The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is just one of 32 vessels in Hawaii for the Rim of the Pacific exercises held every two years. My run on Sunday morning takes me along Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. I shot this photo from the Visitor Center area. It is pretty amazing how many ships are [...]
RIMPAC 2010
July 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Dept of Defense, Japan, Navy, military
Tags: DDG Atago·Pearl Harbor·RIMPAC 2010
USNS Mercy – Pacific Partnership 2010
May 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy, technology Hawaii healthcare
En route on its mission: Pacific Partnership 2010, the USNS Mercy docked in Pearl Harbor to pick up supplies and volunteers from Hawaii, before heading off to Guam. The weekend stopover also allowed ship personnel to spend a brief moment in Hawaii. But judging from the amount of visitors filing through the ship, there was [...]
Tags: Hawaii·Pearl Harbor·US Navy·USNS Mercy
USS Chung-Hoon
April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Dept of Defense, Navy
The USS Chung-Hoon is an Aegis Class Destroyer that has a particular tie to Hawaii. The ship is named after Rear Admiral Gordon Pai`ea Chung-Hoon, a local of Hawaiian/Chinese ancestory who was the recipient of the Navy Cross and Silver Star for heroism as commanding officer of USS Sigsbee (DD-502) from May 1944 to October 1945. On April [...]
Tags: Destroyer·Pearl Harbor·US Navy·USS Chung-Hoon
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
