrier that I can make out appears to be USS Coral Sea. Can't make the hull number on the one to the right of Coral Sea, but it looks like USS Hancock. There were six carriers there at the time. The other two not shown are Ranger and Midway. We left in 75 and came back a year later. That base was my play ground being 15 years old at the time. The sea plane lagoon was to the right of Enterprise. Looking at the parking lot area, forward of it was a small aircraft bone yard. On the water side where Coral Sea is docked was the sail boat rental which is not shown in the picture. 50 cents a hour. I sailed right up to Enterprise and touched the hull. As for USS Hornet. When I was still living in Alameda, mid 90's to 2014, I went aboard her several times. My father's last ship board duty was on the USS Iowa. He took his retirement there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
If you are interested in a further walk down memory lane with a photo history of NAS Alameda, Arcadia Publishing Co. puts out a book on it with an entire library of photos from the beginning to 2010 or so, although not this photo specifically. Round about $22 and very interesting.
@@skydiverclassc2031 Thanks for that. I'll look into it.
Bremerton Washington, it’s interesting to see ships being refitted or scrapped. And the turner Joy is moored by the ferry terminal right next to the navy yard.
When the military leaves it can be absolutely devastating to an area... it took Portsmouth, NH at least 15 years to recover from the shuttering of Pease AFB... and some dingbats in DC have been trying to close Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (across the river in Kittery, ME) for the last 30+ years.
Brunswick, ME also took a massive hit when BRAC selected NAS Brunswick for closure... they've still not fully recovered from it.
I loved Norfolk,Va.Lots to do there.
USS NJ is sort of close to the remains of the Philadelphia Naval Yard where it was built.
Jacksonville. Stationed here still work on base.
As someone who was born in San Francisco, I'm kinda partial to the homeport's in the Bay Area. Of course, I was born in 1985, so by the time I was old enough to really understand most of that, the multiple BRAC rounds in the '90's was already well underway. (That could be an interesting future video idea- what is involved in getting a military base started, and then closing it down? There are TONS of old bases here in the Bay Area- SFNS/Hunter Point, Alameda NAS, Moffett Field NAS, Hamilton USAF, Presidio for the Army, etc).
People that have been to Alameda or lives in Alameda, any chance Hornet is near where Mythbusters shot some of their episodes? I remember the name Alameda coming up a lot when they needed some open space. The cheese canon and tree canon episodes comes to mind.
Great content.. Nice to get more understanding of how the ports function. I like how you are mixing up things from different ships and locations . The USS United States was a bit sad tho.. Hard to see a ship with that history sitting stripped and rotting away...
_United States_ is an SS, not a USS.
you have all of the former bases near alameda including Hunters Point, Mare Island and Concord Navel Weapons Station
Favorite Navy town: St Marys, Georgia, the home of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
I really had to go out of my way visit the Hornet, but it was worth the trip. The ship placement is not very good, same with the Turner Joy in Seattle. I have been to Seattle three times and it’s never been easy or convenient to see.
I think that means where the ship will turned primarily based for its entire career
For example the Hood was based at HMNB Davenport then HMNB Portsmouth and that was officially her homeport until her demise
*Devonport* Is in the city of Plymouth, in the county of DEVON, England.
Great report. I think I saw those "portholes" that Ryan reported earlier. Cool.
So wise , Thank You. Thank You for another fine video
Loved Charleston. Such a great looking city.
Mare Island ,California ,my Dad was stationed there in the late 70's..
i was Air Force so i dont have much opinion on home porting but my dad was in Norfolk on a DE then went across the river to Little Creek on an APD then back to Norfolk on an AGC for 6 weeks before being separated.
quick question on the drydock. how do they get the ship perfectly aligned with the keel blocks when dry docking? its not like they can have some divers, just push the ship over a foot or so to make sure theyre squared up
Having been based on the USS America (CV66) I would have to go with Norfolk, as I have not been to any other locations for any length of time
Long Beach is doing pretty well today, as it is still a huge civilian port facility. When the Navy left, was the a big effect on the local economy?
Subic Bay, Olongapo. You know why... lol
What a fun place!.....yeah, I know why! '71-'73
@scottgraham8565 I was in the navy from 76 to 86. Went to Subic MANY times. Virgie Castineta, a gorgeous woman. Even ran into her the last time I was there. She married an airman from Clark. That looked exactly like me lol.
A jug of Mojo and a bottle of San Miguel beer and an endless supply of party friends.
@@tomasthomas8563 Flag me down a jeepney!
I always liked Portsmouth, in Kittery Maine.
Mechanicsburg, PA is the best Navy town home of the supply corps
Uss wisconsin. Wish it was docked in Milwaukee.. ayee
Shoot off the 5" guns every time the Packers score a TD.
Don’t know if you’re a Star Trek fan, but they introduced the constitution class New Jersey in todays episode. Also a museum ship!
I watched the latest Picard episode last night, best one yet!
