USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Wallpaper 3
Sunday, December 4, 2011
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USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Wallpaper 3
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After extensive work up and sea trials, USS Carl Vinson with a crew of almost 6,000 Sailors departed Norfolk, Va., on March 1, 1983, and embarked on an eight-month around the world cruise. CVN 70 steamed in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, South China Sea, Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean en route to its new homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda, Calif. On October 28, 1983, she sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time as it entered San Francisco Bay. In 1984 USS Carl Vinson received the highest marks ever awarded an aircraft carrier during an operational readiness examination in February. In March, the ship and crew became "San Francisco's Own" in a formal adoption ceremony. In May, the Vinson participated in RIMPAC '84, a multi-national exercise involving ships from nations which "Rim of the Pacific" including Canada, Japan, Australia, as well as the United Kingdom. On Oct. 14, it began a seven-month western Pacific deployment. From early January 1985 to mid April, USS Carl Vinson was deployed in the Indian Ocean for 107 consecutive days at sea operations. It received its first Meritorious Unit Commendations for operations conducted from November 1984 to May 1985. In May and June 1986, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was involved in a series of high-tempo operations that included RIMPAC '86 exercise. On Aug. 12, Carl Vinson deployed on its second western Pacific/Indian Ocean cruise and it's third deployment in all. During transit west, she became the first aircraft to operate in the Bering Sea. After conducting extensive operations in the Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea, the ship transited the Bering Sea once again in January 1987. CVN 70 departed Naval Air Station Alameda for its fourth deployment on June 15, 1988, and making another challenging and successful transit of the Bering Sea. The carrier completed 82 days on station in the North Arabian Sea. While on station, the "Gold Eagle" supported the escorting of American flagged tankers in the Arabian Gulf. It returned to homeport on December 16. The ship received its second Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for aviation safety. She departed Alameda on September 18, 1989, to participate in PACEX '89, the largest peacetime naval exercise since World War II. USS Carl Vinson conducted operations in the icy waters of the Bering Sea, including operations inside the Aleutian Islands. In the following weeks, the "Gold Eagle", leading a battle force of three carrier battle groups, conducted operations in the western Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan, and were joined by the navies of other nations. USS Carl Vinson departed on its fifth deployment on February 1, 1990, for the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. After returning to Alameda on July 3, the carrier steamed to Bremerton, Wash., in September to commence a complex overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard starting on Sept. 22, which would conclude on April 6, 1993. The "Gold Eagle" started its sixth deployment on February 17, 1994, to the western Pacific and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet change of command was held on the carrier on Aug. 5 while at Pearl Harbor. CVN 70 returned to Alameda on Aug. 17, and received its third Admiral Flatley Award for aviation safety. From August 26 to September 3, 1995, USS Carl Vinson participated in Exercise Ke Koa and the commemoration of the end of World War II in the Pacific. During the commemoration, President Bill Clinton visited the ship in Hawaii and 12 historic warplanes from World War II were launched from the flight deck. One month later, the ship returned to the San Francisco Bay area and participated in Fleet Week, '95, launching World War II aircraft, an F/A-18 Hornet and F-14 Tomcat, and an unprecedented launch and recovery of an S-3 Viking in San Francisco Bay. It received its second Meritorious Unit Commendation for the 50th Commemoration of VJ Day 1995. February 18, 1996 During a COMPUTEX, off the coast of California, Cmdr. L. Scott Lamoreaux, the former CO of VF-2, conducted a simulated anti-ship-attack. During this maneuver he flew an F-14D of VF-11 and in one of the plane's two engines there suddenly was an engine blaze. Guided by his wingman "106", he was ordered back to the carrier. He drained off some fuel to reach the landing weight but near the carrier's starboard his F-14D detonated and he was killed.
Three. Supercarrier, ship, widescreen, wallpaper, Navy, voyage, sea, USA, Defense, picture, image, boat, port.
After extensive work up and sea trials, USS Carl Vinson with a crew of almost 6,000 Sailors departed Norfolk, Va., on March 1, 1983, and embarked on an eight-month around the world cruise. CVN 70 steamed in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, South China Sea, Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean en route to its new homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda, Calif. On October 28, 1983, she sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time as it entered San Francisco Bay. In 1984 USS Carl Vinson received the highest marks ever awarded an aircraft carrier during an operational readiness examination in February. In March, the ship and crew became "San Francisco's Own" in a formal adoption ceremony. In May, the Vinson participated in RIMPAC '84, a multi-national exercise involving ships from nations which "Rim of the Pacific" including Canada, Japan, Australia, as well as the United Kingdom. On Oct. 14, it began a seven-month western Pacific deployment. From early January 1985 to mid April, USS Carl Vinson was deployed in the Indian Ocean for 107 consecutive days at sea operations. It received its first Meritorious Unit Commendations for operations conducted from November 1984 to May 1985. In May and June 1986, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was involved in a series of high-tempo operations that included RIMPAC '86 exercise. On Aug. 12, Carl Vinson deployed on its second western Pacific/Indian Ocean cruise and it's third deployment in all. During transit west, she became the first aircraft to operate in the Bering Sea. After conducting extensive operations in the Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea, the ship transited the Bering Sea once again in January 1987. CVN 70 departed Naval Air Station Alameda for its fourth deployment on June 15, 1988, and making another challenging and successful transit of the Bering Sea. The carrier completed 82 days on station in the North Arabian Sea. While on station, the "Gold Eagle" supported the escorting of American flagged tankers in the Arabian Gulf. It returned to homeport on December 16. The ship received its second Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for aviation safety. She departed Alameda on September 18, 1989, to participate in PACEX '89, the largest peacetime naval exercise since World War II. USS Carl Vinson conducted operations in the icy waters of the Bering Sea, including operations inside the Aleutian Islands. In the following weeks, the "Gold Eagle", leading a battle force of three carrier battle groups, conducted operations in the western Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan, and were joined by the navies of other nations. USS Carl Vinson departed on its fifth deployment on February 1, 1990, for the western Pacific and Indian Ocean. After returning to Alameda on July 3, the carrier steamed to Bremerton, Wash., in September to commence a complex overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard starting on Sept. 22, which would conclude on April 6, 1993. The "Gold Eagle" started its sixth deployment on February 17, 1994, to the western Pacific and Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. The Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet change of command was held on the carrier on Aug. 5 while at Pearl Harbor. CVN 70 returned to Alameda on Aug. 17, and received its third Admiral Flatley Award for aviation safety. From August 26 to September 3, 1995, USS Carl Vinson participated in Exercise Ke Koa and the commemoration of the end of World War II in the Pacific. During the commemoration, President Bill Clinton visited the ship in Hawaii and 12 historic warplanes from World War II were launched from the flight deck. One month later, the ship returned to the San Francisco Bay area and participated in Fleet Week, '95, launching World War II aircraft, an F/A-18 Hornet and F-14 Tomcat, and an unprecedented launch and recovery of an S-3 Viking in San Francisco Bay. It received its second Meritorious Unit Commendation for the 50th Commemoration of VJ Day 1995. February 18, 1996 During a COMPUTEX, off the coast of California, Cmdr. L. Scott Lamoreaux, the former CO of VF-2, conducted a simulated anti-ship-attack. During this maneuver he flew an F-14D of VF-11 and in one of the plane's two engines there suddenly was an engine blaze. Guided by his wingman "106", he was ordered back to the carrier. He drained off some fuel to reach the landing weight but near the carrier's starboard his F-14D detonated and he was killed.
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