Approach to the USS Santa Fe from our transport vessel, a torpedo weapons retriever.
Riding the sail of the USS Santa Fe
Entries Tagged as 'Dept of Defense'
USS Santa Fe (part 2)
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy, military
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USS Santa Fe
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy, ocean, submarine
A friend of mine in college was studying to be a nuclear engineer and after graduating headed off to the Navy to do his tour of duty on a submarine. At the time I could not comprehend what 6 months on the sub really meant. I probably still don’t fully understand although having the opportunity [...]
Tags: Pearl Harbor·US Navy·USS Santa Fe
Mission: USS Nimitz – F-18 Landing
August 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy, military
We stood near the achor point of the arrest cable used to catch the planes as they land. From this vantage point you can almost touch the F-18 as it approaches and flies in for a landing. The arrest cable is about 3 inches in diameter and when the F-18 catches it you can feel [...]
Tags: CVN68·US Navy·USS Nimitz
Mission: USS Nimitz
August 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Dept of Defense, military
I’ve got my mission orders. It was sent from Theresa Donnelly, LTJG COMPACFLT via email to meet at the Nimitz Gate at Pearl Harbor Naval Base this morning to embark on a tour of the US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). With all this excitement I could barely sleep last night. The mission [...]
Tags: US Navy·USS Nimitz