Discovery Channel fans will recognize the Alameda Navy station from many an episode of "Mythbusters"! Many times when they needed a long runway, they'd do their experiments at Alameda. Notably the finale episode featuring Adam driving a Mad Max truck through mementos from the shows history
USS Salem is where she was built, the same shipyard I'm pretty sure
Hmmm... Let's see.... Great Lakes, San Diego, Subic Bay, San Francisco, MINSY, Bremerton, Kingsville tx, Norfolk, Brunswick, Mayport, NAS Jacksonville, Rota Spain. Those are the laces I was stationed... But I think my favorite was Bremerton on the USS Camden. 1976 & 1977.
Didn't realize that the New Jrrsey was numbered at the stern, as seen in this video at 3:08.
Have you done a video on the Intrepid? Or The Brooklyn Navy Yard? Those might be interesting
Pensacola, FL
Mr. Checkov and Ms Uhura would have enjoyed this video.
If a problem developed tomorrow that required a battleship with 16” guns or larger how much time would it take to launch something like this?
we need to start spinning up new navy yards asap
I'm looking at the teaser pic which is sort of blurry!
From left to right, I can guess carrier classes BUT the only one I'm nearly 100% certain of its identity is far right.
On the far right, going by the shape of the island, I think it's the USS Enterprise/CVN-65. The general island shape is a cube and she has a 3-story conical top. That conical top, which housed electronics unique to the Enterprise and nuclear cruiser Long Beach (which had an identical cube-shaped island to house common electronics with the Enterprise), was removed during the 1979-1982 refit of the Enterprise. They replaced most of Enterprise's original electronics and refit her radar and other sensor equipment closer to Nimitz-standard.
I'm guessing this is 1970s era because Enterprise still has her island cone AND the carrier on furthest left might be the USS Midway following her 1966-1970 refit. Something's WEIRD about the deck layout on the ship furthest left -- I think the port/left elevator is on a sponson that's unique to the Midway. After her last major refit, Midway looked less like an Essex-class refit and more like a supercarrier. Midway's flight deck acreage after the late 1960s refit was close to a Forrestal-class ship.
The 2 carriers in the middle of the photo are almost certainly Essex-class refits. The last 2 Essex-class ships in frontline service didn't retire until 1976. One of the 1976 retirees was the Oriskany which is an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico now. It looks the Essex carrier on the left, next to what I think is the USS Midway (which looks far bulkier than the middle two carriers), has its bow elevator down. The shadow of a hole in the bow only exists when the bow elevator is below flight deck level on the Essex-class ships. [After refits, they removed the bow elevator position on the Midway-class carriers.] They kept the bow elevators in the Essex-class carriers even after their refits. The 4 Essex-carrier museums still have bow elevators although I don't think they use them much if at all. The starboard edge elevators (by the island, not the port elevator at the end of the landing strip) still get powered and used to transport supplies and exhibits around the museum ships.
From left to right: Coral Sea CV-43, Hancock CV-19, Oriskany, CV-34, Enterprise CVN-65
My guess is, it has to do with supplies and maintenance
You found Alameda? Did you see any nuclear wessels?
Why didn’t they use PH during the Korean War? Probably double the availability nit to mention cost savings just in fuel plus crew costs etc.
Pensacola! Historical significance!!! What the hell!?
When naval ships become museums, do they have to rip out all of the asbestos from the pipes and tiles before they can become a museum?
Still not sure why it isn’t in Bayonne….
The Long Island Homeport that the Iowa was supposed to be there but the public killed that idea because of the Nuclear Weapons on the Iowa
My home port was Garden Island .
I liked Whidbey Island a lot.
I live and when to school in Oak Harbor which has NAS Whibdey Island
San Diego. My hometown
If we ever get into another world war and the former based are all redeveloped then what happens if we need new bases
Mayport!
Hornets looking rough
Get the needle guns out and slap on some Haze Grey.
32nd st in San Diego
San Diego
Portsmouth, UK
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That is the first time in 2 plus years that did not know what the organisation was called
Iowa's pretty dang close to Long Beach.
Iowa is well known for their deep port facilities... as well as their beautiful beaches.
@@jimdennis2451 USS Iowa
Guam and subic bay
Boy. The pic has 15,000 sailors... in port
And some Marines. But nevermind
Pensacola is mine
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Brooklyn
Ns Mayport❤
Pensacola.
Best Navy town is Key West!
LEMOORE!!!! Hahahahahahaha
With all due respect city of San Diego.
5th, 22 March 2023
Mayport
Charleston
I hate military towns. It’s a reminder that I can’t serve anymore.
Ryan, love your videos. Please stop saying missoura. It’s not missoura it’s Miss-sor-ree. I’m from Missouri. The only people that say miss-or-aaa is…nobody. Nobody says it like that. Maybe the country bumpkins from down south in Missouri but nobody north of Joplin. Point is, please stop butchering my states name.
San Diego