Aug 24, 2020 uss carl vinson departs bremerton for new homeport of san diego josh farley, kitsap sun 8242020. December 16, uss carl vinson returned to nas alameda, after a oneday delay due to high winds, following a sixmonth deployment in. It played host to the first ncaa basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 111111 between the university of north carolina and michigan state university. Uss carl vinson cvn70 is the united states navys third nimitzclass supercarrier. In 1998 they moved to uss carl vinson, and began workups for their next cruise. Sam, abe and me are invited on the vinson by our good friend commander will hagan, and have an adventure of a lifetimemy little 20 min video of our trip. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. The 312 page cruisebook includes crew portraits, port calls, and operations and events throughout their deployment and rimpac. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Aboard uss carl vinson the f14 tomcat screaming off the deck is just one awesome piece of the hightech weaponry aboard this nuclear carrier churning through the blue pacific. It includes the squadrons that participated in the cruise alongs the sides and bottom. Alaskan citizens for a war bond as a gift to uss juneau cl. Any discussion or speculation of the ships location or anticipated inport dates before theyre. Cruise books, usually similar in general content and format to high school or college yearbooks, are not official publications.
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The uss carl vinson was commissioned on march th, 1982. The ship accomplished more than 11,500 aircraft launches and recoveries and sailed upward of 40,000 miles during her maiden deployment. They were assigned to marine fighter attack squadron 323, and embarked aboard the uss carl vinson. Naval battles of the great war, 191418 by vincent p. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. Carl vinson cvn 70 naval cruise book, class of 1987. Carl vinson was born in baldwin county, georgia, on november 18, 1883. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Like school yearbooks, they are usually paid for by. Here you can download the uss carl vinson cvn 70 maiden cruise book 1982 as a high resolution. Uss carl vinson cvn 70 westpac 198485 cruise book did you serve aboard uss carl vinson cvn 70. Capps ap121 1946 agerholm dd826 1963, 1966, 1969 ainsworth de1090 1974 ainsworth ff1090 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990. Carl vinson cvn 70 naval cruise book, class of 1987, page 14 of 504 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Back to last page back to cruise book page back to uss carl vinson page.
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Carl vinson cvn 70 naval cruise book, class of 1987, cover has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. It played host to the first ncaa basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 111111 between the university of north carolina and michigan. In february, 1997, uss carl vinson was the platform for the last carrier launches and recoveries of the a6e intruder. Uss carl vinson cv70 aircraft carrier ship models, books, videos, dvd movies. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the uss carl vinson article. After extensive work up and sea trials, the ship with a crew of almost 6,000 sailors departed norfolk, va. Hull number cvn70 the uss carl vinson cvn 70 is the third united states navy nimitz class supercarrier and is named after carl vinson, a congressman from georgia. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. During the next several weeks, the ship hosted many local residents for tours. But scramble below into the sunless, sweaty world of hatches and narrow stairways.
December 16, uss carl vinson returned to nas alameda, after a oneday delay due to high winds, following a sixmonth deployment in the u. Besides deployments in operation desert strike, operation iraqi freedom, operation southern watch, and operation enduring freedom, carl vinson was involved in a number of notable even. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. There are no plans for her decommissioning at any point in the future. Uss carl vinson cruise book 1985 1987 volume 4 in the. On 19 december 1998 carl vinson battle group surface ships uss princeton cg 54 and uss fitzgerald ddg 62 simultaneously launched cruise missiles, while carrier air wing 11 aircraft struck a. The father and son sailed together during the vinson s 2017 tiger cruise.
Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. This 425 page allcolor cruisebook documents the uss carl vinson s 201415 deployment. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited.
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